Ride with music or not? - Page 12 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

06-13-2004, 02:39 PM

Gooserider wrote:
>
> "Roger Zoul" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> > Blue Gator wrote:
> > :: This has probably been discussed before, but please forgive me for
> > :: asking since I'm new to the group.
> > ::
> > :: I'm thinking about getting a mp3 player to listen to on long rides.
> > :: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
> >
> > IMO, a very bad idea. You need to listen for approaching cars, or at
> > least I do.
>
> Some people advocate using an earplug in the right ear, as to leave the left
> ear for traffic sounds. I don't know how well that would work. I don't ride
> with music either, preferring to listen to the sounds of nature. :-)

The one-ear thing works fine, especially if you have a 'mono' switch on
your device. There's no problem at all in hearing cars. Nature? Yeah,
right. Well, I guess it's possible during traffic lulls...

--
Cheers,
Bev
================================================== ===
It's 95% of the lawyers making the other 5% look bad.

06-13-2004, 02:46 PM

maxo wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:50:18 +0000, R15757 wrote:
>
> > Double standard if ever there was one.
>
> not really, you'd have to have your stereo in the car at a pretty painful
> volume to equal the immersion effect caused by headphones. Around here,
> cops pull over such cars...

In a well-sealed car with the AC on (my mom's 88 Caddy, she feels
uncomfortable with the windows open) you can't hear ambulances and
firetrucks before you see them even with the radio off. Riding with one
earbud detracts in no way from hearing traffic with the other ear. I
preferred some kind of talk (NPR was about the only thing I could get
reliably in the hills) -- listening to music isn't enough to make me
forget the fact that I'm climbing this miserable hill for the
two-thousandth time and it's no easier than the two-hundredth time :-(

--
Cheers,
Bev
================================================== ===
It's 95% of the lawyers making the other 5% look bad.

06-13-2004, 02:46 PM

maxo wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:50:18 +0000, R15757 wrote:
>
> > Double standard if ever there was one.
>
> not really, you'd have to have your stereo in the car at a pretty painful
> volume to equal the immersion effect caused by headphones. Around here,
> cops pull over such cars...

In a well-sealed car with the AC on (my mom's 88 Caddy, she feels
uncomfortable with the windows open) you can't hear ambulances and
firetrucks before you see them even with the radio off. Riding with one
earbud detracts in no way from hearing traffic with the other ear. I
preferred some kind of talk (NPR was about the only thing I could get
reliably in the hills) -- listening to music isn't enough to make me
forget the fact that I'm climbing this miserable hill for the
two-thousandth time and it's no easier than the two-hundredth time :-(

--
Cheers,
Bev
================================================== ===
It's 95% of the lawyers making the other 5% look bad.

06-13-2004, 02:46 PM

maxo wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:50:18 +0000, R15757 wrote:
>
> > Double standard if ever there was one.
>
> not really, you'd have to have your stereo in the car at a pretty painful
> volume to equal the immersion effect caused by headphones. Around here,
> cops pull over such cars...

In a well-sealed car with the AC on (my mom's 88 Caddy, she feels
uncomfortable with the windows open) you can't hear ambulances and
firetrucks before you see them even with the radio off. Riding with one
earbud detracts in no way from hearing traffic with the other ear. I
preferred some kind of talk (NPR was about the only thing I could get
reliably in the hills) -- listening to music isn't enough to make me
forget the fact that I'm climbing this miserable hill for the
two-thousandth time and it's no easier than the two-hundredth time :-(

--
Cheers,
Bev
================================================== ===
It's 95% of the lawyers making the other 5% look bad.

06-13-2004, 02:46 PM

maxo wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:50:18 +0000, R15757 wrote:
>
> > Double standard if ever there was one.
>
> not really, you'd have to have your stereo in the car at a pretty painful
> volume to equal the immersion effect caused by headphones. Around here,
> cops pull over such cars...

In a well-sealed car with the AC on (my mom's 88 Caddy, she feels
uncomfortable with the windows open) you can't hear ambulances and
firetrucks before you see them even with the radio off. Riding with one
earbud detracts in no way from hearing traffic with the other ear. I
preferred some kind of talk (NPR was about the only thing I could get
reliably in the hills) -- listening to music isn't enough to make me
forget the fact that I'm climbing this miserable hill for the
two-thousandth time and it's no easier than the two-hundredth time :-(

--
Cheers,
Bev
================================================== ===
It's 95% of the lawyers making the other 5% look bad.

06-13-2004, 02:46 PM

maxo wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:50:18 +0000, R15757 wrote:
>
> > Double standard if ever there was one.
>
> not really, you'd have to have your stereo in the car at a pretty painful
> volume to equal the immersion effect caused by headphones. Around here,
> cops pull over such cars...

In a well-sealed car with the AC on (my mom's 88 Caddy, she feels
uncomfortable with the windows open) you can't hear ambulances and
firetrucks before you see them even with the radio off. Riding with one
earbud detracts in no way from hearing traffic with the other ear. I
preferred some kind of talk (NPR was about the only thing I could get
reliably in the hills) -- listening to music isn't enough to make me
forget the fact that I'm climbing this miserable hill for the
two-thousandth time and it's no easier than the two-hundredth time :-(

--
Cheers,
Bev
================================================== ===
It's 95% of the lawyers making the other 5% look bad.

06-13-2004, 05:43 PM

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:38:30 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>How do you get the musics on the minidisc players? I dimly recall that it's
>a problem getting the MP3 from the PC to the mini-disc; or maybe there's
>some other hang up that kept them from becoming more popular

RIght. At least in Sony's case, their miserable "software" is more
about protecting copyrights than providing you a way to listen to the
music you paid for.

And if you record something of your own (meaning your own live music,
for example) onto minidisc you CANNOT transfer the digital files to
your PC. You can transfer music from a minidisc to a PC only by
analog means in Sony's world.

For portable tunes stick to MP3 players.

06-13-2004, 05:43 PM

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:38:30 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>How do you get the musics on the minidisc players? I dimly recall that it's
>a problem getting the MP3 from the PC to the mini-disc; or maybe there's
>some other hang up that kept them from becoming more popular

RIght. At least in Sony's case, their miserable "software" is more
about protecting copyrights than providing you a way to listen to the
music you paid for.

And if you record something of your own (meaning your own live music,
for example) onto minidisc you CANNOT transfer the digital files to
your PC. You can transfer music from a minidisc to a PC only by
analog means in Sony's world.

For portable tunes stick to MP3 players.

06-13-2004, 05:43 PM

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:38:30 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>How do you get the musics on the minidisc players? I dimly recall that it's
>a problem getting the MP3 from the PC to the mini-disc; or maybe there's
>some other hang up that kept them from becoming more popular

RIght. At least in Sony's case, their miserable "software" is more
about protecting copyrights than providing you a way to listen to the
music you paid for.

And if you record something of your own (meaning your own live music,
for example) onto minidisc you CANNOT transfer the digital files to
your PC. You can transfer music from a minidisc to a PC only by
analog means in Sony's world.

For portable tunes stick to MP3 players.

06-13-2004, 05:43 PM

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:38:30 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>How do you get the musics on the minidisc players? I dimly recall that it's
>a problem getting the MP3 from the PC to the mini-disc; or maybe there's
>some other hang up that kept them from becoming more popular

RIght. At least in Sony's case, their miserable "software" is more
about protecting copyrights than providing you a way to listen to the
music you paid for.

And if you record something of your own (meaning your own live music,
for example) onto minidisc you CANNOT transfer the digital files to
your PC. You can transfer music from a minidisc to a PC only by
analog means in Sony's world.

For portable tunes stick to MP3 players.