How I Almost Lost My iPod - Page 2 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

06-14-2004, 08:03 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
"Roger Zoul" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> why not just make several long playlists and get a waist belt....and
> position the ipod at your back instead of at your waist...it would never
> come loose from a waist belt...having your iPod on your handle bar shouldn't
> be necessary as you're not going ot be riding along while hunting for songs
> are you?

I tried the armband and a waist belt and just didn't like either one.
They were both uncomfortable to me. I like having the iPod on the
handlebars so I can see the display. I use it as a timer sometimes, and
it's easier to glance down at it than it is to take one hand off the
handlebars to look at my watch.

Ken

06-14-2004, 08:17 AM

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:19:45 -0400, K-Man <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>A cautionary tale for those of you who have and iPod or are thinking
>about buying one and using it with your bike.
>
>Back when I first got my iPod a couple of years ago, I purchased a third
>party case with a belt clip. When I got my bike last Christmas, I
>started looking for iPod mounts for bikes, and found one at Marware:

Cool story, Ken. I had a similar thing happen with my bike computer. Cat's
Eye - I usually stop on a bridge next to my house to finish the ride. Well
I thought I'd slide the computer off its stand, and put it in my pocket
before lugging the bike through the 50 feet of woods. Wouldn'tcha know it,
the thing launched itself up in the air and headed over the side of the
railing. Slo-mo commenced and I said 'No-o-o-o....' and reached for it like
Roger Maris going for an infield fly. I didn't catch it, but tipped it
enough to make it fall over the bridge and grabbed it with the other hand.
Would -not- have been a fun swim and dive to retrieve it in the muddy
water. ;-p

BTW, although I've heard good things about the iPod, I understand you can
only dl certain types of songs on it and the procedure isn't that easy (no
drag&drop). What's up with that?

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

That's the one I recommend. It has a drag&drop interface, no cumbersome
software and is small and light, comes with case and other stuff - also
plays FM with presets. Under 80 bucks if you shop around.

-Badger

06-14-2004, 08:17 AM

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:19:45 -0400, K-Man <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>A cautionary tale for those of you who have and iPod or are thinking
>about buying one and using it with your bike.
>
>Back when I first got my iPod a couple of years ago, I purchased a third
>party case with a belt clip. When I got my bike last Christmas, I
>started looking for iPod mounts for bikes, and found one at Marware:

Cool story, Ken. I had a similar thing happen with my bike computer. Cat's
Eye - I usually stop on a bridge next to my house to finish the ride. Well
I thought I'd slide the computer off its stand, and put it in my pocket
before lugging the bike through the 50 feet of woods. Wouldn'tcha know it,
the thing launched itself up in the air and headed over the side of the
railing. Slo-mo commenced and I said 'No-o-o-o....' and reached for it like
Roger Maris going for an infield fly. I didn't catch it, but tipped it
enough to make it fall over the bridge and grabbed it with the other hand.
Would -not- have been a fun swim and dive to retrieve it in the muddy
water. ;-p

BTW, although I've heard good things about the iPod, I understand you can
only dl certain types of songs on it and the procedure isn't that easy (no
drag&drop). What's up with that?

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

That's the one I recommend. It has a drag&drop interface, no cumbersome
software and is small and light, comes with case and other stuff - also
plays FM with presets. Under 80 bucks if you shop around.

-Badger

06-14-2004, 08:17 AM

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:19:45 -0400, K-Man <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>A cautionary tale for those of you who have and iPod or are thinking
>about buying one and using it with your bike.
>
>Back when I first got my iPod a couple of years ago, I purchased a third
>party case with a belt clip. When I got my bike last Christmas, I
>started looking for iPod mounts for bikes, and found one at Marware:

Cool story, Ken. I had a similar thing happen with my bike computer. Cat's
Eye - I usually stop on a bridge next to my house to finish the ride. Well
I thought I'd slide the computer off its stand, and put it in my pocket
before lugging the bike through the 50 feet of woods. Wouldn'tcha know it,
the thing launched itself up in the air and headed over the side of the
railing. Slo-mo commenced and I said 'No-o-o-o....' and reached for it like
Roger Maris going for an infield fly. I didn't catch it, but tipped it
enough to make it fall over the bridge and grabbed it with the other hand.
Would -not- have been a fun swim and dive to retrieve it in the muddy
water. ;-p

BTW, although I've heard good things about the iPod, I understand you can
only dl certain types of songs on it and the procedure isn't that easy (no
drag&drop). What's up with that?

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

That's the one I recommend. It has a drag&drop interface, no cumbersome
software and is small and light, comes with case and other stuff - also
plays FM with presets. Under 80 bucks if you shop around.

-Badger

06-14-2004, 08:17 AM

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:19:45 -0400, K-Man <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>A cautionary tale for those of you who have and iPod or are thinking
>about buying one and using it with your bike.
>
>Back when I first got my iPod a couple of years ago, I purchased a third
>party case with a belt clip. When I got my bike last Christmas, I
>started looking for iPod mounts for bikes, and found one at Marware:

Cool story, Ken. I had a similar thing happen with my bike computer. Cat's
Eye - I usually stop on a bridge next to my house to finish the ride. Well
I thought I'd slide the computer off its stand, and put it in my pocket
before lugging the bike through the 50 feet of woods. Wouldn'tcha know it,
the thing launched itself up in the air and headed over the side of the
railing. Slo-mo commenced and I said 'No-o-o-o....' and reached for it like
Roger Maris going for an infield fly. I didn't catch it, but tipped it
enough to make it fall over the bridge and grabbed it with the other hand.
Would -not- have been a fun swim and dive to retrieve it in the muddy
water. ;-p

BTW, although I've heard good things about the iPod, I understand you can
only dl certain types of songs on it and the procedure isn't that easy (no
drag&drop). What's up with that?

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

That's the one I recommend. It has a drag&drop interface, no cumbersome
software and is small and light, comes with case and other stuff - also
plays FM with presets. Under 80 bucks if you shop around.

-Badger

06-14-2004, 08:17 AM

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:19:45 -0400, K-Man <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>A cautionary tale for those of you who have and iPod or are thinking
>about buying one and using it with your bike.
>
>Back when I first got my iPod a couple of years ago, I purchased a third
>party case with a belt clip. When I got my bike last Christmas, I
>started looking for iPod mounts for bikes, and found one at Marware:

Cool story, Ken. I had a similar thing happen with my bike computer. Cat's
Eye - I usually stop on a bridge next to my house to finish the ride. Well
I thought I'd slide the computer off its stand, and put it in my pocket
before lugging the bike through the 50 feet of woods. Wouldn'tcha know it,
the thing launched itself up in the air and headed over the side of the
railing. Slo-mo commenced and I said 'No-o-o-o....' and reached for it like
Roger Maris going for an infield fly. I didn't catch it, but tipped it
enough to make it fall over the bridge and grabbed it with the other hand.
Would -not- have been a fun swim and dive to retrieve it in the muddy
water. ;-p

BTW, although I've heard good things about the iPod, I understand you can
only dl certain types of songs on it and the procedure isn't that easy (no
drag&drop). What's up with that?

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

That's the one I recommend. It has a drag&drop interface, no cumbersome
software and is small and light, comes with case and other stuff - also
plays FM with presets. Under 80 bucks if you shop around.

-Badger

06-14-2004, 08:40 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> BTW, although I've heard good things about the iPod, I understand you can
> only dl certain types of songs on it and the procedure isn't that easy (no
> drag&drop). What's up with that?

The iPod's integration with iTunes in seamless, and it's a breeze to
copy songs to the iPod. It will play MP3 and AAC files. Some people
complain because it doesn't play WMA or Ogg files, but that's not an
issue for me, nor is it really an issue for most people. I've been very
happy with my iPod, especially its durability and battery life. If this
one ever dies, I'll be buying a new one the next day.

The iRock player you mentioned is a good MP3 player, but it's flash
memory based, and I need the capacity the hard drive based iPod gives me.

Ken

06-14-2004, 08:40 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> BTW, although I've heard good things about the iPod, I understand you can
> only dl certain types of songs on it and the procedure isn't that easy (no
> drag&drop). What's up with that?

The iPod's integration with iTunes in seamless, and it's a breeze to
copy songs to the iPod. It will play MP3 and AAC files. Some people
complain because it doesn't play WMA or Ogg files, but that's not an
issue for me, nor is it really an issue for most people. I've been very
happy with my iPod, especially its durability and battery life. If this
one ever dies, I'll be buying a new one the next day.

The iRock player you mentioned is a good MP3 player, but it's flash
memory based, and I need the capacity the hard drive based iPod gives me.

Ken

06-14-2004, 08:40 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> BTW, although I've heard good things about the iPod, I understand you can
> only dl certain types of songs on it and the procedure isn't that easy (no
> drag&drop). What's up with that?

The iPod's integration with iTunes in seamless, and it's a breeze to
copy songs to the iPod. It will play MP3 and AAC files. Some people
complain because it doesn't play WMA or Ogg files, but that's not an
issue for me, nor is it really an issue for most people. I've been very
happy with my iPod, especially its durability and battery life. If this
one ever dies, I'll be buying a new one the next day.

The iRock player you mentioned is a good MP3 player, but it's flash
memory based, and I need the capacity the hard drive based iPod gives me.

Ken

06-14-2004, 08:40 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> BTW, although I've heard good things about the iPod, I understand you can
> only dl certain types of songs on it and the procedure isn't that easy (no
> drag&drop). What's up with that?

The iPod's integration with iTunes in seamless, and it's a breeze to
copy songs to the iPod. It will play MP3 and AAC files. Some people
complain because it doesn't play WMA or Ogg files, but that's not an
issue for me, nor is it really an issue for most people. I've been very
happy with my iPod, especially its durability and battery life. If this
one ever dies, I'll be buying a new one the next day.

The iRock player you mentioned is a good MP3 player, but it's flash
memory based, and I need the capacity the hard drive based iPod gives me.

Ken