Comments on: How to Ride with Your iPod http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504498 Unknown Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:26:08 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504498 bikemike: Guadalcanal Diary, not from Athens, best band out of Marietta maybe. Best band out of Athens? Five-Eight FC: What Nano color coordinates with a Reeses jersey? bikemike: Guadalcanal Diary, not from Athens, best band out of Marietta maybe. Best band out of Athens? Five-Eight

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]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504499 Unknown Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:40:52 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504499 You should never ride with an iPod. It restricts your ability to hear cars, other cyclists, and attacking animals. It's just not safe. --The girl who kids iPod wearers out of her pacelines, with no apology You should never ride with an iPod. It restricts your ability to hear cars, other cyclists, and attacking animals. It’s just not safe.
–The girl who kids iPod wearers out of her pacelines, with no apology

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504500 Unknown Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:30:40 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504500 cool, let's get off on the "what do i have on my ipod" tangent. '70's-three dog night, badfinger, deep purple, neil young, ccr, doobie brothers( no michael mcdonald crap, please) joni mitchell, little river band, peter frampton, pink floyd, queen(the first 3 albums), rare earth, rush(the early stuff 'til just after permanent waves), steely dan, toto. '80's-yes, xtc,ultravox,u2 (gloria was their best), u.k., todd rundgren, tears for fears, split enz, the smiths, siouxsie and the banshees, roxy music, the police, peter murphy peter gabriel, pat metheny, paco de lucia, oingo boingo, modern english, missing persons, midnight oil, michael hedges, liz story, live, kate bush, jerry goodman, japan, hunters and collectors, guadalcanal diary( best band out of athens), the fixx, the dixie dregs, david sylvian, the cure,cocteau twins, cock robin, cris isaac, the cars, brian eno , bill nelson, big country,bela fleck, animal logic, aha, adam ant. the '80's ruled. we'll just leave the '90's alone for now. bikemike cool, let’s get off on the "what do i have on my ipod" tangent.
’70’s-three dog night, badfinger, deep purple, neil young, ccr, doobie brothers( no michael mcdonald crap, please) joni mitchell, little river band, peter frampton, pink floyd, queen(the first 3 albums), rare earth, rush(the early stuff ’til just after permanent waves), steely dan, toto.
’80’s-yes, xtc,ultravox,u2 (gloria was their best), u.k., todd rundgren, tears for fears, split enz, the smiths, siouxsie and the banshees, roxy music, the police, peter murphy peter gabriel, pat metheny, paco de lucia, oingo boingo, modern english, missing persons, midnight oil, michael hedges, liz story, live, kate bush, jerry goodman, japan, hunters and collectors, guadalcanal diary( best band out of athens), the fixx, the dixie dregs, david sylvian, the cure,cocteau twins, cock robin, cris isaac, the cars, brian eno , bill nelson, big country,bela fleck, animal logic, aha, adam ant. the ’80’s ruled.
we’ll just leave the ’90’s alone for now.
bikemike

]]> By: TIMOTHY http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504501 TIMOTHY Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:03:23 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504501 At the risk of getting pelted with iPods, I have to agree with sans auto on this one - riding is what I do to get away from the noise of everyday life.  And I don't need time to go faster when I'm on my bike - time already flies when I'm on my bike, and I usually don't want it to end!  I guess it boils down to individual choice - for me, riding itself is an experience for ALL of my senses: the rush of the wind in my ears or the sound of the birds and deer, the smell of the trees and dirt, the way the air tastes, the way my legs feel when I'm climbing that tough hill, not to mention everthing there is to see.  For me, when one sense is cut off from that experience, it diminishes the experience of the other senses too - kind of like trying to enjoy a great meal when you have a severe head cold. At the risk of getting pelted with iPods, I have to agree with sans auto on this one – riding is what I do to get away from the noise of everyday life.  And I don’t need time to go faster when I’m on my bike – time already flies when I’m on my bike, and I usually don’t want it to end!  I guess it boils down to individual choice – for me, riding itself is an experience for ALL of my senses: the rush of the wind in my ears or the sound of the birds and deer, the smell of the trees and dirt, the way the air tastes, the way my legs feel when I’m climbing that tough hill, not to mention everthing there is to see.  For me, when one sense is cut off from that experience, it diminishes the experience of the other senses too – kind of like trying to enjoy a great meal when you have a severe head cold.

]]> By: AMG in Texas http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504502 AMG in Texas Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:16:27 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504502 Fatty,   When you get WAY too many IPods sent to you, SEND ME ONE...please:-).  I am still waiting to get mine for my wedding aniversary.... hint to my wife...  With the way the traffic flows where I live at, the IPod may help drown out the irritaded drivers passing me... but then it will just make them SCREAM LOUDER!!!  (It wouldn't help with their hand gestures)  I wouldn't be able to put enough volume on the thing to drown out my own heartbeat!!  Perhaps an IPod wouldn't be such a bad thing so I dont hear the car about to run me over... just I wont be able to select the last song I want to be hearing when that happens.  So to avoid said fate, I will not use an IPod while riding... beside, why would you want to break it in your next endo?   Do you know what is worse than riding with an IPod?  Riding at night wearing dark clothing and a itsy bitsy tail light.  hugga bugga... its more scary than the Cupacabra or the Donkey Lady.  Perhaps you have already blogged on this subject before?  Perhaps you have experience riding at night and would like to share?   AMG in Texas Fatty,
  When you get WAY too many IPods sent to you, SEND ME ONE…please:-).  I am still waiting to get mine for my wedding aniversary…. hint to my wife…  With the way the traffic flows where I live at, the IPod may help drown out the irritaded drivers passing me… but then it will just make them SCREAM LOUDER!!!  (It wouldn’t help with their hand gestures)  I wouldn’t be able to put enough volume on the thing to drown out my own heartbeat!!  Perhaps an IPod wouldn’t be such a bad thing so I dont hear the car about to run me over… just I wont be able to select the last song I want to be hearing when that happens.  So to avoid said fate, I will not use an IPod while riding… beside, why would you want to break it in your next endo?
 
Do you know what is worse than riding with an IPod?  Riding at night wearing dark clothing and a itsy bitsy tail light.  hugga bugga… its more scary than the Cupacabra or the Donkey Lady.  Perhaps you have already blogged on this subject before?  Perhaps you have experience riding at night and would like to share?
 
AMG in Texas

]]> By: mtnbound http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504503 mtnbound Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:06:23 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504503 I must say, everyone gets pretty riled up over the Ipod rules.  The simpler approach (following the maxim of let be, provided it doesn't interfere with others) is to let riders use it as they like, provided that it doesn't interfere with ability to ride or conversations with fellow riders.  Thus, if someone violates this rule (e.g. in a group ride, have it turned up so the rider can't hear/talk to someone else, other riders have the right to rip the Ipod off or, just not ride with them anymore).  For riders who have it turned up so they can't hear necessary road noise, well, natural selection will take care of that.  Finally, I just can't see using an Ipod on a mtb ride - I enjoy the scenery and carefully watch the trail to avoid endos - Ipods just don't fit in.   Rocky (if that is your real name), thanks - I will have to avoid the Apex trail during mating season (the bull elk's mating season, not mine).   Mtnbike W (not my real name) I must say, everyone gets pretty riled up over the Ipod rules.  The simpler approach (following the maxim of let be, provided it doesn’t interfere with others) is to let riders use it as they like, provided that it doesn’t interfere with ability to ride or conversations with fellow riders.  Thus, if someone violates this rule (e.g. in a group ride, have it turned up so the rider can’t hear/talk to someone else, other riders have the right to rip the Ipod off or, just not ride with them anymore).  For riders who have it turned up so they can’t hear necessary road noise, well, natural selection will take care of that.  Finally, I just can’t see using an Ipod on a mtb ride – I enjoy the scenery and carefully watch the trail to avoid endos – Ipods just don’t fit in.
 
Rocky (if that is your real name), thanks – I will have to avoid the Apex trail during mating season (the bull elk’s mating season, not mine).
 
Mtnbike W (not my real name)

]]> By: sans auto http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504504 sans auto Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:19:03 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504504 It's not about hearing the cars, it's about hearing your thoughts and letting them run wild.  I get enough media and noise thrown at me during the day, my bike is where I go to escape the constant noise.  Why do I need to be entertained while I'm riding?  If you need to be entertained to get out on a bike, that's fine, it's better than not being on the bike, but you're missing out on all of the places your brain could take you.  It’s not about hearing the cars, it’s about hearing your thoughts and letting them run wild.  I get enough media and noise thrown at me during the day, my bike is where I go to escape the constant noise.  Why do I need to be entertained while I’m riding?  If you need to be entertained to get out on a bike, that’s fine, it’s better than not being on the bike, but you’re missing out on all of the places your brain could take you. 

]]> By: barry1021 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504505 barry1021 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:45:29 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504505 Love my ipod, listen to it when I WALK from the train to work and back everyday. Got the car adapter, got two pair of speakers, one for work and one for when I travel. And NOBODY has a better mix than I, I say in all humility, what with the combination of the Allman Brothers, Talking Heads, Buffalo Springfield, EmmyLou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Poco (forget the 200 years between BikeMike and me, Dug, I am 185 on my own). Botched, you are applying Fatty Logic in your argument, which only works in the far reaches of the galaxy and certain parts of Utah, which may be one in the same. What do I want to hear when I ride? Everything! As when I drive, I want to know what's around me--most accidents are caused by folks that weren't aware of what was going on around them. No Ipod on the road in traffic, never. I have spaked. B21 Love my ipod, listen to it when I WALK from the train to work and back everyday. Got the car adapter, got two pair of speakers, one for work and one for when I travel. And NOBODY has a better mix than I, I say in all humility, what with the combination of the Allman Brothers, Talking Heads, Buffalo Springfield, EmmyLou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Poco (forget the 200 years between BikeMike and me, Dug, I am 185 on my own). Botched, you are applying Fatty Logic in your argument, which only works in the far reaches of the galaxy and certain parts of Utah, which may be one in the same. What do I want to hear when I ride? Everything! As when I drive, I want to know what’s around me–most accidents are caused by folks that weren’t aware of what was going on around them. No Ipod on the road in traffic, never. I have spaked.
B21

]]> By: Phil http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504506 Phil Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:00:01 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504506 I don't use mine when on the road, it's just a bad idea. On the trail though, it makes the time go by faster. For headphones, I use these:http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHS391-Behind-The-Head-Headphone-White/dp/B000G35RZO/sr=8-22/qid=1158811005/ref=sr_1_22/002-4513964-2959201?ie=UTF8&s=electronicsThey're not earbuds, which give me a headache, and you can still hear everything around you when the ipod's not turned up too high. I don’t use mine when on the road, it’s just a bad idea. On the trail though, it makes the time go by faster. For headphones, I use these:http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHS391-Behind-The-Head-Headphone-White/dp/B000G35RZO/sr=8-22/qid=1158811005/ref=sr_1_22/002-4513964-2959201?ie=UTF8&s=electronicsThey’re not earbuds, which give me a headache, and you can still hear everything around you when the ipod’s not turned up too high.

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-504507 Unknown Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:48:58 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/how-to-ride-with-your-ipod#comment-504507 Fatty You know what the cycling world really needs?  An excellent blog post on the proper etiquette for cell phone usage while riding.  I mean, come on, it breaks up the monotony of all that dull scenery.  Bluetooth headset, voice dialing, whether or not to play games, there is enough material for a killer post.  Sparky     Fatty
You know what the cycling world really needs?  An excellent blog post on the proper etiquette for cell phone usage while riding.  I mean, come on, it breaks up the monotony of all that dull scenery.  Bluetooth headset, voice dialing, whether or not to play games, there is enough material for a killer post. 
Sparky
 
 

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