gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Music plus exercise = dancing.
I went on a 50 mile ride in the country with some nice people on Sunday and didn't feel the need.
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I went on a 50 mile ride in the country with some nice people on Sunday and didn't feel the need.
mauvais
on reddit or something
I can tell that too. I tried it without for a while after one of these arguments and I wasn't satisfied that it made much difference.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Better ban deaf cyclists.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
deaf people don't cycle do they?
i know they don't handglide cos they've never heard of it
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
Who's talking about banning anything?
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
wot?
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
are you pissed?
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
Drafting is generally cuntish - unless you're both sharing the work and the run is a nice wide, straightish one (say Whitechapel to Old Ford, E&C to Brixton). People I just overtook blocking my exit from the lights is also just plain rude. People who sail out from behind stopped buses without looking are also fools of the highest order.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Well no, but by your logic deaf people shouldn't ride bicycles or motorbikes. Which they can and do.
No, you just look around a lot more. I'm with mauvais on this - wearing/not wearing headphones makes no difference to me while I'm riding, and quite honestly I'd prefer to have some music to ride to.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
you'll be telling there are blind bus drivers next!kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Are you being serious or sarcastic?
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
I think it's daft and dangerous.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
So you think someone deaf riding a bike is daft and dangerous too then.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
I think it's different. Someone who is deaf has no choice. You have the choice whether to limit your senses or not. Choosing to do so is daft IMO.
Private Storm
Smell The Glove
Agreed, I cycle with headphones as well, just means that I am looking around myself FAR more than most other cyclists. The amount of times that some dumbass cyclist has pulled out in front of me as I'm overtaking them is crazy, they obviously think that because they can't hear anything coming up behind there is no reason to take a look
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Given the relatively low speed of sound, and the lack of precision in terms of locating where it's coming from, it's presumably not something to rely on to any great extent.
I would never ride with in-ear phones and loud music though ... I find I can hear what I need to hear - certainly the local petrol-addled clowns when they roar up behind me expecting me to get out of the way.
I would never ride with in-ear phones and loud music though ... I find I can hear what I need to hear - certainly the local petrol-addled clowns when they roar up behind me expecting me to get out of the way.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
you're all mental
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
of course
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
i was being sarcastic about blind bus drivers. were you being serious about deaf cyclists?
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Yup, and deaf motorcyclists.
All it does is make you use your eyes more - for example doing the over the shoulder checks more often.
All it does is make you use your eyes more - for example doing the over the shoulder checks more often.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
deaf motorcyclists? WTF?
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
you should be doing that anyway
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
As I said before, it depends on road conditions, familiarity with the route, and on one's relationship with the choice of music.
Only an individual rider can decide whether it's a boon or a hindrance. I couldn't do my daily commute without something to modulate the traffic noise a bit.
I've played this one so often it isn't at all distracting :-
http://www.deeprhythms.com/audio/Bluetransmission-TimoRotonen-Aprl-9-03.mp3
Only an individual rider can decide whether it's a boon or a hindrance. I couldn't do my daily commute without something to modulate the traffic noise a bit.
I've played this one so often it isn't at all distracting :-
http://www.deeprhythms.com/audio/Bluetransmission-TimoRotonen-Aprl-9-03.mp3
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
this is just nonsense. all the justification i ever read just look like desperate wriggling like the excuses of an alcoholic for carrying on drinking
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Because sound isn't a necessary part of driving or riding. When you're in a car the only sense you rely on is sight; you're basically insulated from the world. When you wear a crash helmet, your hearing is impaired, and coupled with the noise of your engine your hearing is pretty non-existant (IME of riding motorbikes as a passenger anyway).
So you don't use your sense of hearing that much, if at all, piloting powered vehicles. If you're going to criticise people with headphones for anything, it's that depending on what you're listening to can be more or less distracting - the whole 'But it's a whole sense going' thing is pish.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
do they let them on the roads? surely not?
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Sorry, I still can't work out if you're merely being obtuse, or actually being thick here. Yes, deaf people can hold driving licences for motorbikes and cars.
