Listening to Stuff on the Road
09-27-18, 04:17 PM
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Under what circumstances are you riding with pedestrians? We have them on the Santa Monica Beach bike path and they're just clueless. But I don't see this anywhere else in my area.
I've tried all of them including bells with no change - about 30% of people walking will tend to go the wrong way when you yell out. Whether it's because of smartphones usage while walking, ear buds, or cognitive issues it doesn't seem to make a difference. For instance, today, I came across a woman running with sound isolating over the ear headphones. This sort of behavior is bad and just getting worse.
I avoid MUPs like the plague. But where I can't, I don't say anything but I watch their knees and feet like a hawk. Hard to make a move that you don't telegraph with your feet.
Ride the road. It's a lot safer.
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I avoid MUPs like the plague. But where I can't, I don't say anything but I watch their knees and feet like a hawk. Hard to make a move that you don't telegraph with your feet.
Ride the road. It's a lot safer.
J.
09-27-18, 04:48 PM
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I have either scared or obviously not been heard by so many headphone/earbud users when I call out "on your left" or "bike behind you" that the proclamations here that such devices gon't impair hearing don't impress me.
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09-27-18, 05:21 PM
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Well, the thread is about listening to stuff on the road, not MUPs and bike paths.
I stay off of those things regardless of headphones or not.
I stay off of those things regardless of headphones or not.
09-27-18, 08:02 PM
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09-28-18, 10:02 AM
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Road cycling, to me, means paved riding. I think thats a pretty common view.
09-28-18, 12:41 PM
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To be fair, if anyone says they are going road riding, that would sound odd too. Just calling it 'riding' sounds normal though.
If I ride side roads for a mile, connect with a MUP and ride that for 6 miles, then get out to county highways which I ride for 30 miles, have I done a road ride? So 32mi of road and 12mi of MUP. I would say that was a road ride, yet over 25% was on a paved trail. Eek the horror!
Earlier in the year I did a 62mi ride with over 2900' of climb and 55mi of the ride was on a path. 46'/mile climb isnt a ton, but it also is hardly flat. When that is available to people and you dont have to deal with traffic, its pretty appealing as an alternative here and there.
Using MUPs to get out to quieter roads is great.
09-28-18, 02:56 PM
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Are three paragraphs and multiple examples really necessary to explain it if it's such a common view?
MUPs and greenways are a helluva lot more dangerous than roads due to the congestion and makeup of the traffic, and speed has to be extremely limited due to those conditions, so I'll disagree with you assertion considering appeal and it being great. But besides that, again, it's not what this thread is about.
MUPs and greenways are a helluva lot more dangerous than roads due to the congestion and makeup of the traffic, and speed has to be extremely limited due to those conditions, so I'll disagree with you assertion considering appeal and it being great. But besides that, again, it's not what this thread is about.
09-28-18, 03:27 PM
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Here ya go, should be interesting - https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycl...d-cycling.html
09-28-18, 04:08 PM
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I mounted a waterproof Bluetooth speaker to my handlebar. I don't use earphones because they blocking sonunda from enviroment and make ride more dangerous.
09-28-18, 08:55 PM
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Are three paragraphs and multiple examples really necessary to explain it if it's such a common view?
MUPs and greenways are a helluva lot more dangerous than roads due to the congestion and makeup of the traffic, and speed has to be extremely limited due to those conditions, so I'll disagree with you assertion considering appeal and it being great. But besides that, again, it's not what this thread is about.
MUPs and greenways are a helluva lot more dangerous than roads due to the congestion and makeup of the traffic, and speed has to be extremely limited due to those conditions, so I'll disagree with you assertion considering appeal and it being great. But besides that, again, it's not what this thread is about.
09-30-18, 06:54 PM
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SECONDED! And no earbuds. Just big honkin' over-the-ear cans. Like a DJ from the 70s.
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^do they come in carbon now?
10-01-18, 11:12 PM
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hell yes. perfect for mupping around.
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