AG: It bears repeating
On 09/04/2017 02:22 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 9/4/2017 12:33 PM, NFN Smith wrote:
Frank Krygowski wrote:
Zoning out is relaxing, but it works only in ideal conditions.
To this end, I will *never*, under any conditions, ride with earbuds, no matter how
bored my brain might get. I'm far too dependent on hearing what's going on around me.
I tried it maybe twice. Once was on a remote empty road in North Dakota. And North
Dakota has some _really_ empty roads! But I still didn't like it. I can't imagine
doing it in a place where I had to pay any attention to other traffic.
I'm not so sure hearing is especially critical in bike riding [on roads] as one might
think.
Certainly it would be good to hear the sound of rubber crossing edge of road rumble
strips not too far behind you, but I actually rely more on my bike rear view mirrors
than I do sound. My hearing isn't great anyways and when mixed with traffic
background noise it lacks much in discriminating power (what's coming close behind me).
I rarely ride using earphones (ear buds don't stay in place for me), but I did try to
learn some Italian riding to and from work one summer before a late fall trip to that
country and I can't say it was especially precarious for me.
SMH
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