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Stuart
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Ultimately, you can do what you want on a bike just as long as you wear an helmet.
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| martin smith wrote: |
| put in your left ear only. sorted. |
Except I have little hearing in my right ear due to too much Heavy Metal in my youth!
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hardcheese
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Stuart wrote: |
| Ultimately, you can do what you want on a bike just as long as you wear an helmet. |
Made a comment to a guy this morning on Waterloo bridge... he had his helmet hanging off his handbars!
" keep those bars safe mate! "
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Stuart
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| steveng02 wrote: |
| Stuart wrote: |
| Ultimately, you can do what you want on a bike just as long as you wear an helmet. |
Made a comment to a guy this morning on Waterloo bridge... he had his helmet hanging off his handbars!
" keep those bars safe mate! " |
about as useful there as on his head to be honest
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martin smith
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| steveng02 wrote: |
| martin smith wrote: |
| put in your left ear only. sorted. |
Except I have little hearing in my right ear due to too much Heavy Metal in my youth! |
did you only listen with your right ear?
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gswarbrick
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| martin smith wrote: |
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| martin smith wrote: |
| put in your left ear only. sorted. |
Except I have little hearing in my right ear due to too much Heavy Metal in my youth! |
did you only listen with your right ear? |
One ear's more than enough.
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martin smith
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| gswarbrick wrote: |
| martin smith wrote: |
| steveng02 wrote: |
| martin smith wrote: |
| put in your left ear only. sorted. |
Except I have little hearing in my right ear due to too much Heavy Metal in my youth! |
did you only listen with your right ear? |
One ear's more than enough. |
not if you wear glasses it isn't. 
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hardcheese
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| martin smith wrote: |
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| martin smith wrote: |
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| martin smith wrote: |
| put in your left ear only. sorted. |
Except I have little hearing in my right ear due to too much Heavy Metal in my youth! |
did you only listen with your right ear? |
One ear's more than enough. |
not if you wear glasses it isn't. |
All I will say is 'dont stand next to a wall of speakers when a band is doing a sound check!' It was a moment similar to the open sequence of back to the future!
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Scalatore
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| This'll be moot when all cars are electric. |
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shortly
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I Guess if you've been involved in an accident it will be used against you though !. |
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wuverley
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Well no it wont if you have a reasonable lawyer.
Why does anyone want to drown out the sounds of the great outdoors by listening to music, why are you on the bike if you want to listen to a CD?
Just wondered. |
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Des
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Commuting on the same urban roads every day can get a little tedious
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Joursans
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I ride with my iPod "in" but I don't turn it "on". I think that's probably the best balance between "personal enjoyment" and "safety" on those dangerous London town highways. Right kids?
Sometimes I hum to myself (as guided by my own internal "shuffle" mechanism) and I also like to tap, rythmically, whilst waiting for the lights to change.
In fact, I think it's about time I popped off for a quick shuffle followed by a restful and refreshing sleep. Nightie Nightie!  pyjamas pyjamas
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| Joursans wrote: |
I ride with my iPod "in" but I don't turn it "on". I think that's probably the best balance between "personal enjoyment" and "safety" on those dangerous London town highways. Right kids?
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modern fones work just fine! so its not actually an ipod its a hands free kit in case of an incoming call
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monk
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noise reduction type earphones can be more restricting on the sound of cars than regulars but the wind noise is cut out too. if you have it too loud you can't hear nought. but not full blast you can still hear idiot cars going for the gaps that aint there.
don't use it in busy traffic mainly out round the lanes. speaking of which long route to work beckons.
seems bizarre I get discouraged to use ipod on the road 'cos its a distraction' yet its legally ok to have throbbing base the whole neighbourhood can hear in your car, and still be allowed to faff about with satnav whilst lighting cigarettes and driving 2mph over the speed limit in the rain.  |
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| The Highway Code does state that road users (which includes cyclists) should avoid loud music as it can mask out other sounds. So it would certainly be used against you if you were ever involved in an accident. |
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Lee
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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| The Highway Code does state that road users (which includes cyclists) should avoid loud music as it can mask out other sounds. So it would certainly be used against you if you were ever involved in an accident. |
That's if they noticed.
Out of interest has it ever been used as a contributing factor in a motoring conviction?
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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| this always come to : should the hard of hearing be banned from cycling? |
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Billy Boy
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Well no it wont if you have a reasonable lawyer.
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Lawyers don't know the meaning of the word 'reasonable'.
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martin smith
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| wuverley wrote: |
Well no it wont if you have a reasonable lawyer.
Why does anyone want to drown out the sounds of the great outdoors by listening to music, why are you on the bike if you want to listen to a CD?
Just wondered. |
commuting in the dark on unlit roads. boring as anything without music and much slower as a result.
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