Headphones

Wallace1492
Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
edited August 2009 in Commuting chat
Thought this needed a new thread.
For me a definate no no on the road.

Reason - well never would but last week hammered it home, and I would now be dead if I wore headphones, as car went through a red light and missed me by a whisker, I did emergency stop as I heard him, but could not see as I had green light onto a main road but with buildings close to junction.

On saying that, when off road, i have occasionaly had an ipod on....
"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"

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  • shoulder_of_orion
    shoulder_of_orion Posts: 529
    You've started one thread on RLJ, another on headphones.

    Where are the threads on hybrids and helmets to complete the set?
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    I didn't realise hybrids were that dangerous - will be on the lookout on way home...
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Shoulder of Lamb wrote:
    You've started one thread on RLJ, another on headphones.

    Where are the threads on hybrids and helmets to complete the set?

    Guess I am going over old ground, but I am a newbie on here and havent trawled into all the old stuff, just canny be bothered, so apologies.

    Hybrids are fine and do a job, some like some dont.

    Helmets, some wear, some dont, I wear in traffic or if doing tougher off roads but dont at other times.

    Don't think either hybrids or helmets endanger others as much as RLJ or headphones.
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    We've done headphones to death - try having a search. I use em and they've not caused any hassle.
  • shoulder_of_orion
    shoulder_of_orion Posts: 529
    Sorry, I was being facetious, it's just that people tend to have strong opinions on these things and the pro and anti camps will never agree however much evidence one way or the other is presented.

    It just gets a bit tedious (for me) to have the same old debates trotted out over and over.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Shoulder of Lamb wrote:
    Sorry, I was being facetious, it's just that people tend to have strong opinions on these things and the pro and anti camps will never agree however much evidence one way or the other is presented.

    It just gets a bit tedious (for me) to have the same old debates trotted out over and over.

    +1.

    Let's have a new debate... who's pinker Biondino or PinkPedal?
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Il Principe wrote:
    Shoulder of Lamb wrote:
    Sorry, I was being facetious, it's just that people tend to have strong opinions on these things and the pro and anti camps will never agree however much evidence one way or the other is presented.

    It just gets a bit tedious (for me) to have the same old debates trotted out over and over.

    +1.

    Let's have a new debate... who's pinker Biondino or PinkPedal?
    Biondino.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    Shoulder of Lamb wrote:
    Sorry, I was being facetious, it's just that people tend to have strong opinions on these things and the pro and anti camps will never agree however much evidence one way or the other is presented.

    It just gets a bit tedious (for me) to have the same old debates trotted out over and over.

    +1.

    Let's have a new debate... who's pinker Biondino or PinkPedal?
    Biondino.

    Barbie.

    but not by much :wink:
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  • the_hundredth_idiot
    the_hundredth_idiot Posts: 813
    I've started wearing earplugs when I'm riding. Fantastic! Can't hear a thing - I just glide along in peace and quiet. Saves me huge amounts of time each evening that I used to waste trying to discover the source of random rattles and squeaks.
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