Headphones

mese13

whilst cycling in heavy London traffic?

Nutterish, or what?

il_principe

Nope.

Next thread please.

pickylongstocking

Welocme to BR mate,

I totally agree but must warn you about certain topics that are likely to get you involved in a long winded exchange of pompous viewpoints from some of the more argumentative members of the various forums here who rather like the sound of their own voice and obviously have nothing better to do than chastise people for their "uninformed" points of view.

1. Mandatory helmet wearing (very hot potato)
2. Wearing headphones whilst riding on the road
3. Whether or not some pro cyclist has ever done any drugs
4. Red Light Jumping
5. Whether or not you could ever get a date with Lost In Thought

Good luck

mese13

ok - will try not to tread on any toes or upset any of the more pompous posters

i'll slap my own wrist and remember to wear my ipod tomorrow morning

EKE_38BPM

Just so you know where I stand
1: I wear one, but it shouldn't be mandatory
2: Stupid thing to do
3: Don't really care, but I hope the Brits are clean
4: Don't usually do it, but if a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it...
5: Wrong question. Could she get a date with me?

il_principe

Didn't mean to offend, but this topic has been done to death and was being discussed last week IIRC.

HamishD

pickylongstocking wrote:

Welocme to BR mate,

I totally agree but must warn you about certain topics that are likely to get you involved in a long winded exchange of pompous viewpoints from some of the more argumentative members of the various forums here who rather like the sound of their own voice and obviously have nothing better to do than chastise people for their "uninformed" points of view.

1. Mandatory helmet wearing (very hot potato)
2. Wearing headphones whilst riding on the road
3. Whether or not some pro cyclist has ever done any drugs
4. Red Light Jumping
5. Whether or not you could ever get a date with Lost In Thought

Good luck

Can we sticky this please?

pickylongstocking

II Principe,

Sorry mate wasn't aimed at anyone inparticular, just trying to add some humour.

notsoblue

I wear headphones to drown out the sound of people screaming as a plough through pedestrians when I RLJ.

rf6

notsoblue wrote:

I wear headphones to drown out the sound of people screaming as a plough through pedestrians when I RLJ.

.....but with or without a helmet on?????

wizzlebanger

1. Mandatory helmet wearing (very hot potato)
2. Wearing headphones whilst riding on the road
3. Whether or not some pro cyclist has ever done any drugs
4. Red Light Jumping
5. Whether or not you could ever get a date with Lost In Thought

6. Hybrid

How could you forget that hot potato? Literally a red rag to any opinionated bull!

Wallace1492

1. London - centricity of Forum
2. Stickies
3. DDD's latest topic, always a contentious one
4. Whether to buy a new bike or not
5. Beards

pickylongstocking

Sorry please forgive my non inclusion of Hybrids but I am a lowly mountain biker and do not ride on the road thus do not understand the various types of bike currently ridden by commuters. I sadly commute by train as I enjoy stopping off at the various badly lit smelly needle fests they call toilets at train stations these days for my daily dose of cottaging.

soundninjauk

rf6 wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

I wear headphones to drown out the sound of people screaming as a plough through pedestrians when I RLJ.

.....but with or without a helmet on?????

I do have a helmet, but it has no protective value and has a ramming spike on the front for any pedestrians unfortunate enough to be in my way.

Also, built in headphones.

Kazz_uk

pickylongstocking wrote:

Welocme to BR mate,

I totally agree but must warn you about certain topics that are likely to get you involved in a long winded exchange of pompous viewpoints from some of the more argumentative members of the various forums here who rather like the sound of their own voice and obviously have nothing better to do than chastise people for their "uninformed" points of view.

1. Mandatory helmet wearing (very hot potato)
2. Wearing headphones whilst riding on the road
3. Whether or not some pro cyclist has ever done any drugs
4. Red Light Jumping
5. Whether or not you could ever get a date with Lost In Thought

Good luck

Meh! Where's the 'report for sticky' button?

SimonAH

Have we not forgotten about shaven danglies?

pickylongstocking

No I haven't forgotten about shaven danglies, I have the scars to prove it.

sc999cs

I've just broken my Sennheiser CX500 headphones. Can anyone recommend any replacements which are a bit more durable (for use on a computer or mp3 player)?

CiB

sc999cs wrote:

I've just broken my Sennheiser CX500 headphones. Can anyone recommend any replacements which are a bit more durable (for use on a computer or mp3 player)?

I can't, but I know a man who can.

Telegraph page on headphones.

HamishD

http://www.iheadphones.co.uk/headphones ... +Black.htm

Shure: best headphones on the planet . . .

WesternWay

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Just so you know where I stand
1: I wear one, but it shouldn't be mandatory
2: Stupid thing to do
3: Don't really care, but I hope the Brits are clean
4: Don't usually do it, but if a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it...
5: Wrong question. Could she get a date with me?

and me

1. Likewise
2. I like doing this. It is possibly a bit silly, but so am I
3. EVERYONE that goes quicker than me is on drugs
4. Hanging's too good for em.
5. Who says I haven't? erm LiT, please don't answer this

snooks

HamishD wrote:

Shure: best headphones on the planet . . .

Unless you bought the EC2s and then the cable goes all hard and breaks up around your ears after a years use

danowat

mese13 wrote:

whilst cycling in heavy London traffic?

Nutterish, or what?

Is heavy London traffic different than any other heavy traffic?, is it more scary because it in that there London?

MonkeyMonster

danowat wrote:

mese13 wrote:

whilst cycling in heavy London traffic?

Nutterish, or what?

Is heavy London traffic different than any other heavy traffic?, is it more scary because it in that there London?

*ding* *ding* *ding* *ding*

Another endless arguement question

pickylongstocking

I highly recomend skull candy headphones, I have had mine three years, they have been snowboarding and cycling with me one hundreds of occasions and are still as crisp today as they were when I shoplifted them from HMV.

gtvlusso

pickylongstocking wrote:

I highly recomend skull candy headphones, I have had mine three years, they have been snowboarding and cycling with me one hundreds of occasions and are still as crisp today as they were when I shoplifted them from HMV.

+1 - my iPhone ones with the mic are boss! 11mm version.

HamishD

snooks wrote:

HamishD wrote:

Shure: best headphones on the planet . . .

Unless you bought the EC2s and then the cable goes all hard and breaks up around your ears after a years use

ER, EDIT: best sounding headphones on the planet . . .

MonkeyMonster

oh, for the money...

sennheisers cx300's from play.com resellers audiotime

Peyote

Can someone please figure out how to do cochlear implants that I can plug into my MP3? The wind noise from my helmet and the headphones really doesn't do John Lee Hooker any justice on my commute.

pickylongstocking

Peyote wrote:

Can someone please figure out how to do cochlear implants that I can plug into my MP3? The wind noise from my helmet and the headphones really doesn't do John Lee Hooker any justice on my commute.

I think I have diagnosed the problem, could it be that no musical playing device can ever do justice to John Lee Hooker because he is a legend and his sounds can only be heard as they are supposed to be when tiny angels are angels are carressing your epithelium?

antikythera

If you ride anything decent in a 58cm size, tell your family to sell it cheap on e-bay after the inevitable, then I'll send you a pair (sic) of head phones :-)