[Closed] thoughts on which headphones to ride with

Er, I'm struggling to translate that.

I think you're looking for headphones which aren't earbuds, but which stay in just like earbuds. Yes?

Whatever, I just use some cheap earbuds with the wire looped over my ear.

Sennhieser CX300. These are ear canal ones and I find they stay in much better than the other ear bid ones. £15 from play.com

Second CX300s, they're really good, made me realise how absoultely shocking the Apple headphones are (cue some expert coming along to point out how the CX300s are still a really cheap pair of headphones!). Although my ears are different sizes, I have the small bud in one ear and the medium in the other. Strange.

the quality looks good from the stats, but do they not keep falling out over long rides? maybe i should try anti perspirant in my lugholes? 🙂

Fat Cyclist recommends these, I assume they're available in the UK;
[url= http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/06/16/how-to-listen-to-rock-and-roll-whilst-riding-a-bike/ ]http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/06/16/how-to-listen-to-rock-and-roll-whilst-riding-a-bike/[/url]

They also make you look like a total cock, and put your iPod in the way of all the crap!

I use a 2G iPod Shuffle (agree with fat cyclist on that, it's the best on-bike MP3 player I've come across), but stick it on your bib straps. If you don't wear bibs then you need to start, not least so you can attach your MP3 player.

i use sony ear canal ones, mine used to fall out all the time but i changed to the smaller in ear rubber bits and the stay in better. sennheiser/denon ear canal ones have a textured finish which may help although denon ones would whistle in the wind as they have a port on the back

wearing bibs-check.

those arriva headphones look good but 2 things-i quite like a good sound and wind noise is always an issue when riding. i tried bigger cans but they just get hot.

if you've an ipod shuffle you may find you can attach it to the rear strap on your helmet.

[quotethoughts on which headphones to ride with

Call me Victor, but I hope you mean for offroad or cyclepath use. Riding with headphones on the roads is suicide!!

Riding with headphones on the roads is suicide

really?

i'm not dead yet

[i]really?

i'm not dead yet [/i]

yes you are, and so am I. It's just our ghosts haunting the forum. Mind, being ethereal, I can stand all day in the Uni sports centre girls' showers enjoying the view. Hurrah for riding with headphones on the road.

Riding with headphones on the roads is suicide!!

Why? Why is it suicide? No one's ever been able to explain this in a sensible fashion. Is it because you can't hear traffic (which I find I can anyway)? How do you tell the difference between the sound of a car which is going to overtake you and one which will mow you down? Should I be mounting the verge every time a car comes? I think progress would be rather slow unless you live in Australian Outback!

I've ridden thousands of miles on the road wearing headphones, I've had two altercations with cars, one I rode into the side of as it turned across me, and one who clipped me overtaking. In both cases I was listening to music, and in neither case did I think 'I could've avoided that had I not been listening to music'. Ridiculous perspective.

I'm done.

And hurrah for AndyP, class post. I don't normally ride on the road with headphones in, as I'm used to hearing cars and responding accordingly, but if you take extra care then I don't see why not. After all, it's not like car drivers can hear everything that goes on around them.

Sennheiser CX300s here, excellent headphone for the money. £14 from Amazon. One thing I do find a bit weird with them is way that, although external sounds are cut out, any noise through your body is amplified. So footsteps on the pavement, bumps in the road, or anything tapping against the cable become much more audible. Apart from that they're ideal.

the better sennheisers come with a wee clip to attach the cable to something, this helps keep vibrations from being carried up the cable.

a bit of tape works just as well

I've used the CX300's, but the new Denon AH-C252's are astonishingly good, and they're only £25! Brilliant sound, makes it seem pointless buying anything more expensive, plus they sit in your ears really well, because the bud part is angled inwards.

i bought some Denon C551s recently and they are amazing, too heavy (and expensive) for cycling though and they have a hole right in the back which picks up wind noise real bad. Most comfortable listening headphones i've ever owned though. those 252s look good.

[url= http://www.product-outlet.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=14&products_id=47 ]Cheap CX300s[/url]

I have the same problem with ear pieces falling out, so after seeing the CX300s recommended I have just purchsed some from the link above £9.99 free post 😛

every pair of 'too good to be true' priced sennheisers i have bough (even through Amazon) have been fake.

beware

I knew it wouldn't be long before somebody popped up with the "You shouldn't wear earphones" line.
Due to an industrial injury I'm partially deaf and will, in a not great length of time, be profoundly deaf. Does this mean I shouldn't be riding my bicycle on the road?

No, it just means you're less aware of what's happening around you.

Sorry to hear about your onset of deafness btw.

I prefer not hearing all the ghosts, zombies, wolves and vampire bats stalking me on night-time road rides so always wear earphones.

I like em as well for the same reason 🙂

anything by grado is the way. dont dare take my rs1`s out though just incase