"Can I listen to headphones whilst riding / training"...

[4F]

Why are they daft?

If you want to block one of your six senses then I wish you all the best.

 

[MontyVeda]

I sometimes wear headphones when watching movies late at night.

I know i know, I'm a fool. How can i hear the sound of fire crackling, fizzing and popping in the kitchen?

 

[glenn forger]

If you want to block one of your six senses then I wish you all the best.

It doesn't "block" anything. With earphones in you still hear more than drivers.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

If you want to block one of your six senses then I wish you all the best.

So what should people who have no choice do? ie: the deaf?

 

[Profpointy]

http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/cy...same-as-motorists-listening-to-nothing/013329

Ride On magazine of Australia has discovered that cyclists listening to music or podcasts while riding hear more ambient traffic noise than motorists listening to an in-car stereo or even listening to nothing at all. Cars - with windows up - are inherently sound-proof.

thought you said -70db for headphones but only -50 in the car

 

[glenn forger]

Hyphen, not minus sign.

 

[Profpointy]

Hyphen, not minus sign.

so the claim is 20dB less outside noise in a car than with headphones?

(not arguing with it, just checking the story)

 

[glenn forger]

yep

 

[Markymark]

It doesn't "block" anything. With earphones in you still hear more than drivers.

What's the point in comparing it to cars because then you might as well say that cyclists need rear-view and door mirrors as standard? Cars have mirrors which things behind you can catch your eye even if not looking directly. Listening out is not as important.

Unless you have mirrors on your bike, if you sound is also blocked, you might not be drawn attention to someone screeching or revving up behind you.

 

[4F]

So what should people who have no choice do? ie: the deaf?

I am sure that if deaf people had the choice they would take hearing any day rather than imparing it.

 

[glenn forger]

How many cyclists do you know with no neck?

 

[4F]

It doesn't "block" anything. With earphones in you still hear more than drivers.

So are you suggesting that you hearing is as crystal clear with headphones as it is without ? If you are then carry on but my personal view is that that theory is bollox.

 

[glenn forger]

Clearer than for drivers, by 20db, yes.

If earphone-wearing by cyclists is so terribly awful and reckless can you find the practice cited in a fatal RTC?

 

[Markymark]

I check behind regularly. Its about being drawn attention to someone behind during the moments you are not looking backwards. Like I say, in a car, the mirrors are in my peripheral vision. Things can draw my attention. A cyclist who can't hear will only know what's behind at the times they look.

 

[4F]

Clearer than for drivers, by 20db, yes.

If earphone-wearing by cyclists is so terribly awful and reckless can you find the practice cited in a fatal RTC?

I still call bollox however if you want to carry on wearing them in the misguided impression that your hearing is not affected then carry on.