What do you listen to whist riding? And what with. I have an iPod mini. It jumps a bit when you fall off! Apparently i listen to naff music:
DireStraits
Pink Floyd
The Who
U2.

Is it really that bad?!
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Well there's your problem, you've an Ipod!

anyways, my sony (nwhd3) keeps going, despite being hit by a car, landed on etc...


as for the music? depends on mood, this afternoon i felt a relaxed, so i had pedestrian

if i feel like i want to jump off big things, there's nothing better than rise against

power metal (dragonforce etc) does strange things to you if you're riding ;-)

and ska punk/folk rock (reel big fish, less than jake, flogging molly) makes me just want to ride the trail smoothly, but get some nice jumps in

your all wrong ... iriver ihp20 ... even survived a direct hit from me landing square on my back at laggan trying to ride devil staircase at warp factor nine on ht ... and ive used mine EVERYDAY for 2 years so far

i listen to everything from katie melua , to ac/dc with a bit of less than jake and reel big fish inbetween

have to say i like pink floyd ... what about trex ? johnny cash ? johnny ramone , bit of ugly duckling and dj shadow .... nothing quite like a varied music taste !

Trails. Tyre buzz. Wind. Birds. Rocks. Friends.

Don't need music on the trails.

if i can hear my bike i pick up sounds i shouldnt and start looking for broken things ...

Hey, teapot!! - LTJ, RBF?? - way to go, fella!

The MP3 player on my phone serves it's purpose pretty well. I've got a 1GB memory card in there which holds more than enough songs to keep me going whichever mood I'm in..

I mainly find myself listening to The Prodigy - although my taste varies and includes Metallica, Gnarls Barkley, Kasabian, System of a Down, Roni Size, Pendulum, High Contrast, Groove Armada, The Kooks... The list goes on..

"Don't need music on the trails."

Anyway, it's hard cruisinbg down the trails with the Hallé in tow isn't it Carlos. ;o)

Music whilst riding? Why? As Carlos says, listen to nature. Surely that's why we get out?

The Prodigy for fast riding.
Feeder for slower stuff.

I can't get my head around listening to music whilst cycling. When I'm in traffic I need my ears. When I'm on the trails I like to hear my friends, the birds and the sound of rubber....so to speak.

Don't need music on the MTB, the rhythem of the pedalling combined with my breathing and other natural sounds is enough

On the road I'd like to but like to hear the sound of approaching traffic

tonight, i've been mostly listening to:

a creaky bottom bracket, i knew there was a reason i usually have my mp3!

I live in West Berkshire. All we get is the sound of a bypass ! Music makes you cycle faster. On account that I don't have transport (other than a bike), I can't get to nice places like the Ridgeway and Peak District. Where i can hear birds. The only birds we have here are pigiens.
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i rarely listen to music on the mtb, but if i did (and i'll prob try it soon), rage against the machine worked well when touring...

"fuck you, i won't do what you tell me" etc. esp good on a long climb, believe me!

Sometimes music on low is a great thing when out on your own in the woods... But at other times it just gets in the way.

Pete – music is a personal thing! FWIW, I like what you listen to! But then I had Heart (anybody else remember 'Alone'?) in the car yesterday... Power ballads on the M1!

The buildup in Can't stop by the peppers is good when your gonna attack a jump :)

SOAD
Rage against the Machine
Coheed & Cambria
Foo Fighters
Clash
RBF
LTJ
Goldfinger
Maiden
Guns n Roses
Strapping Young Lad
Wolf Mother
Nightwish
Pantera
Down Etc.

My ipod makes long solo rides much more enjoyable. over 1500 tunes on it, all singles (no shite albumn tracks), every genre you can imagine, so no point listing a few.

Put it on random and ride. Although i admit things like Prodigy make me ride like a looney when they happen to come on.

Do any of you have Limewire? Because you can copy music that you download from Limewire into iTunes. Just right click on the 'Start' button and choose 'Search', enter the name or artist and search 'Local Hard drives'. Find the song that you want and copy it across.
FREE MUSIC FOR ALL!