sounds in your helmet?

[John]

No there are heaps of ways to get around it but I dont know them....

Someone else will, I still dont recommend it but hey I'm abit mental.

[FEINT]

I listen to my MP3 player. I find the ear phones hurt my ears when removing the helmet. However wearing a balaclava helps, stops the helmet pulling the earphones when taking it off.

I just use normal round earphones, hear wind noise and music, need some better ones.. Looking at those sony's.. going for about $30USD on Ebay..

[Ghost Lemur]

Can't say I'd ever want to listen to music when riding.

To me, at least, it'd detract from the experience. You might as well add a couple of wheels, a roof and start texting while you ride.

Again to me at least, riding is an almost spiritual experience where I'm totally focused. Man, machine and enviroment. It's almost like meditation. Everything else gets pushed out.


Having said that if listening to something is your thing, and you have some money to spend I'd suggest looking at the Bahr (sp?) Silencer helmet. Heard nothing but good things for the quietness of this helmet, it's got built in headphone (and a mic I think) and looks pretty good too.

[danb]

When driving the cage I can’t go without music - settles you down a little bit with the shitty drivers in Auckland. I find music by it self is much better than the radio where they have news etc which you can get to distracted by.

When I was learning to drive the cage I couldn’t stand music in the car but now im the opposite. Only time will tell and finding the right sort of headphones, earplugs for me and seeing if riding and listening to music at the same time works.

I got my self a Mini Disk player while I was in Canada last September and has been the best thing I have ever brought. Least I know I can use it in any environment and not worry about a Hard Drive in the IPod screwing up on bumpy roads. An standard mp3 player would be just as ideal as well (No spinning parts at all).

[dart1202]

hear music when going up bike very dangerous but never mind when we remain to concentration. I also listen mp3 when my touring use type helmet of Nolan that Flip-Up very compatible when us use earphone.

[pyrocam]

I used to use $12 dick smith earbud types.

worked really well only quite hard to get onto ear or helmet on with them in. but the main reason I stopped doing it is I was doing stupid stuff.

Like, I would be listening to some fast paced techno in a line of traffic and then get all excited and do silly things like insane weaving etc.

apart from that (I might start again when Im a more experienced rider) its hella fun listening to music while riding.

[zeRax]

wtf.. did he use some sort of terrible translation program? if not ,thats a pretty good effort, i had to read it multiple times just to get an idea of what he was trying to say >_< hehe _b

[Wolf]

I sing - loudly, and usually off-key.

I like listening to music when I'm driving a car. Have experimented with getting music into my helmet but when you're deaf in one ear, the logistics get messy - like where can you buy a CD player with Mono output? You can't, so far as I'm aware, so you either have to figure out some kind of stereo-to-mono conversion for a single earpiece or mount two headphone speakers in the same ear cavity on the helmet. Neither option is ideal but the only other option is to wear normal stereo earpieces and only hear half the music because the entire left channel is inaudible.

[N4CR]

I sing - loudly, and usually off-key.

I like listening to music when I'm driving a car. Have experimented with getting music into my helmet but when you're deaf in one ear, the logistics get messy - like where can you buy a CD player with Mono output? You can't, so far as I'm aware, so you either have to figure out some kind of stereo-to-mono conversion for a single earpiece or mount two headphone speakers in the same ear cavity on the helmet. Neither option is ideal but the only other option is to wear normal stereo earpieces and only hear half the music because the entire left channel is inaudible.

Im sure you can just rungi it out and chop some cords and combine the two positive left and right channels into one, giving you one channel of 'stereo' sound that aint stereo no more.. I cant remember if this has worked in all my messing with my stereo system.. but worth a try if you have some cheap earphones to bust up.

Well I suppose if it dont work you can simply re-wire it and eletricaltape/solder/heatshrink it back up.

[mikey]

i use normal ipod speakers, dont get sore ears ................. unless its up REAL LOUD

[pritch]

There are earphones made specifically made to shut out other noise but any that are remotely likely to be any good ain't gonna come cheap. Bose do a set of headphones, small and light, originally designed for use in 'planes.

Also recently read of a set of plugs specifically designed for use with high background noise levels. These weren't cheap either but I have to check my magazine pile to see what and how much...

Oh! and don't ignore the tinitus warnings. When I'm travelling down the road on my bike with ear plugs in, the loudest noise I can hear is the built in buzz.

[Biff]

iPod or MP3 player (depends if Ms Biff has knicked the Pod) hooked into an Autocom unit, along with radar detector and mobile phone. Although I only ever hook these up if I'm communting to work, never if I'm out for a 'proper' ride. It takes the fun away.

[gamgee]

Punctuation, the difference between
Can't say, I'd ever want to listen to music when riding!
and

Can't say I'd ever want to listen to music when riding!

[Lou Girardin]

I upgraded my wifes music set-up with a pair of JVC earphones, the type that have retainers around your ear. Didn't use the retainers just velcroed them in the helmet. But we had to make an amp to get sufficient volume when she has earplugs in.
The Sony earbuds look great, but not at that price.
This just reminded me of travelling south of Franz Joseph into the twisty bits last Feb, as we were going slow the wind and exhaust noise had dropped. From time to time I heard this high pitched keening sound that was really starting to freak me out. Didn't sound bike related, then I clicked. It was my loved one singing at the top of her voice.

PS Some helmets are real buggers to fit speakers in. Nolan and HJC are easy to do.

[Big Dave]

I only paid $90 for those phones in the Sony shop in Newmarket.
I use them with my ipod quite often, in all types of riding.

Distract from the experience? - Guns n roses 'you cold be mine' at max volume and a fast section of challenging road. Gets me where I live. That Ol' Arnie's got NADA baby.