Newros
New Head-Fier
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Situation: I do a lot of bicycling on isolated country roads in the West and am looking for advice on sports headphones that work well. I tend to just run during the winter when the wind blast freezes extremities. I have relied on various earbuds for music during these activities.
Consider my pros and cons:
In cold weather, the ears are covered, keeping them in place, but the pressure on them can hurt the ears.
In warm weather, earbuds fall out, the wind noise hurts the sound, and wind noise requires potentially unhealthy sound levels.
Over-the-ear phones don't fit well under winter hats and helmet straps interfere.
In-the-ear typeswould reduce wind noise but decrease my ability to hear traffic noise, thus decreasing safety. I know that most cycling purists say that riding and listening to headphones is a safety no-no, but a lot of us cycling outside busy urban areas do this routinely.
About 90% of the time I listen to FM, so extreme quality is not a major factor, but crap phones make the problem worse.
Thanks for the input.
Consider my pros and cons:
In cold weather, the ears are covered, keeping them in place, but the pressure on them can hurt the ears.
In warm weather, earbuds fall out, the wind noise hurts the sound, and wind noise requires potentially unhealthy sound levels.
Over-the-ear phones don't fit well under winter hats and helmet straps interfere.
In-the-ear typeswould reduce wind noise but decrease my ability to hear traffic noise, thus decreasing safety. I know that most cycling purists say that riding and listening to headphones is a safety no-no, but a lot of us cycling outside busy urban areas do this routinely.
About 90% of the time I listen to FM, so extreme quality is not a major factor, but crap phones make the problem worse.
Thanks for the input.