I did a ride in Thailand. Off road and road mix. 3 days. I remember being so shocked that someone put their headphones on and even more shocked that they just wanted to go 'head down and power it out' in a place where the view and experience really were amazing. I did go to Headphones at one point. Actually, embarrassingly enough when I went the length of Japan. Not all the time, but when particularly exhausted it really did help. I recently dropped them from Mtb riding and have been enjoying the lack of accompaniment. One thing I did notice they helped with was cutting out the sound of wind. I used to just have the buds in with no music on occasion and just cutting the sound of wind rushing by made me less of a 'scaredy cat' rider as it took away the sense of speed. I am now free of that 'performance enhancing' aid though.
Nov. 9, 2017, 6:46 a.m. - Cameron Curtis
I did a ride in Thailand. Off road and road mix. 3 days. I remember being so shocked that someone put their headphones on and even more shocked that they just wanted to go 'head down and power it out' in a place where the view and experience really were amazing. I did go to Headphones at one point. Actually, embarrassingly enough when I went the length of Japan. Not all the time, but when particularly exhausted it really did help. I recently dropped them from Mtb riding and have been enjoying the lack of accompaniment. One thing I did notice they helped with was cutting out the sound of wind. I used to just have the buds in with no music on occasion and just cutting the sound of wind rushing by made me less of a 'scaredy cat' rider as it took away the sense of speed. I am now free of that 'performance enhancing' aid though.