What Music do you ride to?

[gravitylover]

I can't comprehend listening to tunes on the bike or skiing. The sounds of skiing and riding are all I need and in fact what I want.

Ditto. Maybe I'm like daywalker, in the old and crotchety sense, but I want the sounds of nature ringing in my head. I'm sick of the disconnect people go through when they have their tunes on and won't ride with them unless they leave it in the car.

[Ferniefreeheels]

Same here I like to hear what's going on around me while biking or skiing. Even while your on the climb skiing if you got phones plugged in your head you might miss that critical 'wumph' and we all know what happens when you miss warning signs.

Another thing that bugs me is when someone gets on the chair with you and keeps the tunes blaring and is off in their own world like they are the only one on the chair. I consider this rude....but that's just me.

[Sad Santos]

I just watched Seasons on mute and it was sweet to just listen to my breathing. I hope that the Under the Influence premier is muted to...

[uncle crud]

whether you can enjoy listening to music while you ride... well, if you can't, why are you here pissing on this thread? sheesh. it's for those who actually can deal with the problem of music overshadowing environmental sounds. some people can't deal with that. fine. not really reason to insist that everyone see it your way, though... is it?

I like music to take my mind off the hurt of climbing. I like music to put me in a mood to ride descents.

descents are over quickly, full albums don't work here. my favorite riding songs for descending some of my favorite local trails --

Spoon, My Mathematical Mind
French Kicks, When You Heard You
Ikara Colt, One Note
Pretty Girls Make Graves, Speakers Push The Air
Sonic Youth, Teenage Riot
Fugazi, Smallpox Champion
Clinic, The Equaliser
Crack the Sky, Surf City
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Hearts of Oak
Stereolab, Wow and Flutter
Radiohead, Bodysnatchers
Queens of the Stone Age, First it Giveth
Chavez, New Room

for climbing I like stuff that's metronomic, or thought-provoking, depending on my mood. general favorite albums:

Gus Gus, Gus Gus vs T-World
Blackalicious, A2G
Blackalicoius, Nia
Aesop Rock, Float
Hydra, Super Human

[Daywalker]

uncle crud... not being cruddy.

It's absolutely mind-blowing.