Cycling, fixed-gear bike building and life on two wheels only
September 26, 2008 at 8:23 am
· Filed under Music, Training and tagged: fixed-gear, Fixie riding, Music, Training
Wanted to find out from you all - are you listening to tunes when you are training or do you prefer silent runnings? Me, I do both depending on mood and how familiar I am with the route I’m riding, unfamiliar routes mean I like to have my wits about me and listen out for early warning signs. On familiar rides, like laps around the park, they are only bearable after a while when listening to some good tunes.
So what tunes keep you going is my next question? I’m pretty much an omnivore when it comes to music, but when riding fixed I seem to have drifted into listening to electronica, most specifically Drum & Bass, which is the perfect accompaniment to rapid pedalling. 165 - 180 bpm tracks help you keep a pace of 90 -100 rpm pedalling I find.. I sound like an anorak I know so please someone tell me that you are listening to Jazz, choral music or something laid-back?
The Hospital Music podcast on iTunes is just getting better and better - and I will post some non-stop mixes here too soon, mixed and matched, stitched and stretched for your listening pleasure - provided you like Drum & Bass of course.. stay tuned! In the meantime - let’s hear your confessions about music you train to - go on..
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Jorj wrote @ September 26, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I don’t do tunes on the road, but it’s your life so feel free to risk it. No matter how familiar the route, an audio cue can still be the difference between life and death.
On the rollers, I’m all about the Russian pop music. No distraction from trying to follow lyrics; my Russian is much to weak to contemplate that. I’m usually doing mad intervals if I’m on the rollers, so riding in time to the music is not an issue, but beware of doing steady sessions which sync to the tune, because you can end up tapping your feet to the music and pedalling in squares instead of circles
Henry wrote @ September 27, 2008 at 8:26 pm
No way do I ride on the road with any kind of music, no matter how familiar I am with the route. Every day I get some pedestrian in an ipod trance wander out in front of me oblivious of the fact that an object weighing about 80kg is closing in on them at 30kph+. It doesn’t need both of us singing along in our minds to compound the risk. I love my music and I love my cycling and i cannot concentrate on both at once. Instead, when cycling I listen out for music; when I hear a high powered ICE system I know that I have potential idiots close to me and need to take extra care.
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