Comments on: Contest Time: One Good Earbud

By: Jbtoledo

Jbtoledo — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:00:00 +0000

Been looking EVERYWHERE for a single ear set up. Thank you much and may all thr dual earbuds I have sent to the grave in my failed attempts rest in peace! A-yeah!

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:13:00 +0000

Thanks for your comments….we appreciate it.

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:12:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story. Good luck in the contest…..I’d like for you to have a chance to see if the One Good Earbud gives you what you’re looking for.

By: Clive Chapman

Clive Chapman — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:48:00 +0000

Legal in the UK mate, although not something I would do on the road. I leave my listening to music while riding to my off road trails.

By: Sharon Toole

Sharon Toole — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:17:00 +0000

From the time I was little and started riding up the highway to the corner store with my walkman, my parents pressed the importance of being able to hear traffic, other cyclists, and pedestrians (not that many people walk along the highway way out my way). I pressed back with the importance of my music to my ride. My parents (in all their medical school wisdom) told me (in their ‘doctorly’ way) that even with the music low, your brain will tune out noises that don’t fit with the music and other extraneous sounds, and that with both ears receiving music as the primary stimulus, by the time you’d hear a car it’d be on top of you. When I argued my case for only getting audio input in one ear, and saving the other for traffic, etc., I was once again allowed to pedal to the power of the almighty cassette tape. I ripped the earpieces off my headset (earbuds didn’t exist yet) and jury rigged the right one into my helmet, keeping my left ear free for ambient noise.

These days, I leave the left earpiece dangling, and still ride with the right earbud in. Even without music, lots of days, I still can’t hear the cars clipping along at 100 km/hr coming up behind me over the wind in my ears, so I’ve taken to checking behind my behind. But it’s certainly frustrating to miss half of a song that was recorded in stereo because it’s in the other earphone. The One Good Earbud certainly sounds like the solution…!

By: Dartagnan5699

Dartagnan5699 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Let me first say that I totally understand your reasoning, it’s just bicycling right? That’s the problem, you can’t drive a car and wear headphones anywhere I know of, so why should you be allowed to on a bike. I’ve been riding motorcycles for about 47 years and it has never been allowed. You can get speakers for mounting on your handlebars so you wouldn’t need to use any headphones. Let me first qualify this, bike laws are generally made to mimic regular traffic laws, this one is no different. One ear or two ears it make little difference, it’s about safety, yours and everyone elses. The number one cause of auto accidents is distractions outside of the vehicle, like people on a bike. With cars today that run really quite, like an electric Prius for example, you’d never hear it till it hit you and then it’s too late. As I said before I have been riding motorcycles for a long time and I’m a big avocate for being allowed to ride without a helmut, I think it should be a choice. But this is different, I have seen people walking along and get hit by cars while talking on their cell phones or listening to thier MP3 player. It’s human nature for people to get involved in what they are listening to, even with one ear pluged it’s still a distraction. Frankly I’m not superised that more states haven’t made laws like this, considering how all of them jumped on the cell phone problem hype.

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:43:00 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Meghan. Being aware of your surroundings while cycling is super important whether you have one earbud, both, or nothing in your ears. Keep on riding and getting better out there every day.

By: Meghan Dwyer

Meghan Dwyer — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:22:00 +0000

I think cycling with one earbud in is perfectly acceptable. As I’m still a novice cyclist, I’m hyper aware of my surroundings and would be afraid to have both earbuds in while I’m still perfecting my cycling technique.

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:11:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story. Unfortunately, I guess, it’s those who are respectful or safe that provide a reason for these rules and laws to be created.

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:08:00 +0000

Thanks Jon…..and thanks again for providing the review of One Good Earbud.