What is your playlist/music while riding?(merged)

[hoovermd]

I have been known to ride with tunes while solo weekdays. HJ and my 3 parks weekday AM ride are the places I'm most likly to do so.

I try and keep the level low so I can hear anyone hollering at me. Any other time it is no tunes, or tunes for all...

I find it is actually the hikers who are the larger problem. They seem to walk with their face down in the dirt and never look up! Just try riding Chantry Flats on an early Sat AM and you will notice many of these folks with tunes so loud that they can't hear you yell.

I was coming down one of the more nasty sections last time and a hiker was coming up (hiker using the whole trail I might add) and I hollered out my usual "Good Morning!" with no effect. I got closer and tried again, but louder. Again to no effect. So then I stopped and waited for the fun... the hiker walked right up to me and the first thing they saw was my front wheel. BOY were they surprised!

My personal opinion on iPods on the trail is that if you wear one, YOU then become responsible for your ownsafety because the chances of you hearing others is significantly diminished.

Usually I enjoy the sounds of nature, and my breating and heartbeat but sometimes I like a little music too.

[culturesponge]

ska+punk+electro+dub+funk+world - whatever, cranked up loud before & after rides - but out on the trails i like/need to be 100% compusmentus & hear the chain clattering about on the cassette or the stick starting to be taken up into the spokes/rd or that mountain lion growling as i approach...

besides i can play song at will in my head, must have memorized thousands of songs, on my last ride i had Dawn Penn's No No No stuck in my brain

'used to be a walkman mixtape then ipod addict, it helps dampen pain + up tempo's - but not good for the highly populated SoCal trails i ride now

example of an old ipod playlist:
mafia - lloyd parks,
concrete jungle - big youth
home in zion - phillip parkinson
the stopper - cutty ranks
i ain't no joke - eric b & rakim
the party scene - russel brothers
bassline- mantronix
al-naafiysh (the soul) - hashim
white lines (don't don't do it) - grandmaster melle mel
planet rock - afrika bambaata & the soul sonic force
walking on sunshine - rockers revenge
poppa large - ultramagnetic mc's
open field attack - tuff crew
strong island (vocal) - j.v.c. f.o.r.c.e.
okay bye - fats comet and the big sound
holiday as brutality - chris clark
telephasis workshop - the boards of canada
foil - autechre
desire - depth charge
xon (slight return) - octagon man
night drive (time, space, transmat) - model 500
emerging technology (remix) - dmx crew
re q - binaural
trespasser - radioactive man
proton - ed rush and optical
sense 2 - sync 24
league - the wee djs
fz-revisited - fzv
series.e. - fold
battle stations (original) - espion
master model - boris divider
riptide - decal
we were robbed (of our ... religion, culture & god) - rum & black
whats my mission now? (12" version) - tackhead
dexx - michael forshaw
l.f.o. - lfo
flow coma - 808 state
bounce your body to the box - (original detroit mix) - kevin saunderson
substance abuse - f.u.s.e.
neue sexualogane - dj controlled weirdness, christoph fringeli and rachael kozak
goo goo muck - the cramps
he's waitin'- the sonics
p.i.l - p.i.l
pretty vacant - sex pistols
i'm sick of you - iggy pop
i'm so bored with the u.s.a. - the clash

the list make me want to be a total hypocrite & buy a nano

[Danimal]

I call iPods "the cone of silence".
No mater how many times you say "HI", "behind you"
, "look out for the rattlesnake", they just walk along oblivous to everything.

Then they jump all surprised as you pass them.


I like hearing eveything on the trail. Mainly wonderful, lovely silence. Which is
a very rare thing living in SoCal.

[paulbschmidt]

Sabotage-Beastie Boys
Wish - Nine Inch Nails
Ladies and Gentlemen - Saliva
Beautiful People- Marilyn Manson
Yin and Yang The Flower Pot Man - Love and Rockets
Slither- Velvet Revolver
After the Flesh - My Life with Thrill Kill Kult

thats just the warm up...

PBS

[cbHarping]

The gravel crunch under my tires, wind rustling through the trees, birds chirping. That's my music while I'm riding out in nature. I can listen to my iPod any old time.

[downhiller23]

what are the best songs for downhill. i do alot of solo dh riding with my ipod because i get bored riding by myself. its just weird when you ride at night and hobodys on the trail.

[92se-r]

journey

[art23rockpile]

I never ride with an iPod, but pre-(gnar)ride tunes would be along the lines of: Slayer, Dodheimsgard, Portal, or maybe White Zombie and NIN.

[downhiller23]

journey i dont think so more like rap or metal

[doublewide]

I listen to Unknown Hinson, Hank lll and Big John Cash!

And i go FAST!!!!


shitty

[Drum n MTB]

The Human Abstract is good if you want metal
The Dillinger Escape Plan is good if you want crazy metal

[uzziboy]

Before I tell you I am putting a disclaimer in:

I only wear an Ipod when I am alone and only one ear turned down so I can still hear the birds chirping.

But I like the chrystal method or very old school manchester rap band stero mc's. They get me in a cool groove.

[downhiller23]

much better

[Fewinhibitions]

On the few occasions I do listen while riding a sampling of which: Satriani, Moore, Vai, Yngwie, Macalpine, Saraceno, Chaquico, Holdsworth, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Dream Theatre

[Chewyeti]

the turtles, slayer penguin, and death metal parrot make up my ipod playlist

[downhiller23]

my rap world is a good dh song

[destroyer]

Slayer, Hatebreed, Naglfar, Misery Index, Sufokate, The Exploited, Ancient, Testament, Engorged, Vader, Napalm Death, and Exhumed are on my mp3 player.

[genusmtbkr5]

Originally Posted by downhiller23

what are the best songs for downhill. i do alot of solo dh riding with my ipod because i get bored riding by myself. its just weird when you ride at night and hobodys on the trail.

Lots of posts about this already. Not really necessary for a bunch of threads for each type of riding(DH, XC, CX, climbs, etc...,) Thanks. Thread merged.

[Xcdude]

Megadeth, Ozzy, the cool kids, Lil' wayne, 2 pac, rob zombie, Pantera...it's crazy because I often catch myslef head bangin and I can't control it.

Originally Posted by downhiller23

what are the best songs for downhill. i do alot of solo dh riding with my ipod because i get bored riding by myself. its just weird when you ride at night and hobodys on the trail.

Cowboys from hell by Pantera.. so effin sick!!!!!

[downhiller23]

Originally Posted by Xcdude

Megadeth, Ozzy, the cool kids, Lil' wayne, 2 pac, rob zombie, Pantera...it's crazy because I often catch myslef head bangin and I can't control it.



Cowboys from hell by Pantera.. so effin sick!!!!!

already got cowboys from hell