Headphones choice for biking

[XtraCheese]

Starting to get into long (for me) distance rides these days, and my current running headphones are a little too fidgety, i.e. I wouldn't want to have to spend any effort or concentration to adjust them while riding. Curious as to what you guys ride with when you do so...seems that Bluetooth is probably the best route for a cycling setup, but I'm totally open. Thanks for your input.

[XtraCheese]

Meant to add that I realize wearing headphones while biking is generally unsafe...I bike almost exclusively on bike paths around my hometown. No amount of good tunes are worth my life or someone else's.

[aravilare]

I ride with a single earbud in one ear during my commute. I strongly recommend you not get any in-ear earbuds or headphones for riding, and go with a cheap set of earbuds that you can just toss if they get corroded by your sweat, and will not block sounds from your environment.

[PsychoMike]

O-tus Safe Sounds are an alternative that I like.

They have about earbud sized speakers you mount to your helmet. I run mine via an iPod shuffle mounted to my helmet. I can still hear everything around me (I don't blast the tunes THAT loud), but I still get my tunes to help hammer out the long miles in training. Plus, if I am riding with others, they don't have to listen to my music selection :)

[XtraCheese]

[PsychoMike]

[adrian]

Headphones are generally unsafe. How about speakers? Like you, I wanted to bring my music on our long rides. Im currently using JBL charge: bluetooth, long life (5+ hours at max volume), doubles as a powerbank and fits the water bottle cage. It's also fairly loud even on busy roads. Pop-in a 180bpm podrunner mix and it's a very very good mood settter.

[XtraCheese]

interesting...i sure need my water bottles though, heh. Thanks, will look into that.

[PsychoMike]

The Otus are oversized earbuds / small speakers that mount on the helmet. So far, they continue to be the best I've found for tunes without "sharing" my music with everyone around me and still hearing ambient sounds.

[adrian]