i'm seeing it more and more, especially at night. is it people just enjoying some tunes or is there a safety aspect to it as well? i'm thinking it may be functioning as a warning system to make their presence better known to pedestrians and motorists, similar to the very loud exhaust on motorcycles but i may be reading too much into it.
i NEED to know.
Posted Apr 16, 2019, 4:01 AM UTC
If you NEED to know, you should ask them when you see them in person; I don't think they're on reddit, waiting to answer your questions.
But, my gut feeling says they're just assholes.
i would ask but they're usually moving pretty fast :(
I can’t tell if this is a troll post or not trying to stir up biker rage. My apartment rattles like twice an hour from some a-hole rolling by blasting subwoofers and terrible music. From their car.
Joke's on them, a few tens of thousands for a pimped out car with a stereo system that makes them go deaf takes a special kind of idiot.
genuinely not trying to stir shit up, i was just curious.
Yup, for most folks who I know who do it, it's because they're trying not to get hit by cars. It's a safety thing. Also would counter with: what's the deal with motorists blasting loud music EVERY SINGLE DAY?
loud music hardly even bothers me, the only people that are really pricks are the ones with the ridiculous bass systems that make you feel vibrations in your bones as they're driving around.
It's the same deal. They're assholes.
No different than the people who walk around blasting music from speakers. It's a lame cry for attention.
If it's the people I've seen disregarding stop signs/red lights, riding on the sidewalk, and not wearing a helmet I can tell you with utmost authority that they're not blasting their shitty speakers for cyclist safety.
Welcome to NYC
Welcome to everywhere. If we could restrict the morons to one city, oh what a wonderful world it would be.
Yep. Just call it asshole island. Exile all the people who blast loud music and rev up car/bike engines for no reason, especially at night, people who wear backpacks on the train, and fucktards who don't pick up after their dogs.
Welcome to the city when the weather breaks!!The cyclists have been waiting for months for these beautiful days. Let ‘em live.
but i've been seeing them do it year round for a while now. blasting music as you cycle seems to be getting more and more popular in general, irrespective of the weather.
bluetooth speakers used to be more expensive.
not really. at least not that much more expensive. i paid $100 for one way back in 2012
Yes, and you can buy them for $15 now. That’s a lot less expensive.
It’s a safety issue. Music makes bikers harder to miss.
Largely, they're just irresponsible selfish assholes.
You know how it’s fun to cruise around in a car on a nice day with the windows down and the music up? Same thing. But yeah if I did it I would feel kinda bad.
You’re not supposed to ride with headphones in, I am guessing that it’s a way to still listen to music?
General guidelines are it's OK to cycle with one earbud in.
If you cycle with two earbuds in, there's probably a Darwin award with your name on it.