listening to music while cycling

abouttobebanned

Do many of you do it?

One of my favourite films about cycling - not that there's many - is American Flyers. After many years searching, I finally got hold of the soundtrack...and despite the childish element of this...it's just deadly flying along to it.

(Anyone like a copy just pm me)

(Anyone want to berate me for listening to Mp3 players while cycling...please don't haha)

blorg

Kraftwerk, Tour de France.

blorg

This previous thread (not the earphone debate) went over it pretty good.

Picked up Slagsmålsklubben (thank you Stee) from that which improved my hill-climbing immensely. Pendulum too (thank you Tom.)

Vélo

I hope you wear a helmet if you listen to music while cycling......and here we go again;)

beans

DJ Sneak = impromptu cadence-meter

petethedrummer

You should try Loney Dear. 'Loney Dear is the disguise of multi-instrumentalist and ex-pro cyclist Emil Svanängen.'

http://www.myspace.com/loneydear

Actually not sure what it would be like to cycle too. The lively ones might be good.

branners69

Am interested in what others listen to!

I am partial to Various Artist albums like the Top Gear albums with a bit of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rainbow, Oasis, The Killers and Keane.

What am I missing out on??

petethedrummer

Time to compile:
'THE BEST CYCLING ALBUM IN THE WORLD...EVER'

chosen by the people of boards.

TinyExplosions

petethedrummer wrote: »

Time to compile:
'THE BEST CYCLING ALBUM IN THE WORLD...EVER'

chosen by the people of boards.

Track 1: The Chain, By Fleetwood Mac (Just to annoy the motorists)

Borneo Fnctn

the video somebody made of this song is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ycBqQw2qo

cyclists in NYC are loose cannons.

petethedrummer

'Bicycle' by Queen not allowed. Far too obvious.

Raam

Chain reaction - Diana Ross

Lumen

Raam wrote: »

Chain reaction - Diana Ross

I raise you The Wiggle Song.

Chips Lovell

Europe "The Final Countdown" - good for descending.

ednwireland

smack my bitch up and firestarter the prodigy,the white room grim up north the klf

i could go on

but then i dont listen to music on the bike (except the turbo trainer)

DirkVoodoo

The Killers: "All these things that I've done", "Read my mind"

Keane: "Somewhere only we know"

Snow Patrol: "Open your eyes"

Fleetwood Mac: "Go your own way" (Great drums)

AC/DC: "Back in black"

Daft Punk: "Aerodynamic"

Kasabian: "Club Foot" and that new one they have in the sony ad with Kaka.

Oasis: "The Masterplan"

Greenday; "American Idiot", "Basket Case", a few others.

Hot Chip: "Ready for the floor".

Probably being a little predictable with a lot of these, some aren't even good cycling songs, but they are on my current playlist and seem to work.

EDIT: Nearly forgot one of the best - Cameo: "Word Up!" and La Roux: "The Kill".

72hundred

Maybe we should do this thread like the W200 start times thread.

Copy and paste the above post and then add your own;

The Killers: "All these things that I've done", "Read my mind"
Keane: "Somewhere only we know"
Snow Patrol: "Open your eyes"
Fleetwood Mac: "Go your own way" (Great drums)
AC/DC: "Back in black"
Daft Punk: "Aerodynamic"
Kasabian: "Club Foot" and that new one they have in the sony ad with Kaka.
Oasis: "The Masterplan"
Greenday; "American Idiot", "Basket Case", a few others.
Hot Chip: "Ready for the floor".
Cameo: "Word Up!" and La Roux: "The Kill".
smack my bitch up and firestarter the prodigy
Europe "The Final Countdown"
Chain reaction - Diana Ross
The Chain, By Fleetwood Mac
Top Gear albums
DJ Sneak
Slagsmålsklubben
American Flyers

**Timbuk2**

The Killers: "All these things that I've done", "Read my mind"
Keane: "Somewhere only we know"
Snow Patrol: "Open your eyes"
Fleetwood Mac: "Go your own way" (Great drums)
AC/DC: "Back in black"
Daft Punk: "Aerodynamic"
Kasabian: "Club Foot" and that new one they have in the sony ad with Kaka.
Oasis: "The Masterplan"
Greenday; "American Idiot", "Basket Case", a few others.
Hot Chip: "Ready for the floor".
Cameo: "Word Up!" and La Roux: "The Kill".
smack my bitch up and firestarter the prodigy
Europe "The Final Countdown"
Chain reaction - Diana Ross
The Chain, By Fleetwood Mac
Top Gear albums
DJ Sneak
Slagsmålsklubben
American Flyers
Christy Moore - Ride On
The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Mix)
U2 - Magnificent

I know everyone is subject to opinions, but La Roux: The Kill is the world's worst song - she can't even sing, she sounds like a chipmunk

Junior

From my two iTunes Playlists just artist and album

AC/DC - Back in Black
Rory Gallagher - The Essential Rory Gallagher (Disc 2)
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild (OST)
Kings of Leon - Only by Night
Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid
Damien Dempsey - Shots
David Gray - Life in Slow Motion
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Rage Against the Machine - Rage against the Machine
Nirvana - Incesticide
Nirvana - Nevermind
Carl Cox F.A.C.T. (Disc 2)

branners69

The Killers: "All these things that I've done", "Read my mind"
Keane: "Somewhere only we know"
Snow Patrol: "Open your eyes"
Fleetwood Mac: "Go your own way" (Great drums)
AC/DC: "Back in black"
Daft Punk: "Aerodynamic"
Kasabian: "Club Foot" and that new one they have in the sony ad with Kaka.
Oasis: "The Masterplan"
Greenday; "American Idiot", "Basket Case", a few others.
Hot Chip: "Ready for the floor".
Cameo: "Word Up!" and La Roux: "The Kill".
smack my bitch up and firestarter the prodigy
Europe "The Final Countdown"
Chain reaction - Diana Ross
The Chain, By Fleetwood Mac
Top Gear albums
DJ Sneak
Slagsmålsklubben
American Flyers
Christy Moore - Ride On
The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Mix)
U2 - Magnificent
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Freebird
Rolling Stones-Paint it Black
Bob Dylan-Hurricane
Jimmy Hendrix-All Along the Watchtower

zzzzzzzz

On my ipod at the moment:

Manu Le Malin - Biomechanik 2
Rory Gallagher - Live in Europe
Pearl Jam - Live on Two Legs
Philip Glass - Glassworks
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig
Artery - Oceans
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Paolo Angeli - Tessuti
The Dessert Sessions Vol 1 & 2
Prodigy - Invaders must die
Tobias Thomas - Fur Dich
Seu Jorge - Cru
The Immediate - In towers and clouds
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Plaid - Double Figure
Chris Liebing - Some random mix
Liam Finn - I'll be lightning
RSAG - Organic Sampler
Cypress Hill - IV
DJ Kalif - Some random mix

Raam

Anything by Boards Of Canada.

petethedrummer

Plastiscines - Bicyclette
Yves Montand - A Bicyclette........Pretty happening dude.
Albert Hoffman - The Bicycle Song
The Bicycle Song - RHCP
Loney Dear - Airport Surroundings... contains cycling.

Chips Lovell

The Birdie Song - great for those hard efforts on the hills.

Jumpy

"They see me rollin', they hatin', tryin to catch me ridin' dirty."

Jawgap

petethedrummer wrote: »

'Bicycle' by Queen not allowed. Far too obvious.

What about "Fat Bottomed Girls"????

A bit of classical - "Ride of the Valkyries" - I love the smell of chamois cream in the morning!!!

Daft Punk - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
Theme from Rawhide
Promintory from the film Last of the Mohicans
Guns 'n' Roses - "Sympathy for the Devil"
U2 - "Beautiful Day"
Muse - "Stockholm Syndrome"

Acoustic

dont stop me now : queen
100 mile high city : ocean colour scene
riverboat song : ocean colour scene
monkey wrench : foo fighters
Basket Case : greenday
She : greenday
welcome to the jungle : guns n roses
She fooking hates me : puddle of mudd
hearts on fire : rocky IV
Your the best : joe esposito ( karate kid song )
wind of change : scorpions
Tightrope : stevie ray vaughan
Land down under : men at work
eve of the tiger : survivor

for slow easy cycle

overkill : colin hay
Billy Jean : chris cornell
black hole sun : chris cornell ( accoustic )
stairway to heaven : led zepplin ( acoustic )
who can it be now : colin hay ( acoustic )
nothing else matters : metallica

etc

petethedrummer

Acoustic wrote: »

Your the best : joe esposito ( karate kid song )

Tremendous choice. But everyone stop putting down songs you happen to like, cycling related or motivational only.

Red_Marauder

At the moment my favourite cycling songs are my favourite gyming songs,

Brand New Key - Melanie

And a great old Jimmy Soul song about the overweight ladees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwpR2-9EvsQ

flickerx

I liked listening to mixes when I was cycling in Dublin, cos they're constant, keeps you turning the cranks.

Currently listening loads to Ellen Allien's podcast from the Resident Advisor site... excellent.

scottreynolds

I;m old but I remeber

Yelo - The Race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KklGBOMRISc

scottreynolds

scottreynolds wrote: »

Yello - The Race

Oh the memories...... not ideal for commuting through Dublin

scottreynolds

For the next hill TT -- my secret weapon -- about 120rpm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VWaPC7XCcs

Raam

I like cheesy dance tunes, so with that in mind...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icL8Ct_6nMg