Again, I’m bored and another thought popped into my head. I have loved reading everyone’s Unpopular Cycling Opinions . But now I want to know what are your lesser known / personally developed cycling tips (RIP the magazine) These can range from the useful to the plain esoteric. Just want to hear …

Yes, exactly those. I have the MUSIC original, and use the max red filter, 26dB. The PRO are even clearer sound, 24dB reduction. I know it sounds like a lot. You have to hear it to believe it. It only drops the background noise. You hear every sound clearer. It’s absolutely insane at loud live musi…

[image] enki42: Those are great but don’t work with helmets where the strap is not right in front of your ears. Like say specialized helmets Can confirm this.

Having had several skin cancers removed from my arms, I never ride without them covered. Even in the 105 degree heat during my cross country trip.

Wind noise ranged from 84.9 dB at 10 mph and increased proportionally with speed to a maximum of 120.3 dB at 60 mph. [image] Evaluation of Noise Exposure Secondary to Wind Noise in Cyclists - PubMed Objective Determine if the noise levels of wind exposure experienced by cyclists reach le…

[image] enki42: Still not sure about max protection in that if stopping for an intersection or something else don’t want to be too limited in what I can hear the the lower level blocking of the music pro have a flatter attenuation chart: So with the 20bB ear peices, very comfy and do block al…

If your valves are rattling in the rims, pierce the valve through a piece of tape and stick it to the rim.

New one I just discovered: I use baker’s sugar, also called caster sugar, in my homemade drink mix. It is the same thing as granulated sugar except it is ground to be much more fine. Given that it is more fine, it dissolves easier.

This is true - however be careful - caster sugar is sometimes twice the price of granulated.

The additional hack here is to take granulated sugar and blitz it into your food processor / coffee grinder and then you have yourself caster sugar.

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