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Yes.
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Thank
Cheers to all who actually read the heading.

Keep them coming.

Yes and No is fine.

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highway - yes

city - no
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ear plugs
I always us ear plugs.
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Around town: no.
Open road: yes.
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Silver Streak wrote:
Around town: no.
Open road: yes.
Exactly, unless the around town involves an expressway that'll take me above 45mph. Just for trips to the grocery store? No.
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In ear headphones and Ipod on long runs.
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genie wrote:
highway = yes
town = usually
hotel rooms = sometimes
What she said...
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In town-no
On long rides-yes
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jimc wrote:
In town, no.
Open road, yes.
what he said.
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yes
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Yes
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Yes on rides 5 miles or more...
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Yes
Yes.
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No with my Vespa copter helmet

Yes with my other helmets that have more wind noise.
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No, never.
But this rash of Ear Plug threads has me thinking....so I will try some foamies from work next week.
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Yup.
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Silver Streak wrote:
Around town: no.
Open road: yes.
+1
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No, but after reading this I might.
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Most of the time.
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Yes
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No, I wear a 3/4 helmet and have a full size windshield.
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do ear buds count? (i keeed! i keeed!)

for the record, no. a newb like me needs to know everything that's going on.
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no one thinks this is unsafe???
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nick_johnson wrote:
no one thinks this is unsafe???
No
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nick_johnson wrote:
no one thinks this is unsafe???
that depends on which unsafe practice you are referring to.

riding with earplugs in? no.
responding to bill's query with something other than the requested 'yes' or 'no' answer? yes.
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Yes
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yes
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jess wrote:
Yes. Always.
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Yes!!
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No

But i will try them out soon.
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No.
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Yes.
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plug n play
Thank you everybody for your input. I wasn't really looking for explanations, I was just interested in finding out how many of us use earplugs on a regular basis.

Bill
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Always!
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Always on the highways. Usually when in the city (but trying to be more reliable in doing so).
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Re: plug n play
Bill Dog wrote:
Thank you everybody for your input. I wasn't really looking for explanations, I was just interested in finding out how many of us use earplugs on a regular basis.

Bill
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Oh, regularly yes, as above, but the question was seriously unanswerable in its given form without using extra words.

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Yes if on the hiway. No in town.
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