View Poll Results: Do you wear ear plugs?
Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll
ear plugs? why or why not?
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I'll give a plus one on the tinitus sucking, I got it when I was only 18 believing that a 22 "really isn't that loud to use ear plugs". Found out after a while that I was completely wrong, thought that ear damage was stuff people got who really abused their ears for thirty years, nope, can happen in a few with no where near as much as anyone would like to think if you're susceptible to it.
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I have cheapo foam ones from Harbor freight, and am still able to hear a car horn. I can still hear my bike exhaust, but the sound is dampened so that it isn't quite as annoying on long rides. I never really felt like I needed to or wanted to wear earplugs at first, but after a week of riding with them, I never ride without them.
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#17
Prolonged exposure is generally the cause of noise-induced hearing loss.
Hearing protection is important. You usually won't notice hearing loss when you're younger but as you get older, you will. Tinnitus is extremely annoying...hearing that ringing in your ears.
I wear foam earplugs at the track & longer rides. On those longer rides, whether canyon twisties or roadtrips, I find that using the foam earplugs actually allows me to be "fresher" when I stop.
Wearing foam earplugs will not inhibit your ability to hear car horns or emergency sirens. Therefore, its legal to wear them as well.
Hearing protection is important. You usually won't notice hearing loss when you're younger but as you get older, you will. Tinnitus is extremely annoying...hearing that ringing in your ears.
I wear foam earplugs at the track & longer rides. On those longer rides, whether canyon twisties or roadtrips, I find that using the foam earplugs actually allows me to be "fresher" when I stop.
Wearing foam earplugs will not inhibit your ability to hear car horns or emergency sirens. Therefore, its legal to wear them as well.
#18
I don't. I could prolly stand to lose a little hearing. I can hear my gf's iphone ringing in her purse in another room of the apartment while the stereo is on. Yet she wonders how I don't hear her when she's whining about the dishes
I don't like the feel of things in my ears. Haven't been bugged by the wind or anything like that yet. If I do, I'll look into something
I don't like the feel of things in my ears. Haven't been bugged by the wind or anything like that yet. If I do, I'll look into something
#19
When you realize you need them, it is already too late. I wear them now, but it's like closing the barn door after the horse has left.
#20
I wear foam earplugs at the track & longer rides. On those longer rides, whether canyon twisties or roadtrips, I find that using the foam earplugs actually allows me to be "fresher" when I stop.
Wearing foam earplugs will not inhibit your ability to hear car horns or emergency sirens. Therefore, its legal to wear them as well.
i actually wear industrial ones.. got em off my mechanic m8, 3 'cup' rubber ones. they completely block out the wind yet i can still hear my engine, cars, sirens or sit at the traffic lights and have a chat.
only thing you've gotta watch are earphones, they dont block out the right ranges so are pretty crap as earplugs. with mine in i cant hear anyone talking, horns, engine etc.. yet i still hear the wind. feels like im cut off with my earphones in :/