Friday frivolity - do you sing aloud while riding your bike?

So, partially sparked by a Lou Reed reference and noting myself singing out loud in the past, I ask if the fellow chain linkers sing to themselves while riding and if so, any particular song(s)? For whatever reason, my brain goes to three songs: nirvana, all apologies; Beck, everyone is out to get ya; and pixies, Tonys theme. I'm sure we've all passed a motorist going full out with radio blaring, how bout you? Quietly humming or full out singing.

tl/dr - do you singing aloud while riding your bike? Any songs in particular?

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Permalink Reply by KayCee on September 5, 2014 at 4:36am

My kids are partial to the Laurie Berkner band- and they sing it a lot.  That and "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister.  If you hear someone singing that, it's probably us. ;)

Permalink Reply by Cheryl on September 5, 2014 at 5:02am

Me too. And whatever randomly pops into my head. Occasionally I may let out a "yippee!" just for fun. :-)

Sean Newby said:

And "Bicycle Race" by Queen. Cliche, but it puts me in a mellow, good place!

Permalink Reply by XndeX on September 5, 2014 at 5:12am

This is going to sound stupid but it's true.
Only time I play music while riding is when I have a set of speakers attached.
Otherwise I let my bicycle provide the sound.
I like hearing the gears shifting and chain moving.
Also helps to hear silence from it as well.
If I hear any other noises from the bike I know something is not right and I fix it if I can ;)
Also makes passing people fun cause they don't hear me. ( but I usually say OYL)
Makes it easier to pay attention to my surroundings as well. 

Permalink Reply by MK on September 5, 2014 at 5:47am

Yup! After seeing Guardians of the Galaxy "Come and get your love" is in my head all the time now. So, yeah, singing this on a sunny day...

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on September 5, 2014 at 5:52am

I sing in my head much better than I do out loud.  If I'm not listening to music I'm usually playing music in my head, but it is usually classical/instrumental.  Rarely is it modern music -but if it is then it is usually Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge, or Norah Jones. I usually don't "sing" in my head in my own voice, but instead it sounds just like the artist, with the full back-up.  That's not really singing or performing for myself, it is sequential auditory remembering along metered time. 

On really long rides it can be hours of Bolero going on and on and on...

I loves me some Maurice Ravel.

Sometimes I like to listen to music from my phone.  My phone mount has a hole in the back where the phone speaker is and it does an OK job of reproducing music in my cockpit although the sound volume range of some classical music makes this pretty hard at some of the low spots if there is any traffic noise. when it is just me out on a trail my bike is completely silent except for the supple tire hum of my Paselas, and then it's not a problem.  (Bike noise, squeaks and chain noise is NOT musical.  It's criminal IMHO) I usually listen to my music collection on my phone when I get out in the burbs on the lonely isolated trails.

If you pass by a guy on a MUP listening to Indigo Girls or Classical music riding a vintage-framed Rando bike with a ginormous handlebar bag on the front rack that was probably  me

Permalink Reply by Ifi Susana on September 5, 2014 at 7:04am

I second Bicycle Race.

When the roads are empty and I am on a very long ride I will sing opera very very loudly (or as loud as I can while breathing heavy).

In the streets of Chicago I like to tone it down a bit and usually will sing "pop" songs (for a while all I would sing was Beyonce's Drunk in Love (?) and The National's Pink Rabbit...). 

Bolero is a good one to hum to, I will keep that in mind. Also Bare Necessities will be added to the list as well.

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on September 5, 2014 at 7:56am

When I cross Broadway in the morning, if I see the street sign, "Give My Regards to Broadway" sticks in my brain for the rest of the ride. I will sing it out loud a few times until I get to work.

Permalink Reply by Christine (5.0) on September 5, 2014 at 8:00am

Oh gods yes.  Mostly at night, when I'm generally alone.  Les Mis and Irish drinking songs are my cycling jam!

Permalink Reply by Bill Nedza on September 5, 2014 at 8:14am

Free Ride - Edgar Winter

Permalink Reply by Sarah D. on September 5, 2014 at 8:26am

Oh hell yes!!

I have a couple of singing games (i.e., how many times can I sing a certain song before I get to my corner on Damen) but I also just break into whatever is in my head that I know the words to quite often.

For the past year or so, it's been this lovely number by Lucy Roche:

Permalink Reply by Rich S on September 5, 2014 at 8:36am

I sometimes whistle the tune from Kill Bill. Other times I'll tap on my handlebars to some made up drum beat in my head. 

Permalink Reply by Chitown_Mike on September 5, 2014 at 9:27am

Only when riding in bear country, then no.  

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