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A radio for the bike
Can anyone recommend an FM radio with a speaker for use on the bike?
I miss the local FM station when I'm out riding. Looking for something compact, rechargeable and self-contained, with good reception on the far left of the band. I tried an Ivation that I came across on eBay. Cheap, bad reception, and it went belly-up after two months (works but only gets three stations, none of them of interest to me). Anything? |
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Do you use a smart phone on your rides? Why not just get a blue tooth speaker and pair it with yr phone and use the radio from there.
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^this is what I would do as well.
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There a number of options out there:
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plum pal, I don't have any direct experience except one of the pals I ride with regularly during our lunch rides carries a bluetooth speaker.It's weather-proof and loud once he turns up the volume. But ersonally, I don't like the form factor., it's pretty big. He bought it from Best Buy a while ago and I think he paid too much for it. There are probably better options out there now. A quick google search:
https://wiki.ezvid.com/best-bike-spe...FUdlfgodYYAAng https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...ikespeakers-20
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One of my pet peeves is riding by someone with those speakers blasting. I get it. You like music. Be courteous and just use an ear bud.
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I think the ipod nano had an fm radio on it, should be able to pick up one of those cheap these days
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My smart phone is pretty basic TracFone. No Bluetooth; FM requires a cable to speakers or buds.
Personally hate anything in my ears. Equally hate it when people I ride with have the damned things in their ears and can't hear me - or anything else. iPod Nano is more $$ that I wanted to part with. Then again, my Apple stock is doing fairly well. Thanks. Oh...Louis. I did the Ride To Rippey with some RAGBRAI lovin' friends in '03. One of the group had a monster boom box in a BOB trailer. Along with a 40 quart Coleman cooler full of beer. Last I saw of the guy was when they brought him back from the hospital with a broken collarbone and a ton of road rash. |
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Quote:
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I have a Sangean DT-250. Love it.
Uses two AA. You could use re-chargeable batteries. It comes with a clip on the back. I suppose you could modify that clip if you wanted to create a mounting point on your bars, or similar. |
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Checkout Sound Matters. soundmatters.com I have one with the bicycle mount. Not bluetooth but cable model. Might be what you're looking for.
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This looks cool.
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The Sangean line looks like it might have something to offer.
Thanks. |
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