Ear design

"D.M. Procida" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I've always thought that the design of our ears is not well-suited to
zomming along on a bike. All you hear is the wind whistling by, loudly.
If you turn your head 90 degrees (sideways, that is) you can hear
perfectly well with both ears, but then you can't see where you're going
properly and anyway it's uncomfortable.

Daniele

Perhaps we cyclists are the next step in human evolution... as our eyes &
ears migrate about the skull, as per a flatfish eyes ;-)

Cheers, helen s

I think it was on this forum a few years ago that someone recommended
cutting foam cups to make a shield for each ear.
I made a prototype with a wire overthehead mount, but although it
worked very well I decided it wasn't worth the risk.I think my family
would finally lock me out.
I suppose the device could be made to look more like ear muffs.
TerryJ

D.M. Procida said:

I've always thought that the design of our ears is not well-suited to
zomming along on a bike. All you hear is the wind whistling by, loudly.
If you turn your head 90 degrees (sideways, that is) you can hear
perfectly well with both ears, but then you can't see where you're going
properly and anyway it's uncomfortable.

No, that's a design problem with the eyes.

regards, Ian SMith
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wafflycat said:

Perhaps we cyclists are the next step in human evolution... as our eyes
& ears migrate about the skull, as per a flatfish eyes ;-)

Cycling and the front-ear of human development?

IGMC

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Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

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Quoted message said:

I've always thought that the design of our ears is not well-suited to
zomming along on a bike. All you hear is the wind whistling by, loudly.
If you turn your head 90 degrees (sideways, that is) you can hear
perfectly well with both ears, but then you can't see where you're going
properly and anyway it's uncomfortable.

We're counting on you, Daniele, to sort out the next phase in our
evolution. Don't let us down.

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Hywel

Kill the Crazy Frog
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wafflycat said:

Perhaps we cyclists are the next step in human evolution... as our eyes &
ears migrate about the skull, as per a flatfish eyes ;-)

Cycling and the front-ear of human development?

IGMC

Eyes & ears combine.... and we grow an extra set of eyes out of the back of
our head (of course, being a mother, I already have this extra set of
eyes...)

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat said:

Eyes & ears combine.... and we grow an extra set of eyes out of the back
of our head (of course, being a mother, I already have this extra set of
eyes...)

They are just borrowed from your children, who cannot see something if
its right in front of their noses.

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

D.M. Procida said:

I've always thought that the design of our ears is not well-suited to
zomming along on a bike. All you hear is the wind whistling by, loudly.
If you turn your head 90 degrees (sideways, that is) you can hear
perfectly well with both ears, but then you can't see where you're going
properly and anyway it's uncomfortable.

Agreed. I have found that wearing a small lightweight pair of on-ear
(*not* in-ear) headphones cuts the wind noise so much that one can
listen to music at reasonable levels and still be able to hear the
surroundings better than without the 'phones.

--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

Following on from 's message. . .

Quoted message said:

I think it was on this forum a few years ago that someone recommended
cutting foam cups to make a shield for each ear.
I made a prototype with a wire overthehead mount, but although it
worked very well I decided it wasn't worth the risk.I think my family
would finally lock me out.
I suppose the device could be made to look more like ear muffs.
TerryJ

Ears are designed to work even when covered by hair.

Here's a quick test. Wear a balaclava.

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www.eminent.demon.co.uk - Lots for cyclists

D.M. Procida said:

I've always thought that the design of our ears is not well-suited to
zomming along on a bike. All you hear is the wind whistling by, loudly.
If you turn your head 90 degrees (sideways, that is) you can hear
perfectly well with both ears, but then you can't see where you're going
properly and anyway it's uncomfortable.

Of course, it's worth pointing out that ears are excellently designed
for what they do, for selectively amplifying different frequencies
according to the direction they're coming from and enabling them to
change distinctively with a small movement of the source of sound or
the head, enabling excellent directional hearing.

I very rarely hear wind whistling by loudly, but maybe that's more to
do with my cycling style. 🙂

Ambrose

D.M. Procida said:

I've always thought that the design of our ears is not well-suited to
zomming along on a bike. All you hear is the wind whistling by, loudly.
If you turn your head 90 degrees (sideways, that is) you can hear
perfectly well with both ears, but then you can't see where you're going
properly and anyway it's uncomfortable.

I used to wonder why a human nose was so shaped. At the age of about 30
I finally worked it out. It's a roof to keep rain out of your nostrils!

Quoted message said:

I think it was on this forum a few years ago that someone recommended
cutting foam cups to make a shield for each ear.
I made a prototype with a wire overthehead mount, but although it
worked very well I decided it wasn't worth the risk.I think my family
would finally lock me out.
I suppose the device could be made to look more like ear muffs.

Or you could do what I did, buy a pair of ear muffs. I got a pair in a
ski shop which clip onto the ears individually, thus avoiding the need
for a head band. It also helps if you don't waer one of those magic
head protectors, becuase in addition to not doing much protecting,
they make wind noise quite a bit worse. Not a necessary feature, just
[censored] design.
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