OT: Headset Walkie Talkies (recommendations requested)

Jostled Giblets says:

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My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm not close enough to hear
her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have any experience with these things? (that would be
the walkie talkies... not the nagging wife!) ;-)

I'm sure I'll bre corrected if I'[m wrong, but the consensus in this group is that those things are
Bad. Not being able to hear what's going on around you can be dangerous.

Please feel free to use this to your advantage ;-))

Steve

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My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm

not

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close enough to hear her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have

any

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experience with these things? (that would be the walkie talkies... not

the

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nagging wife!) ;-)

tia

I've used two different types, my cell phone (headset attached) and a Motorola (don't recall
the model #) Talkabouts. Here's the problem, if the trail is very hilly or twisty, you'll
constantly loose the connection. And if it's fairly straight, well, that's when you really
don't need to use it.

So, in my opinion, they suck... just like your wife, and nobody should have to endure performance
like that!
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I've used two different types, my cell phone (headset attached) and a Motorola (don't recall the
model #) Talkabouts. Here's the problem, if

the

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trail is very hilly or twisty, you'll constantly

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loose the connection.

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And if it's fairly straight, well, that's when you really don't need to

use it.

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So, in my opinion, they suck... just like your wife, and nobody should

have

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to endure performance like that!

Sorry, that should've read "lose." Dang it, I was thinking of your wife again.
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Slacker

Jostled Giblets scrawled in bright red lipstick:

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My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm not close enough to hear
her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have any experience with these things? (that would be
the walkie talkies... not the nagging wife!) ;-)

are you serious? I hope not. You might carry talkabouts for when you stop and are separated, but
headsets? Tell to enjoy the ride and not be a nag. Or send her out with the girls on bikes.

Penny S

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Jostled Giblets says:

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My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm

not

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close enough to hear her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have

any

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experience with these things? (that would be the walkie talkies... not

the

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nagging wife!) ;-)

I'm sure I'll bre corrected if I'[m wrong, but the consensus in this group

is

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that those things are Bad. Not being able to hear what's going on around

you

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can be dangerous.

The walkie-talkies I've seen have been the "clip-on-to-the-Camelbak-strap" type; no
headphones involved.

I've never really seen the need for 'em, but FWIW most people I've noticed using them were
married couples.

Which, of course, begs the question: if a man makes a mistake in the woods but there's no woman
around to criticize him, does it really count?

Bill " when all else fails, I guess she can phone it in" S.

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Jostled Giblets scrawled in bright red lipstick:

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My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm not close enough to
hear her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have any experience with these things? (that
would be the walkie talkies... not the nagging wife!) ;-)

are you serious? I hope not. You might carry talkabouts for when you

stop

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and are separated, but headsets?

Where do you see headsets mentioned?

Bill "veteran naggee" S.

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Jostled Giblets scrawled in bright red lipstick:

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My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm not close enough to
hear her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have any experience with these things? (that
would be the walkie talkies... not the nagging wife!) ;-)

are you serious? I hope not. You might carry talkabouts for when you stop and are separated, but
headsets?

Where do you see headsets mentioned?

Bill "veteran naggee" S.

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Where do you see headsets mentioned?

Bill "veteran naggee" S.

In the subject?

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monique

Sorni bought a road bike a couple months ago and hasn't been the same since.
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 02:34:57 GMT, Sorni <[email hidden]> penned:

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Jostled Giblets scrawled in bright red lipstick:
> My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm not close enough to
> hear her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have any experience with these things?
> (that would be the walkie talkies... not the nagging wife!) ;-)
>
>

are you serious? I hope not. You might carry talkabouts for when you

stop

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and are separated, but headsets?

Where do you see headsets mentioned?

Bill "veteran naggee" S.

In the subject?

I hate when that happens.

Bill "slinking away now" S.

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Where do you see headsets mentioned?

Bill "veteran naggee" S.

In the subject?

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monique

Sorni bought a road bike a couple months ago and hasn't been the same

since.

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It's a very worthy cause.

Bill "actually did a road ride TODAY -- time to seek treatment" S.

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Jostled Giblets scrawled in bright red lipstick:
> My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm not close enough to
> hear her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have any experience with these things? (that
> would be the walkie talkies... not the nagging wife!) ;-)
>
>

are you serious? I hope not. You might carry talkabouts for when you stop and are separated,
but headsets?

Where do you see headsets mentioned?

Bill "veteran naggee" S.

subject header.

I was due to make a mistake pretty soon; my 40's are almost over!

Bill "one error every era (decade)" S.

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Which, of course, begs the question: if a man makes a mistake in the woods but there's no woman
around to criticize him, does it really count?

Bill " when all else fails, I guess she can phone it in" S.

LOL, good one Martin

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I use the Motorola Talkabout 5200. The wife sits in the car in the parking area
reading a love story paperback. You romance paperbacks. Their good up to 5 miles
but I'm getting ready for a book burning just too many of those paperback hiding
around the house taking up space.

Fire up MTB 03

freakin NAZI ;-)

Give em to a used bookstore

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I've never really seen the need for 'em, but FWIW most people I've noticed using them were married
couples.

Which, of course, begs the question: if a man makes a mistake in the woods but there's no woman
around to criticize him, does it really count?

I had to break my wife of this after we were first married. I'd make some mistake, one that was
self-evident, and she'd be on me (never having done that while we were dating.) Well, I started
making comments about how men really do marry their mothers, and after a few times, she got the
picture. Now, I'm nearly nag-free!

She still [censored] every now and again about the toilet seat, but I remind her that the hinge works
in both directions. That having been said, I accept the rationale that the commode looks better when
the seat and lid are down. But if I forget to close the thing up, the world isn't going to end.

Spider

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My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm

not

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close enough to hear her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have

any

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experience with these things? (that would be the walkie talkies... not

the

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nagging wife!) ;-)

I've always been one for gadgets but isn't this taking it too far? I mean,.... sheesh.
--
Westie Looks like enough of a [censored] in lycra, let alone looking like he's just waiting to be
beamed up.

crazy6r54 said:

I use the Motorola Talkabout 5200. The wife sits in the car in the parking area
reading a love story paperback. You romance paperbacks. Their good up to 5 miles
but I'm getting ready for a book burning just too many of those paperback hiding
around the house taking up space.

The romance paperbacks are good up to 5 miles away? Shee-it, that's some hot writing.

gabrielle

Penny S said:

are you serious? I hope not. You might carry talkabouts for when you stop and are separated, but
headsets? Tell to enjoy the ride and not be a nag. Or send her out with the girls on bikes.

Yeah, send her out with me and I'll like, fall on it and break it. Or maybe smash it on a tree. Or
somethin'.

gabrielle

P.S. The talkabouts are a much more useful alternative IMO. You can use them while skiing, hiking,
driving caravan, etc.

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My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me while I'm

not

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close enough to hear her, when we ride. Does anyone in this group have

any

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experience with these things? (that would be the walkie talkies... not

the

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nagging wife!) ;-)

We own a set of Motorola's. We only use them on large group rides when we go deep into Pennsylavania
or upstate NY, so when the group splits off, we can keep track of them. Its about a 2 mile radius
for coverage.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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> Jostled Giblets scrawled in bright red lipstick:
> > My wife and I want to buy a pair so she can continue to nag me

while

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> > I'm not close enough to hear her, when we ride. Does anyone in

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> > group have any experience with these things? (that would be the walkie talkies... not the
> > nagging wife!) ;-)
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> are you serious? I hope not. You might carry talkabouts for when

you

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stop
> and are separated, but headsets?

Where do you see headsets mentioned?

Bill "veteran naggee" S.

In the subject?

I hate when that happens.

Bill "slinking away now" S.

And I always thought you were fast.

bloocow ;-p