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I never ride without deeply set earplugs. Does not matter where or how fast I'll be riding (and I rarely go on the freeway). I roll them into cigar shapes, lick them, and insert them.
I never ride without a wind shield.
Hit a bird at 65 dead center forehead height and you never will again.
I live in Mn and rarely wear a helmet but I will not ride with out a windshield.
When I hit that bird I was so close to being knocked out it was scary. I pulled over and took several minutes to get my head right.
The noise is very minimal with a windshield too.
The wind noise is the problem but I have worn helmet headsets for the past 25 years with music in my ears much of the time. I am paying the price; my heaing is going.
What a silly bit of "news". Of course the wind makes a lot of noise, but it does that whether one wears a helmet or not, and probably more without one. The wind noise doesn't bother me inside my helmet in any case, and my hearing is fine. I've been riding since 1967.
Thats what i thought until i started wearing earpluggs, now theres no way i would ride without them.
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