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Any audio book recommendations for cycling to work and back again? In total, I cycle daily for about an hour so might as well listen to some great books and stories during the trip to work.

I'd like to get to know some classics but the books shouldn't be too hard to understand and listen to while cycling through the city.

>> No.13939287
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>>13939103
Bump.

Should have chosen a different starting picture.

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>>13939287
Fuck you all.

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>>13939287
That's one magnificent ass

>> No.13939700

>>13939287
@laurenalexis_x

>>13939613
@cayleecowan

>> No.13939714

>>13939103
I just listen to what ever audio book I am listening to at work, I have yet to come across any that were particularly suited to biking. I would not worry too much about difficulty, once you get used to audio books they become subliminal. I mostly use audio books as a way to revisit books I want to reread without taking away from my limited reading time, just finished going back over most of DFW, now doing Pynchon. Did the TCOL49, V and half of Gravity's Rainbow this week, it is taking a toll on my mental state.

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>>13939287
>Consider the Brapper, and Other Essays

>> No.13939756

>biciclist
>annoying entitled brat
Poetry

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>>13939714
I haven't listened to any audio books yet, but I'd assume reading books to be completely different from listening to them. For example, I'm a really slow reader and stop many times to just digest what I've read and to imagine the events unfolding in my mind. Audio books on the other hand are a bit harder in this regard, as they just go on once you've hit the play button and you don't have a similar ability to control the flow, especially when driving or cycling. I'd probably like to try more casual kind of books at first.

Btw, where do people get their audio books from? Do you just torrent them, download from some free site or buy them from amazon?

>> No.13939821

>>13939779
Start with a few books you have read and enjoyed to get your mind used to it. If the reader of the book is good and they find the rhythm of the book it becomes like listening to someone talk, your mind just absorbs it. You can always relisten to a section on the next ride, at times you will have too, it is not that different from reading.

I get most of mine from the library, they seem to have a better selection of audio books than actual books when it comes to fiction.

>> No.13939837

you want to hear when cycling

>> No.13939848

>>13939103
You shouldn't listen to stuff while cycling anon

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>>13939821
Thanks for the tips, I didn't even think about the library as an audio book source.

>>13939837
>>13939848
We have good cycling roads and the traffic isn't bad here.

>> No.13939903

>>13939837
>>13939848
Depends on the situation, if you are in rush hour traffic, ears are essentially useless, there is just too much noise.

>> No.13939909

>>13939879
>We have good cycling roads and the traffic isn't bad here.
That is the best situation to keep your ears open and clear, they can actually save your ass when there is not much traffic.