I've been thinking about wind noise lately. Maybe you have to. If so, respond to this small article and tell me what you are thinking about.

I noticed that I experienced a lot more wind noise when I was riding my bike into the wind and that I didn't like it. I already knew that I didn't like wind noise when flying. I looked for something that would cut down the noise significantly. I found and checked these out: http://www.slipstreamz.com/content.asp?subID=8. Nice, but they only cut down the wind noise about 30%. I was hoping for a lot more.

I noticed if I cupped my hands in front (not over) of my ears the wind noise went to virtually zero. I don't know of any product that replicates my hands in front of my ears, but I would get one and I wouldn't really care about how goofy it looked. Maybe just big ear phones? What do you think?

I tried combining ear plugs with the Slipstreamz and that cut down on the noise volume, but the same amount of wind noise was being created. Earplugs helped a bit, but they weren't the solution.

I've flown with earplugs and sure that is quieter, but still no solution. I would love to fly without having to listen to the wind noise. My Flytec 5030 is plenty loud (I have to turn it down to 25 or 50% volume), sometimes way too loud. I wonder if there is anything I can add to my helmet top cut down the wind noise.

I have a full face helmet with a visor. Is it possible to cut out the wind noise? Like with my hands?

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