I bike a lot (living in Netherlands), and it’s usually very windy out here. Whenever I have my headphones on, I can always hear the wind going past my ears.
What I noticed today when I was checking my surroundings was that, when my head is turned perpendicular to the direction I’m headed, either to the right or left, I don’t hear the wind anymore. The noise is gone in both my ears, the one facing the direction the bike is going and the one facing back, Why does this happen? I can imagine drag is somewhat involved but I don’t really get the full picture…
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You’re hearing turbulence in the air caused by your head moving through it. When you turn your head 90 degrees, the one pointing into the wind is in a consistent high pressure area, and the one pointing away is in a consistent low pressure area.
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