Bone-conducting headphones revolutionised my indoor riding - grab this 30% off Shokz deal now!

I've reviewed numerous bone-conducting headphones over the years, in the pursuit of finding the best headphones for cycling, and I rate Shokz highly for comfort and sound quality

This shows a pair of headphones you could use when cycling. The Shokz OpenRun headphones are bone conducting and are shown on a woman wearing a white jumper standing in front of a brick wall.
(Image credit: Future/ Michelle Arthurs-Brennan)

Indoor riding is an emotional rollercoaster. I'm often glad not to be outside in the lashing rain and cold winds, but there always seems to be a spotlight on the inevitable boredom of turbo time.

With most of us now signed up to some virtual riding platform for entertainment, and therefore more inclined and motivated, it can be a bit boring pedalling your avatar to only the sounds of your best smart trainer. This is where the best headphones for cycling can add another level, whether with some banging tunes or even joining a Discord channel for mutual pain appreciation with fellow riding or racing buddies.

Shokz OpenRun Pro
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Shokz OpenRun Pro: was $179.95 now $124.95 at Amazon

On test, we gave the Shokz OpenRun bone conduction headphones 4.5 stars, sharing that these were excellent if you struggle to keep in-ear headphones in your ears, or find that sweaty turbo sessions wreak havoc on consistent sound quality. The Pro is an upgraded model, and at this price, really stands out in the bone-conducting headphone arena.

If, like me, the admin of remembering to charge electronic devices can fall by the wayside after use, or even after cleaning them, the Shokz are perfect due to their general resiliency and swift charging ability.

On the eve of Amazon Prime, this is an impressive deal, and highly unlikely to be bettered at the actual event, as this is the cheapest we've ever seen the OpenRun Pro version.

If you're still planning to purchase your indoor set-up this fall, it's well worth heading over to our main Amazon Prime Day Cycling Deals page, where we're sharing our best early access deals throughout the week.

UK based folk do need to shop around to find the best saving on the headphones, but our hand links below will automatically take you directly to the biggest discount currently on offer.

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Hannah Bussey

Hannah is Cycling Weekly’s longest-serving tech writer, having started with the magazine back in 2011. She has covered all things technical for both print and digital over multiple seasons representing CW at spring Classics, and Grand Tours and all races in between.


Hannah was a successful road and track racer herself, competing in UCI races all over Europe as well as in China, Pakistan and New Zealand.


For fun, she's ridden LEJOG unaided, a lap of Majorca in a day, won a 24-hour mountain bike race and tackled famous mountain passes in the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Himalayas. 


She lives just outside the Peak District National Park near Manchester UK with her partner, daughter and a small but beautifully formed bike collection. 

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