Disclaimer: I use my bell often on shared paths. However, results may vary in terms of desired effect.
CYCLIST used BELL! It's not very effective…
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by ruinawish
Disclaimer: I use my bell often on shared paths. However, results may vary in terms of desired effect.
CYCLIST used BELL! It's not very effective…
byu/ruinawish inbikecommuting
by ruinawish
21 Comments
I used a bell once the group didn’t move, they had a go and said I should have rang my bell – I advised them I did – several times, then the guy yells back – well I’m hard of hearing?!?
i blame the 4 lane highway next to this nice bike lane
I got a horn for mine which is pretty loud and people ignore that one too
Screaming works if the first bell ring doesn’t
“What could that noise possibly be? Oh well, as we were!” – pedestrians, worldwide
Not sure if you live in a place with lots of tourists but I’ve found that for a lot of them the bell does not mean anything, especially if it’s not right behind as it was the case here. And I don’t even mean it In a value judgement type of way; for a lot of people a bell just does not equal bike
Haha, ringing it like that will usually work! I sometimes will shout “Watch out” followed by a “Thank you”!
Pedestrians are a pest.
I’d rather share a road with cars than a path with pedestrians. At least cars are predictable.
ring the bell and yell : ON YOUR LEFT or ON YOUR RIGHT (depending on what side is the good side in your country).
Also, bike bells are not used a lot and pedestrians and other cyclists are not used to them.
just slow down and be careful when passing other people
It’s a bike path in a park. What do you expect?
Either go slower or go around. It’s not impossible.
This is why I have an airzound. It scares the bejeesus out of people
I’ve just taken to yelling “Stand Aside Mortals”. Or anything else unexpected works reasonably well
I use my bell often, especially this time of the year. I’m always amazed at pedestrians that wear all black at night without lights.
They moved? Do you want them to disappear? Its a shared so you also have a responsibility to slow down
in Australia they all would’ve been walking on the left leaving you to be able to overtake on the right lane, this is true of everything here, whats wrong with the people over wherever the hell you are?
they moved out of the way didn’t they?
sometimes i catch myself treating people on foot the same way drivers treat people on bikes. too slow! unpredictable! in the way! and then i remember that we all have to share public space and i can show a little consideration.
it’s a shared path that’s been built too narrow, don’t be like a driver, just slow down a little and learn to share.
I uses a plastic honking horn on my commuter, was much more effective at getting attention in cbd bike paths. and who could get mad at such a silly sound
It’s a shared path. Those pedestrians have every right to be there, and have absolutely 0 obligation to jump out of your way.
If I am using a shared path and am approaching pedestrians from behind, I will ding once from a respectable distance, if they don’t seem to have heard I will ding a second time. This is purely to let people know that I’m there. If people are blocking the path or space is looking tight, I will slow down and politely ask them to let me by. Manners cost nothing.
You know what work really well? Having really loud squealing disc brakes. They will fuckin move
But also, go the fuck around
In my experience the effect of the bell is greater when used from a greater distance, but the audibility might be less. It’s a fine line.
There is a sign “Cyclists dismount” just as you passed the group.