@uxmark asks:
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite #BikeNite A7: Pedestrian on multiuse paths with a bell. If I deem the bell to be too aggressive, I just say "Attention please".
Cars: Yelling "Keep a distance!"
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
A7. I use a bell some distance away, then say "On your left" which works fine unless they have headphones on, then I just slow down a lot and watch for any sudden moves.
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite I usually use the bell because when I just use voice people don't seem to notice me and that's a problem. But they do react to my bell.
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite #BikeNike A7: I have a bell with a friendly tone to it that I usually use. It seems like a lot of people have headphones on on multi-use trails, so if they don’t seem to hear me I slow way down and find the most room I can to pass
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite A7. Bell and voice for walkers and other cyclists - depending on what feels right at the moment. I’ve noticed a bell can sometimes startle people and other times ends up just being ignored. #BikeNite
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite #BikeNite A7 I try my bell, but so often people have headphones on and I scare the crap out of them anyway… or they just don’t really pickup on the bell - it’s funny!
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
A7. Bell or voice, depending on the situation. I get chided by @scrottie if I ding my bell too enthusiastically, heh.
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite A7) Bell, book and candle #BikeNite
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite #BikeNite A7. I have a couple of bells, but I find that people get freaked out by it and/or jump 2 feet up into the air in alarm and or jump into traffic... so I am not eager to use them. A headlight seems to scatter pedestrians like roaches, which is kinda rude, but effective. Yelling seems to be inviting fisticuffs. I am considering something that plays an ice cream truck melody.
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite A7: I have a proper big ol bell. That can be tickled a bit to go "ping" like a toy bell, but you can hammer the lever to get a loud "BONG BONG BONG BONGBONGBONG" when necessary.
Used it today when someone with an off leash dog was standing in the middle of the shared path staring vacantly. Went 'ping' from 30m away, no reaction. Hammered the bell, got an "I know you're there and you can get fucked" tirade.
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
A7 - when overtaking pedestrians in a shared space I'd sometimes whistle while approaching them from behind.
My reasoning was
- I only want to alert them to my presence, not shoo them out of my way
- the bell is too aggressive
- voice wouldn't work; they might not understand me (because they weren't expecting to be spoken too and I didn't want to shout)
- me whistling: not aggressive and they can judge my speed from increased volume -
@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
A7. Used to be using my bell, but the hubs in my Elite wheels are so loud that freewheeling as I approach often alerts pedestrians whom I'm approaching from behind.
Considering a fly-ahead drone with rock band volume megaphone mounted on it, for the special case of centre-of-path-wandering headphone-wearers.
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite A7. I use my voice mostly. "On your left!" Etc. I'll use my bell sometimes too. If there's enough room and I'm worried how the person will react I just assume I'm invisible and swing wide around them. #bikenite
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@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite #BikeNite A7. I have a couple of bells, but I find that people get freaked out by it and/or jump 2 feet up into the air in alarm and or jump into traffic... so I am not eager to use them. A headlight seems to scatter pedestrians like roaches, which is kinda rude, but effective. Yelling seems to be inviting fisticuffs. I am considering something that plays an ice cream truck melody.
@ai6yr @ascentale @uxmark @bikenite i had good results with bells, but (1) you have to use them at a fair distance to be non-threatening, and (2) you need a plan b for people who don't hear them
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite #bikenite !7
Usually the kitty litter tub in the crate is banging enough for people to know I'm coming. I *want* to figure out that airhorn I got but it has not worked well, for those special cases when I SEE YOU NOT SEEING ME backing out of your driveway.
ON the stretches of my commute through campus multiuse paths, which I'm not on when it's crowded, I'll sometimes do "coming up behind you" but I"ll be going *slowly* (6-8 MPH) so it's an appreciated gesture.
I do want to find or get another big bell to go in the back bag. It's delightfully annoying. -
@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite A7. I have a cute little bell that dings, but people still startle, so I follow up with a big friendly “good morning!” Not because I’m actually friendly, but because I want people to understand it was a neutral heads-up, not the equivalent of a car honking.
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite
A7.
The custom around here is a bell, or just holler "passing on your left!".
Bikes in Ontario need a bell or horn to be street legal, so most have one already.
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite why would I alert them? If I warned them, I'd lose the element of surprise and my advantage on attack rolls!
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@uxmark asks:
Q7. When you’re cycling, how and when do you alert others to your presence?
Others can be people walking, other people cycling, or people driving motor vehicles. A bell? Your voice? A bulb horn? An air horn? Something else?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite I just use my voice.
