It helps if you ring your bell while you are still far enough away. I've had other cyclists, riding side by side, panic and veer all over the path when I've rung too close behind them. In fact, more gentle than even a nice brass bell is the call, "Cyclist behind you" -- no ambiguity, no drama, IME.
I have a kinder, gentler brass bell (the side striker kind, but smaller than the usual) on the Matthews, and I find that it is too gentle and soft for me to alert others while I am still sufficiently far behind not to alarm. I may have to go back to the loud and blatant one it replaced. On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Jay in Tel Aviv <jayin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find that people here often get scared when I ring my bell, like I've > given them fair warning and might run into them if they don't get out of my > way. > Not sure what else to do if I'm on a path shared with pedestrians and they > are in the middle. It try to say sorry or thanks when that happens, but > still. > > On Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 6:07:35 AM UTC+2, Leslie wrote: >> >> Way back in my previous lifetime, we had to keep our brass polished up >> nicely, untarnished, used a lot of Brasso (I can smell the barracks >> now...). But eventually, you'd go buy an anodized version of all of those >> bits, so you didn't have to polish them. But, if they wore, they'd lose >> their coating, and you'd have to then treat them just like the older >> regular brass and clean them regularly (Brasso would strip that outer >> protective layer off). Have to admit, I just run w/ the patina'd look >> these days... >> >> >> >> Speaking of bells.... >> >> Twice yesterday, while riding our local greenbelt, smaller kids (like, >> maybe three or four year olds, riding with their families), coming from the >> other direction, would ring their bells at me, just glad to ring their >> bells at anyone. Each time, I'd ring back at them, which astonished them in >> both cases... they weren't used to other folks having bells. >> >> Most of the time, folks are pleased and tickled with a bell being rung >> for them before you pass, but.... I've noticed an uptick of folks with >> either earbuds stuck in their ears, or, are so engrossed with their phones, >> that they never hear you ringing at them, then get offended when you pass >> them.... sigh..... >> >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
