My bell was very helpful today. The girl runner in the earbuds who was veering from the right side to the left side didn't hear it, but her friend heard it and grabbed her on the 3rd ring. I obviously wasn't going to hit her, but at least one of them was aware.
On Friday, January 20, 2017 at 2:32:35 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > > 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. > > -- 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.
