Best horn here in NYC is a big booming voice, everyone here just ignores regular sounding horns and I personally am way too passive agressive for an Airhorn in traffic. Although they do come in handy when you are camping and some curious critters come too close, it is a good way to keep them away for the night with the scare it will put in them.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Kerry Kunsman <ke...@kunsman.net> wrote: > > You may not like them, but an air horn is exactly what I use, and have for > quite a number of years. Mine is the Airzound, by Delta < > http://deltacycle.com/**Airzound-Bike-Horn<http://deltacycle.com/Airzound-Bike-Horn>>. > I've been a bike commuter for the past 18 years and find the horn quite > handy if I think someone on a side street is not paying attention, or > starts moving to the right while I'm beside them. I fill it up every > couple of weeks. I don't have to use it much; if you do you may be doing > something wrong. :-) > > BTW, I have the horn mounted behind a 'bar tube' type bar bag on my > mustache bars and it's barely noticeable. And I have been able to tuck the > air bottle between the chainstays and rear fender for a neater > installation. You can't do that with a racer, but you might be able to do > that with a Riv, or Rivish bike. > > Kerry Kunsman > San Diego, CA > > > > At 07:51 PM 10/15/2012, lungimsam wrote: > >> I am looking for something LOUD to grab motorists attention. >> After getting broadsided last week, I am really paranoid about waiting >> traffic not seeing me as they enter roadway when I am coming down the main >> thoroughfare. >> Don't wanna get hit again. >> >> Was wondering what you all use. >> >> I have seen the airhorns, but they take up so much space and ugly up the >> bike. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.**com<rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
