Old chestnut - no need to reply just having a rant

shouldbeinbed

I HATE BELLS ON BIKES

They strike me as such an arrogant, get out of my way you're not important enough to talk to thing.

Part of my enjoyment of 2 wheels is being part of the world, not cocooned away from it, and being able to speak to my fellow human beings.

Don't take this personally but if you choose to ding at me when you could just as easily speak then I shall quietly regard you as a tw*t.

byke68

DING DING!! :twisted:

Cleat Eastwood

I HATE BELL-ENDS ON BIKES

p9uma

Funny you should mention this.

I have just put a bell on my touring bike. A proper old fashioned bell, thats on a ratchet that goes ring ring, one from Holland, not one of those bells that go ding ding that is on a spring that is about as much use melted Lego. I will use it sparingly and in emergencies only when I go on my canal path tour next month.

Peddle Up!

byke68 wrote:

DING DING!! :twisted:

DING DONG, surely? 8)

byke68

Peddle Up! wrote:

byke68 wrote:

DING DING!! :twisted:

DING DONG, surely? 8)

Only at ladies in lycra shorts or short skirts................

veronese68

What I hate is if on a shared path with the kids I say "Excuse me" politely if I want to pass someone and they tut and tell me I should get a bell. Is haring up behind them going ding ding better than slowing down and asking politely? If I rang a bell I'm sure the same idiots would tut and tell me I should just ask politely.
I'm trying to teach the kids good manners, but some people really do make it hard.

p9uma

The bell is for safety, everyone's. Most folk don't hear or listen when you call out, some can't hear ' cos they're dawdling about with their iphonepodderympthreeGingummy in their ears. Everyone, including pedestrians, has responsibility to everyone else' safety. I wonder why no one to takes responsibility for themselves anymore. ( this is a rhetorical question)

team47b

p9uma wrote:

The bell is for safety, everyone's. Most folk don't hear or listen when you call out, some can't hear ' cos they're dawdling about with their iphonepodderympthreeGingummy in their ears. Everyone, including pedestrians, has responsibility to everyone else' safety. I wonder why no one to takes responsibility for themselves anymore. ( this is a rhetorical question)

I just can't resist answering rhetorical questions, can I?

no one to takes responsibility for themselves anymore and IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, DON'T BLAME THEM, QUICK FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO BLAME!

nweststeyn

It's MY fault.

p9uma

team47b wrote:

p9uma wrote:

The bell is for safety, everyone's. Most folk don't hear or listen when you call out, some can't hear ' cos they're dawdling about with their iphonepodderympthreeGingummy in their ears. Everyone, including pedestrians, has responsibility to everyone else' safety. I wonder why no one to takes responsibility for themselves anymore. ( this is a rhetorical question)

I just can't resist answering rhetorical questions, can I?

no one to takes responsibility for themselves anymore and IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, DON'T BLAME THEM, QUICK FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO BLAME!

Indeed.

Redhog14

I keep forgetting to fit a bell to my commuter, on the cycle paths around Edinburgh it is needed. I don't take any umbridge to someone ting tinging behind me I woudl rather know they are coming than not. The kids bikes have bells and they use them never had an adverse reaction. I know someone who has a rubber chicken that makes a sort of chicken noise (ish) on his bikes, a bit different I suppose, but no one has ever been fowl to him about it..

Peddle Up!

team47b wrote:

I just can't resist answering rhetorical questions, can I?

Nice one.

cooldad

nweststeyn wrote:

It's MY fault.

I blame Wiggle

Mike67

I have had a bloke have a go at me for ringing my bell as I came down a bridle path...said I scared him to death or such like.
On the other hand whenever I've called out to people I've never had an issue. I think as long as the warning is far enough in advance it gives them time to realise what is actually happening. It's surprising how many people walk along in some kind of dream world

My kids, on the other hand use their bells as some kind of rambler scattering device...by the time the peds realise, the little menaces are upon them and through the other side :twisted: Then it's my job to apologise as I pass by behind. (I must try harder to teach them the proper way of doing things )