no, I don't. Bell. I always ring mine twice. As soon as I think be heard, and again just before I pass. I usually get thanked for it by the pedestrian, and people who need to adjust their width and do so will get thanked by me. Dogs on leash, as much warning as possible. Out of control masters, I may ring 6 or 7 times. For the rest, especially earbudworld and always with children, anticipate panic stop.
On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 7:33:06 PM UTC-6, Tim wrote: > > Do you think it's ok, when riding on the path, if you can pass a > walker/runner/family, safely with 3 feet to spare, to go by without > warning? That means not saying "on your left" or something else, or not > ringing your bell if you have one. I ask because I was riding my Roadeo > today (50 degrees here in KC!) and it doesn't have a bell yet. A bell is my > much preferred method of warning that I'm there. But I find that many > people are startled by a bell just as much as "on your left." Or they have > earbuds in and don't here you. Also, my experience with "on your left" is > that 50% of the people who hear that, move to their left. I ALWAYS ride > with the knowledge that pedestrians have the right of way, NO MATTER WHAT. > I give a wide berth to others, really slow down when there's a family, and > try to smile and be friendly. But the more I think about it, it really > seems to me that a warning of any type only works with about half of the > people out there. On the other hand, I passed a woman one day without > warning her, she was on the far right and I was on the far left, at least 5 > feet away, and she was pretty nasty about letting me know she didn't like > it. So sometimes it seems like you just can't win. What do you all think? -- 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.
