Ah, the MUP etiquette. It's confounding, isn't it? I've tried ringing bells, but what I mean as a pleasant alert ends up seeming like honking to pedestrians. I took a leaf out of Grant's book and put jingle bells on the kids' bikes. They were clearanced at $1 apiece, and they wrap securely around the bars with a strong velcro closure. Thus, people hear us coming as we jingle down the path. But for the "zombies" - folks with ear buds or phones, I just call out in my cheeriest voice, "Good morning!" and that works splendidly. Sometimes I yell compliments - "Love your backpack!" "What a cute dog you have!" "Working hard! Looking good!" I know some folks are irritated initially because they don't expect us, but it's hard to be snarky with a rider who cheerfully calls out a morning greeting to you. "On your left" was dicey, as people often move left, and kids don't understand it. So, cheerfulness and compliments are the way to go, in my humble opinion!
Leah, who rides TBBITW (The Best Bike in the World) cheerfully through the suburbs. -- 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.
