Kicked her into the ditch, actually. But only in my sinful thoughts. On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 5:44 PM Andrew Erman <aer...@ucla.edu> wrote:
> Patrick, > > Great story! Did you really push the lady in the ditch? > > I have an electric bike I used to ride to work (till a few weeks ago, when > I switched to riding solely human powered bikes) - I have Zound horn on > that bike to use with cars - it will definitely get people’s attention! > > Best, > > Andy > > On Apr 26, 2020, at 4:39 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Bells are friendly, but don't work with too many walkers I encounter. Two > instances: > > First, was riding along a ditch bank road, saw a couple ahead taking the > width of the path, started ringing my Spurcycle bell 100' in advance of > passing; no reaction, so I passed. Man said, peevishly, "You should ring > your bell." I, already peeved myself, skidded to a stop and said, "I > started ringing it 50 yards back" -- a bit of an exaggeration, but not > grossly so. He replied, "Thanks for ringing." I, mollified, got back on the > bike, at which point the woman, standing next to him, said, peevisly, "You > should have a bell!" I pushed her into the ditch. > > A week or 2 later, I was riding north (fast, admittedly, with strong > tailwind) along a ditch road and saw a small crowd walking south, stretched > out across the width of the road. Rang Spurcycle like the dickens from well > in advance of passing; *no reaction!* I got within 30 feet and > deliberately skidded my rear tire, at which point all looked up in panic > and scattered. I continued on my way with a triumphant and scornful laugh. > > I replaced my brass striker bells with Spurcycles at great cost (the black > anodized one was 60 bucks), but sweet and piercing as they are, they don't > have the loud commanding RRRRIIIINNNGGG of the large-size strikers. > (Confession: Long, long ago, I used to enjoy using a Zounds! air horn on > clueless pedestrians; tho' only after tiring out my bell thumb. They > jumped!) > > Seriously, I try to rein in my temper; after all, so many people aren't > used to shared routes. What is annoying is not so much the obstruction as > the cluelessness; and I remind myself that I too am too often not mindful > in other respects -- though I try to be. Mindfulness! It gets you so much > more out of life! > > Or I could obey Garth. But there's no fun in that! > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 9:15 PM Ray Varella <rayvarella...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I encounter walkers taking up entire paths quite frequently. >> Some ignore bells. >> So far, none of them have ignored a skidding tire. >> I lock up my rear brake when I’m way behind them, they always turn around >> and then move to the side. >> I think it’s the impending possibility that someone is about to crash >> into them that alerts them. >> >> Bells are friendly and they work with civilized people. >> >> Ray >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7f65393d-f228-4ff0-9aee-c04936322be3%40googlegroups.com >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgu5aj1HTC1oatujPVkRKL8imV-r_MBsg98ErkbOQK5ohQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgu5aj1HTC1oatujPVkRKL8imV-r_MBsg98ErkbOQK5ohQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/DA26FEE2-8692-428D-AE06-2C2385EE4C35%40ucla.edu > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/DA26FEE2-8692-428D-AE06-2C2385EE4C35%40ucla.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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