Re: [RBW] Anyone use a bike horn? Please recommend.

2012-10-17 Thread PATRICK MOORE 
I used the Zounds for a couple of years when I commuted W-E and return
across town on one of ABQ's busiest boulevards (Central from Atrisco
10 miles to a mile or so east of Eubank). I found it as useful as a
car horn: true, if you can honk, you can react, but that leaves out
one big benefit of horns bicycle and automobile, to wit, **to express
your indignation**. And this country is all about free expression,
right? (I assume that one expresses his indignation only when such
expression is reasonable.)

Seriously -- all kidding aside -- I think that a loud blast of horn
may well have a beneficial effect on someone who, cluelessly or simply
by miscalculation, is infringing dangerously on a cyclist's rights.
For example, a motorist about to pull out unsafely from a rider's
right, simply because he or she is unable to "process" the cyclist's
approaching speed and because the driver is simply not used to having
to accomodate cyclists.

That said, I gave up on mine because it was too bulky, flimsy, and
because I kept forgetting to keep the pressure up. It finally decayed
in my parts box.

I did use it once against (the word deliberately chosen) pedestrians:
on the bike path, some adolescent boys ignored my shouts, bell,
screams, all well in advance of our conjunction, continuing to
horseplay across the full width of the path. I finally gave them a
blast and was pleased to see them very quickly wake up and jump to
safety.



On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Rex Kerr  wrote:
> I had an AirZound, but stopped using it after a short time.  I felt that I
> was using it too much and becoming more aggressive.  I also found, as
> alluded to by Mike, that there's often not time to deal with the horn, it's
> better to just be visible and react to the hazard.  IME, If you see it and
> have time to honk, you also have time to respond.  For the same reason I
> don't think I've ever used the horn on my car either.
>
> The AirZound sat in my parts box for about 10 years until the hose
> disintegrated and I threw it out.
>
> Whatever you do, please don't use it on pedestrians!
>

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Re: [RBW] Anyone use a bike horn? Please recommend.

2012-10-17 Thread Rex Kerr 
I had an AirZound, but stopped using it after a short time.  I felt that I
was using it too much and becoming more aggressive.  I also found, as
alluded to by Mike, that there's often not time to deal with the horn, it's
better to just be visible and react to the hazard.  IME, If you see it and
have time to honk, you also have time to respond.  For the same reason I
don't think I've ever used the horn on my car either.

The AirZound sat in my parts box for about 10 years until the
hose disintegrated and I threw it out.

Whatever you do, please don't use it on pedestrians!

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Daniel  wrote:

> I like the Airzound for the same reasons. It's fairly unintrusive to the
> bike, especially if you have a 3rd waterbottle mount.
>
> Daniel
> Yorba Linda, CA
>
> On Monday, October 15, 2012 8:43:46 PM UTC-7, Kerry Kunsman 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
>> >.
>>  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.
>>
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Re: [RBW] Anyone use a bike horn? Please recommend.

2012-10-17 Thread Daniel 
I like the Airzound for the same reasons. It's fairly unintrusive to the 
bike, especially if you have a 3rd waterbottle mount.
 
Daniel
Yorba Linda, CA

On Monday, October 15, 2012 8:43:46 PM UTC-7, Kerry Kunsman 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 
> .  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. 
>
>

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Re: [RBW] Anyone use a bike horn? Please recommend.

2012-10-16 Thread Peter Morgano 
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  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>.
>  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.
>>
>
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Re: [RBW] Anyone use a bike horn? Please recommend.

2012-10-16 Thread Kerry Kunsman 


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 
.  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.


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