necessary on a bicycle?
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It’s useful if you’re on the Riverside path and need to warn pedestrians not to jump in front of you…although it would make a lot more sense if pedestrians used the opposite side of the path, facing cyclists. Other than that, I don’t see any need for them
That wouldn’t work XUP, we don’t like to see the fear in their eyes as we mow them down.
It took me a while to understand the wordplay and the question. Haha. I am slow today. I guess I need more coffee.
In answer to your question: a bell may be necessary but a (very loud) horn is better. When I used to cycle in Toronto I had a bike horn that was so loud that drivers in cars, trying to cut me off or run me down, could actually hear it and notice I was there. But it scared the wits out of pedestrians on bike paths. They would actually jump out of my way. Eventually the horn self-destructed and I had to buy a bell. Pedestrians on bike paths tend to ignore it.
XUP, I just wish groups of 2 or more pedestrians would walk at the edge of the bike path in single file, whether facing the cyclists or not, instead of walking abreast as if they’re on a sidewalk.
It’s an old knock-knock joke, and not a funny one. I like having a bell on my bicycle.