| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 12:23 - Aug 14 with 801 views | Ryorry |
Walking on correct side up a 1 in 7 single track country lane 7.30pm yesterday, 3 x cyclists whizzing down silently at 30+mph round blind bends & brows - sheer fluke that me & the mutt didn’t get knocked into kingdom come, having stepped into a gateway 2 seconds earlier to admire the view …  |  |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:31 - Aug 14 with 703 views | Lesta_Tractor |
Too many bikes without a bell on them, certainly too few cyclists who will actually use them |  |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:33 - Aug 14 with 691 views | LeoMuff |
Cyclists are supposed to sound a bell when coming round all blind corners ??
Here in Cornwall you would be doing it every 20 seconds. I very much doubt it would be heard either.
Were you walking against the traffic ? If not would be much safer. |  |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:37 - Aug 14 with 645 views | SitfcB |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:33 - Aug 14 by LeoMuff |
Cyclists are supposed to sound a bell when coming round all blind corners ??
Here in Cornwall you would be doing it every 20 seconds. I very much doubt it would be heard either.
Were you walking against the traffic ? If not would be much safer. |
She said she was walking on the correct side, so yes. |  |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:39 - Aug 14 with 633 views | LeoMuff |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:37 - Aug 14 by SitfcB |
She said she was walking on the correct side, so yes. |
I have no idea if poster views this as the correct side, some may not know.. | |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:42 - Aug 14 with 605 views | NthQldITFC |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:31 - Aug 14 by Lesta_Tractor |
Too many bikes without a bell on them, certainly too few cyclists who will actually use them |
I'm a bell on a bike, and I have a bell on my bike, and I use it. |  |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:44 - Aug 14 with 598 views | DJR |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:37 - Aug 14 by SitfcB |
She said she was walking on the correct side, so yes. |
In the scouts, I was taught to cross to the "incorrect" side when there was a blind bend. |  | | |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:47 - Aug 14 with 549 views | Wallingford_Boy |
Road bikes would hardly have a bell on them, they were in the road, doing what bikes do.
Maybe walk on footpaths away from roads? |  |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:53 - Aug 14 with 502 views | dryas |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:31 - Aug 14 by Lesta_Tractor |
Too many bikes without a bell on them, certainly too few cyclists who will actually use them |
If it's on a road in the countryside why would anyone pre-emptively use a bell, not that road bikes will typically have one fitted? Funnily enough drivers don't hear bells.
I ride a gravel bike off-road on bridleways and the use of a bell is an interesting one and the subject of quite a lot of debate. Many people get more angry and het up after you use a bell to let them know you are approaching and, if it's clear and safe to get past, what's the point? Some people then feel obliged to move aside more than was necessary or indeed was needed at all and then get annoyed about it. I've actually tried making a noise with my brake levers instead of a bell given the reaction I've had from several pedestrians. [Post edited 14 Aug 12:57]
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:53 - Aug 14 with 501 views | LeoMuff |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:47 - Aug 14 by Wallingford_Boy |
Road bikes would hardly have a bell on them, they were in the road, doing what bikes do.
Maybe walk on footpaths away from roads? |
Exactly and removing a hand at speed on a corner probably not the best idea | |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 13:00 - Aug 14 with 439 views | NthQldITFC |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:44 - Aug 14 by DJR |
In the scouts, I was taught to cross to the "incorrect" side when there was a blind bend. |
Definitely that. Always maximise your line of sight (both for you and for people coming the other way to see you).
Also, on a single carriageway road, don't hug the kerb unless you can see there's nothing coming the other way, as it encourages dickhead motorists to try to squeeze past. | |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 13:04 - Aug 14 with 424 views | Mookamoo |
Any road user needs to drive/ride in a manner which should allow them to avoid more vulnerable users.
Know a few who have been caught by dog leads st speed and come a cropper. Very little sympathy for them |  | | |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 13:07 - Aug 14 with 401 views | leitrimblue |
Never trust a hippie, especially one in lycra  |  | | |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 13:23 - Aug 14 with 264 views | stonojnr |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:37 - Aug 14 by SitfcB |
She said she was walking on the correct side, so yes. |
Not necessarily where blind or sharp bends are involved, the advice is actually to cross to the outside of the bend because that gives you and the other road users the best visibility of you,and then you cross back afterwards |  | | |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 13:31 - Aug 14 with 235 views | stonojnr |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 12:53 - Aug 14 by dryas |
If it's on a road in the countryside why would anyone pre-emptively use a bell, not that road bikes will typically have one fitted? Funnily enough drivers don't hear bells.
I ride a gravel bike off-road on bridleways and the use of a bell is an interesting one and the subject of quite a lot of debate. Many people get more angry and het up after you use a bell to let them know you are approaching and, if it's clear and safe to get past, what's the point? Some people then feel obliged to move aside more than was necessary or indeed was needed at all and then get annoyed about it. I've actually tried making a noise with my brake levers instead of a bell given the reaction I've had from several pedestrians. [Post edited 14 Aug 12:57]
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That's for sure, most walkers react negatively to bells even if its just a hey im here pay attention to the road, stop wandering around thinking just because you cant here an engine theres nothing coming.
And the dafter thing is they nearly always react by stepping into your path not away from it.
If theres enough space its less grief just to not bother with the bell at all | | | |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 13:36 - Aug 14 with 208 views | dryas |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 13:31 - Aug 14 by stonojnr |
That's for sure, most walkers react negatively to bells even if its just a hey im here pay attention to the road, stop wandering around thinking just because you cant here an engine theres nothing coming.
And the dafter thing is they nearly always react by stepping into your path not away from it.
If theres enough space its less grief just to not bother with the bell at all |
Yes, forgot to mention how many step into your path rather than away! | | | |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 13:41 - Aug 14 with 167 views | BloomBlue |
This is why we should have laws regarding bicycles. A bell should be compulsory as should front & rear lights, plus a small wicker basket on the front. |  | | |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 14:25 - Aug 14 with 59 views | bluelagos |
| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 13:23 - Aug 14 by stonojnr |
Not necessarily where blind or sharp bends are involved, the advice is actually to cross to the outside of the bend because that gives you and the other road users the best visibility of you,and then you cross back afterwards |
This |  |
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| Cyclists - don’t say balls, sound your bells 🔔 on 14:36 - Aug 14 with 23 views | Basuco |
But an electric car doing 30MPH round the same blind bend would probably make less noise than a cycle, because the noise would have been muffled by whatever caused the bend to be blind, my neighbours Nissan Leaf is almost silent rolling down our road at 30MPH. Or even a petrol engine if the car is coasting down hill, 1 in 7 is quite steep, will hardly make a sound round a bend, not trying to be confrontational here BTW. |  | | |
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