Mr Crudley
Glock in your sock
That is a neat idea. I just don't use any handlebar mounted mapping thingys.Just add it to your garmin mount - they all have them anyway
That is a neat idea. I just don't use any handlebar mounted mapping thingys.Just add it to your garmin mount - they all have them anyway
Most of the carbon race boys use those GPS watches these days.
Technically you don't need to ring it (at least in Vic) and you can just yell at people. From the VicRoads website:Might be for fashion? Bells are all over a pretty fugly accessory unless it is the knog or one of its lookalikes so I sure some people hide them away. How you ring it under the saddle is another thing.
Spend umpteen thousands on a sleek carbon fibre low drag co-efficient cafe racer uber ride and top it off with an awkward gong on the handlebars
Backpedalled Hope hub.I'm always curious about what "similar warning device" actually means.
For no real good reason, I can do a good impersonation of the mighty bin chicken Ibis. i might have to exercise this fine talent while out n' about. A good sizes 'Gnnarrrrrr ..............gnarrrrrr.....' has to save lives I is guaranteed to get you wierd looks when Ibis whispering but isn't good enough to bea tthose airpods.I'm always curious about what "similar warning device" actually means.
I had a (boring) argument with some cops in QLD about whether I was a fitted audible warning device, which was the QLD wording at the time, as the bike didn't work without me and I could make a variety of sounds to warn of different things; thus being far more effective then a bell, with the added benefit that I didn't have to move my hands off the brake in order to operate it...
This is my go to. I have a bell, but I let the hub bzzzzzzzzzzz first and they usually notice before the bell is needed.Backpedalled Hope hub.
Just walk up! Earn your turnsWaiting...and waiting...a very big snowfall landed overnight (still pumping down too). Most of the ski fields here (Myoko at the moment) are having huge problems dealing with the volume, extreme negative temps, and strong winds in order to open chairlifts for the day. I would quite like to get out there and savour this delicious pow smorgasbord but the chairs...!!!
I've been referring to bells as pedestrian randomisers for a while.I find that ringing a bell only causes the walker in front to up out of their skin and immediately jump either left or right. A 50/50 chance it's into your path. Had an old codger have a go at me yesterday who was walking slap bang in the middle of the pathway. I called out about 5m from him that I was coming past on his right, he wasn't moving over so I slowed right down and as I came past him, he turned and said, "Lucky I seen your shadow, or you would have frightened the life out of me". I just rode on but should have schooled him in keeping to the left.
The only 2 senses needed to take a person out for a walk, dummified by blasting music in their ears and eyes down scrolling shitty social media.Easy targets...
Yes, you can't win. You ring the bell and scare the life out of them and you ride past them and do the same. If it's possible, I ride right off the path and take a wide berth to save the whole issue but it's not always possible.I've been referring to bells as pedestrian randomisers for a while.
I hit a pedestrian in 2016 at about 20ks, luckily the two of us came out of it unscathed except for a few scratches. I saw him in the distance while I was sitting on 30ks, he was walking hand in hand with his misses, let go of her hand and walked to the other side of the path, then went back and walked hand in hand again. I thought it was safe to pass, but Just as I got a few meters away from them, he lets go of his misses hand, I start braking with both brakes and yelling at the same time, but he tries to run in front of me and jumps over the wheel and we both hit in midair.Yes, you can't win. You ring the bell and scare the life out of them and you ride past them and do the same. If it's possible, I ride right off the path and take a wide berth to save the whole issue but it's not always possible.
I've often heard the comment on the topic of shared pathways about a cyclist that "almost hit me" which really means, that someone on a bike simply passed them. They seem to think that we are blind and can't see them to go around safely or we would intentionally run into them. If I hit a pedestrian at speed, I'd be the one that came off second best.
They just need to understand that, yes, I can see you, and no, I'm not going to hit you for my safety rather than yours.
Yeah, Aussie don't do bike paths too well. When I ride through the CBD here you get a lot of Asian tourist groups, you can tell they come from a country where they commute on bikes, because you can zigzag all around them, and they don't even flinch. They always stop and turn their heads and look when they want to cross the path, that's what I always keep an eye on when I'm on the paths here.The only 2 senses needed to take a person out for a walk, dummified by blasting music in their ears and eyes down scrolling shitty social media.
Been riding a lot of bike paths, gravel and easy MTB lately as I'm trying to avoid an injury and the majority of people walking shared paths/trails are oblivious to their surroundings.
Not the younger generation either, middle age women seem to be the worst lately.
Might die down when the new year resolutions fall by the wayside.
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Waiting...and waiting...a very big snowfall landed overnight (still pumping down too). Most of the ski fields here (Myoko at the moment) are having huge problems dealing with the volume, extreme negative temps, and strong winds in order to open chairlifts for the day. I would quite like to get out there and savour this delicious pow smorgasbord but the chairs...!!!
Would have been more of a swim.Just walk up! Earn your turns