I don’t use a bell, I just don’t like the way they look on the bike and find them to be impersonal and demanding to people. I do ride cycle paths, often busy ones. But I prefer the verbal “Excuse me, coming past on your right/left” I find more people just step to the side with a thank you as I pass. Whereas with a bell, they stop dead and turn around to look.
Occasionally I get “you need a bell” or some other banal comment as I pass.
However, now I’m getting annoyed with people, I have bought a “Knog Oi” bell. Which is the only answer to not having an ugly dum bell on the bars, the Knog basically hides it self away, to be used as and when required. Its the best solution I can find.
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