Hiker vs. Mt.Biker... bad

[TrojanInsomniac]

Originally Posted by pamela

I dont want one I have to ring but one that is self ringing! Like one that you stick on a raindeer

You may have to wait til Christmas and sleigh-jack Santa.

[Kid A]

pam - bear bell at rei. velcros under your saddle. keep in mind you may go brain numb listening to the godforsaken sound of a bell for the entire ride

[Big Guy]

Look at this one.

http://shop.newbelgium.com/Merchant2...tegory_Code=OS

[dstepper]

Originally Posted by TrojanInsomniac

Pam, these are pretty cool.........got one on my SS (need to get another from my other ride).

http://www.corbamtb.com/store/store.shtml

Yep that is the one I use on all my bikes. Volunteer for Corba Trail work and ask Hans for one...free...

Cow or bear bells are for Santa Cruz bikes drowns out the pivits creaking.

Dean

[pamela]

Originally Posted by kid A

pam - Bear Bell At Rei. Velcros Under Your Saddle. Keep In Mind You May Go Brain Numb Listening To The Godforsaken Sound Of A Bell For The Entire Ride

Thank You!!!

[dirtvert]

yep. "on your left/right" is just about useless. you pretty much have to assume that people won't go where you want them to go. so you just need to slow down and say hi. a little goodwill can go a long way.

and i'm going to dig out my old mickey mouse bell out of the garage...

[DISCO]

I have used a simple bar mounted one for years it is made by a German outfit called Reich although this one was only my second. Since adding it the fatality/casualty rate of my collisions has dropped considerably.

[dstepper]

Originally Posted by dirtvert

yep. "on your left/right" is just about useless. you pretty much have to assume that people won't go where you want them to go. so you just need to slow down and say hi. a little goodwill can go a long way.

and i'm going to dig out my old mickey mouse bell out of the garage...

Exactly.

I have used Bear Bells and they are not as effective as a bike specific bell.. Bear Bells hikers stop and look around to see what it is. With a bike bell most of the time they step aside without looking back because they know it is a bike.

In El Moro years back I shook my handlebars with bear bell on it to get some hikers attention. They were in their typical formation of 4 across taking up the whole fireroad. They all stopped, looked at me then froze in their tracks. Then another biker comes down the hill way to fast and has to stuff his bike into the ditch to avoid hitting them.

Moral is bike bells work best.

Dean

[CPATCRASH]

Originally Posted by dstepper

Exactly.

I have used Bear Bells and they are not as effective as a bike specific bell.. Bear Bells hikers stop and look around to see what it is. With a bike bell most of the time they step aside without looking back because they know it is a bike.

In El Moro years back I shook my handlebars with bear bell on it to get some hikers attention. They were in their typical formation of 4 across taking up the whole fireroad. They all stopped, looked at me then froze in their tracks. Then another biker comes down the hill way to fast and has to stuff his bike into the ditch to avoid hitting them.

Moral is bike bells work best.

Dean

as Dean and I found out the other day hikers have the right of way.....

[Piranha]

I started a loop by riding into LCWP from Dartmoor Street in Laguna early this AM. Almost immediatley I got to witness some guy on an MTB nearly take out a group of six hikers that were heading up Boat Canyon towards Bommer. This guy was coming down the fire road WAY too fast and he went into an uncontrolled skid as he came up on the three abreast hikers. Then, to add insult to injury, he has the audacity to start berating them for not getting out of his way and impeding his flow.
When I politely asked him to please be more careful and yield the trail, he tells me to F.O. and to mind my own business.
Unbelievable

[Trailking]

I have seen a lot of close calls. It wouldn't hurt if everyone stopped using I pods on the trail. Too many riders, runners, and hikers that seem to be oblivious to their surroundings. Let's keep it safe out there.

[dudevf1]

Originally Posted by art23rockpile

I don't wonder at all... he probably would.

Many of the hikers I pass really seem to appreciate 'trail bells' too.

I have had the same response and received many positive comments from Hikers for ringing my bike bell, it probably carries much farther than my voice.

[kdog4130]

Originally Posted by pamela

Anyone know where to find a bell? The local bike shops dont seem to have them and santa doesnt come for a few more months. Any ideas?

I have tons in stock, and just started using one myself.
Jax Yorba Linda
www.jaxbicycles.com

[dutch]

recently rode with ken dog (above) and his new bell worked great!!

unfortunately we rode with someone (can't actually remember his name) who was kind of a trail a-hole and a general a-hole and didn't take kindly to my constructive criticism regarding his trail etiquette. I'm pretty sure that he's a roadie 90% of the time, so it wasn't surprising...

[dstepper]

Originally Posted by dutch

I'm pretty sure that he's a roadie 90% of the time, so it wasn't surprising...

Ouch!

[kdog4130]

No offense to hikers.......but everytime I have been hiking, and seen a MTB'r, I want to jump him, and steal his bike! It is just not as fun as riding!!!

[MTBBill]

Originally Posted by mtnkitty

I've said "On your left, on your left," before and hikers interpret it in one of two ways.. Either you're coming down on their left side, or they assume that you're asking them to move to the left. So now I just slow down and call out something, throw them a hello, and slowly pass by (not that I'm going fast anyway! ).

Good Point! The "On Your..." term is pretty specific to cycling and more specific, racing. Your average joe trail users is not going to know what you are talking about. Your approach is a a far better way to handle it.

[EBasil]

Ditto Bill. "On yer left" is racer talk and, if you consider how it came about, an aggressive statement anyway. Still, it's ingrained in some of us or, in my case, I really only get to pass and humilate pedestrians anyway... so I use a variation: "Howdy, I'm coming around on your left, okay?" The key being, I explain where I'm going rather than leave the hiker to figure out what I mean.

Bad bad deal with the gal that got laid out by some douche. Good on you riders for helping her out, as we'd expect you to.

[denmother]

Originally Posted by pamela

I dont want one I have to ring but one that is self ringing! Like one that you stick on a raindeer

We use "Bear Bells". You can get them at REI.

[JoeTruth]

This validates (again and again) that people should be slowing down more around hiker