On 02/04/14 11:50, Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:48:42 +1100
James wrote:
On 22/03/14 06:32, Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:08:03 +1000
Stuart Longland wrote:
So ringing a bell was perfectly adequate. One only ever used the
handlebars for hanging on or steering -- to operate the brake you
backpedalled. That meant you had a hand free to muck around with a
woefully inadequate bell. The lack of distractions meant there was a
good chance the pedestrian concerned would hear you and react.

If you can't manage to brake and bell at the same time, then you are
riding a bike you can't manage.

I dare you to panic brake at the limit of traction and operate the bell
while the back wheel is hovering in the air.

I have absolutely no idea why you wouldbe doing that on a shared path.

You absolutely made no mention of a condition of a bells usefulness only
being on a shared path.

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JS