Im not listening to anyone who uses teh and da as instead of the bell or no bell.

BikePawl – Member

So TJ am I in the wrong for not having a bell and shouting Ting-a-ling from a suitable distance behind them?

I’d rather yo use a bell but the humour and the distance away you do it helps. I have seen people grump at you for not having a bell

Singlespeed_Shep – Member
I would if they where in the midlle of the road like the Rambler is with a bike, Plus my bike doesn’t make as much noise as my car.

Lost your point Singlespeed_Shep? I am saying if you are passing a pedestrian on a narrow country lane let him know you are there it makes no difference wherever they are in the middle of the road or not they can still step into your path.

like the Rambler is with a bike,

what are you on about?? Let me say it again let them you are there by saying coming past AGAIN I say there is no reason whatsoever to have a bell. NONE

I have never had a problem with this. Good manners help.

My bell is on my front door.
Speaking is a more civilised form of communication.
Oh, and as a runner we seem to be hated by obnoxious neds hanging out of the windows of white Transits. Or maybe it’s just me.

even though i wasnt on a footpath could someone tell where in law does it state we cant ride on footpaths anyway.the actual law states a footpath adjacent to a road and neither gives us permission to ride on footpaths but certainly does not prohibit it.so there is no law except a local council decision barring us from riding where we like.as i said ,i slowed down ,gave them right of way,whats the issue apart from their own mentality????

I rode with a bell on yesterday for the first time and I got lots of smiles and thank-you’s along the way. I think I will fit them to all my bikes 😉

My little one has one on her balance bike but likes to ring it and shout ding-a-ling at the same time lol

And I’ve seen people grump at people using bells, I agree with Druidh a bell is impersonal, you can change the tone, volume of your voice much better than you can a bell.

Just do really loud skids when behind them. Not only will it alert them to the fact that you are coming through at speed but it is also likely to excite lady ramblers and will help scrape away the peaty bits off moorland trails and expose the rocky good stuff underneath.

Thank god I live in the north of Scotland. Almost everybody seems polite and happy to give each other space.

Oh, and as druidh says, Hope Pro IIs + BB7s mean no bell needed. Audible means of warning of approach x2 🙂

epicyclo – Member
Thank god I live in the north of Scotland. Almost everybody seems polite and happy to give each other space.

T.FIFY.

TandemJeremy – Member

I’d rather yo use a bell but the humour and the distance away you do it helps.

You can ring a bell in both a humorous and non-humorous way? Do you wear a big red nose for the former?

There’s an awful lot of grumpy people on the trails, I’ve been moaned at after pinging my bell, 20 minutes later some one asked where my bell was when I asked (politely) to pass them.

Best course of action I’ve found, ping your bell then say thank you as you go past, if they moan after that, Santa wont come to their house.

druidh – Member
T.FIFY.

I wasn’t game to comment for the south 🙂

baccodaddy – Member
even though i wasnt on a footpath could someone tell where in law does it state we cant ride on footpaths anyway.

From memory its the Highways Act

Thank god I live in the north of Scotland. Almost everybody seems polite and happy to give each other space.

I wouldn’t get too carried away Druidh, I’ve wasted countless dazzling, charming smiles on some seriously sour-faced folk in the Pentlands, and thats me slowing to a crawl and moving to the side of the path as well.

Also, on a rare occasion we took the bikes over the five peaks we had a hill runner run past us with his spikey shoes and shout ‘you shouldn’t be here!’ while his shoes tore the ground up beneath him. Shouting ‘Why not?’ back at him didn’t ellicit any sort of a response 🙄

I thin those that don’t use bells should try one – remember to ping it from a distance away. You will be surprised how much it smooths the way.

I know on the surface voice seems more polite but my experience is thats not what the ramblers think

…do a bit of walking, do a lot of biking and I’m Deffo one hell of a TOSSER! 😆

I just use “Cooooeeeeeyyy”. Something friendly. A ping from a bell is emotionless, “excuse me” / “coming past” might impart some sense of you over them (to them).

TandemJeremy – Member
I thin those that don’t use bells should try one – remember to ping it from a distance away. You will be surprised how much it smooths the way.

I know on the surface voice seems more polite but my experience is thats not what the ramblers think

Posted 5 minutes ago # Report-Post

Really, well thank you for patronising me.

What druid said. Bells in my experience get a worse response.

Hmm I’m still not convinced on the bell usage (I have a bell on all bikes apart from my road bike)
Since using it I have had more abuse than previously!

Worst incident was when a friend had a walking pole shoved through his front wheel for “ringing his bell in an impudent manner” 😯 best bit of it is we always take the mick about how girly his bell sounds.

I think the thing is that some people a miserable old gits whatever, and others are just happy people.

not aimed at you bikepawl not intended to be patronising.

some people = tossers
expect to bump into them once in a while – on a bike, on foot, on the bus, on the internet…

[/quote]baccodaddy – Member

my problem is i didnt care they were illegal so why were they so bothered about me .i didnt affect their lives

Very reasonable

,i slowed down to let them pass so why the abuse from them?

Again baccondaddy you are talking about a tiny minority never ever have I had that happen to me

these people are used to having it all to themselves.

Can say thats true. mountain biking has been around considerably longer one of my bikes is 15 years old

generally they are old who moan the same as they moan about how its not like it was 40 years ago

.
Now we are just being pathetic and i have no doubt you will say the same thing when you are older.

throughout europe (i,m italian)we share the countryside but here the ramblers think they own it.

Bullshit you have no idea whatsoever what they do in the rest of Europe and you should keep your snidey racist remarks to yourself.

shit behind trees,

I carry mine home with me but I expect your right but at least they do not do it on the path so it does not harm anyone.

set there dogs on foxes

Are you real a dog is not likely to get near a fox the fox will move off well before the dog gets there AND a majority of walkers are anti hunting IE middle class Liberal tossers.

TandemJeremy – Member
not aimed at you bikepawl not intended to be patronising.

Posted 5 minutes ago # Report-Post

Unfortunately that’s how your post comes across

you’re very thorough with your responses aren’t you bbj?

baccodaddy – Member
even though i wasnt on a footpath could someone tell where in law does it state we cant ride on footpaths anyway.the actual law states a footpath adjacent to a road and neither gives us permission to ride on footpaths but certainly does not prohibit it.so there is no law except a local council decision barring us from riding where we like.as i said ,i slowed down ,gave them right of way,whats the issue apart from their own mentality????

You are Moron

where does it state in the law.

It is illegal to cycle on a footpath in fact it is clearly stated on OS maps I have one in my hand now.

Ridding where you like

now I see what you are a selfish tosser who thinks they can cycle across a farmer field destroying his crop and as you have stated

anywhere you want.

Through peoples garden? I had sympathy for you at the start but clearly you are just one selfish tosser. I assume this is not a normal Italian trait???

Ramblers who make comments like in the OP clearly don’t know their history. 🙂

It is illegal to cycle on a footpath in fact it is clearly stated on OS maps I have one in my hand now.

Really? Mine doesn’t. What’s the wording?

13thfloormonk – Member

Thank god I live in the north of Scotland. Almost everybody seems polite and happy to give each other space. Crap Scots are nicer than the English? A nasty little jock remark but expected.

I wouldn’t get too carried away Druidh, I’ve wasted countless dazzling, charming smiles on some seriously sour-faced folk in the Pentlands, and thats me slowing to a crawl and moving to the side of the path as well.

I beleive the pentlands is in Scotland where you said

Thank god I live in the north of Scotland. Almost everybody seems polite and happy to give each other space.

Do you see any contradiction there? no probably not after all your a jock who thinks himself supperior

Also, on a rare occasion we took the bikes over the five peaks we had a hill runner run past us with his spikey shoes and shout ‘you shouldn’t be here!’ while his shoes tore the ground up beneath him. Shouting ‘Why not?’ back at him didn’t ellicit any sort of a response

Was it illegal to be there? That is a question by the way as footpaths bridle path laws do not apply to Scotland.

his shoes tore the ground up beneath him. Shouting

as a cyclist I can say with absolute certainty that you are lying. Spiked shoes do nothing of the sort while cycling does tare up the ground. Cyclist in this forum actually brag about doing this and say that they deliberately do it so as to get down to rock.

brandeberryj – Member

Troll of the month?

Troll indeed.

A sleeper though, established a while ago and being introduced for the Xmas season.

I wonder which of our regulars it is…. 😉

brakes – Member
you’re very thorough with your responses aren’t you bbj?

AND? now that wasn’t to thorough

Spectacular thats for sure Druidh

It is illegal to cycle on a footpath in fact it is clearly stated on OS maps I have one in my hand now.

Please, please brandeberryj, stop now before you embarrass yourself any further…

Z11 – stop biting!

It’s very entertaining!

HA

We saw a good deal of ramblers at Malvern today – 99% smiled and were lovely.

The one that wasn’t? She stated firmly that ‘you are not allowed to ride on this, THIS IS A BRIDLEWAY!’

How we chuckled 😆