Went out for a spin on the road bike this morning, mainly on cycleways, and on the whole most walkers see you before you get to them so no need to use the bell. I used it on one couple twice whilst approaching and still got no reaction, I assumed ipod useage, slowed down to a 10mph ready to hit the brakes and passed withought hitting anyone, bloke suddenly got all abusive, told me to ring my bell, I shouted that I did (twice) to which he called me a bast**d.
I just find it quite depressing how aggresssive people are, even when they at fault. There was loads of cyclists about, so it's not exactly beyond the realms of possibility to be passed by another.
The only other thing I could have done would have been tap them on the shoulder when I was near them, and that would have still made them jump. Not exactly a rant (would be poor scoring if it was!) just had to vent a bit.....
