[Closed] ramblers = tossers

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 [b]are[/b] 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 [s]the north of [/s]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

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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...

baccodaddy - Member

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

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

these people are used to having it all to themselves.

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

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

shit behind trees,

set there dogs on foxes

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

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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.

Ridding where you like

anywhere you want.

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.

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.

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

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

his shoes tore the ground up beneath him. Shouting

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?

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 😆

retro83 - Member
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?

i'm loving dangleberry's work

a class act 8)

There are grumpy people in the world. They like to prove that they are superior. Unlike normal people who just go on internet forums and slag each other off, some of these grumps mix rambling and grumbling.

It's probably a genetic thing.

trailmonkey - Member
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

Monkey is certainly an appropriate name for you!

Well for a start off moron the word FOOTPATH <snip> a right of way.

How do ramblers now have the right to ramble across places like Kinder Scout?

Have they always had that right, since time immemorial, or is perhaps just a recently acquired one?

[i]A polite ting ting from 30 yards away, then a " thank you" as they let you by.[/i]

[i]I have never had anyone complain about using a bell, I have been thanked numerous times for using one, I really missed it when for a couple of weeks I did not have one.[/i]

Got to agree with TJ on these comments...bells work imo and I'm often thanked for having one.

luked2 - Member

Well for a start off moron the word FOOTPATH <snip> a right of way.

How do ramblers now have the right to ramble across places like Kinder Scout?

Have they always had that right, since time immemorial, or is perhaps just a recently acquired one?

Hi this was a law introduced by Labour called “open access” the first place it was introduced was near Clitheroe on land owned by the Queen. It is the intention to introduced it on all land which is (sorry can't remember the right terminology) but basically land which is allowed to grow wild (a bit of an iffy definition) but think of moorland that type of land. Not entirely in favor of it as I often find there is adequate footpaths in there area anyway. Also there is a fair bit more to this legislation like periods of time when this is not allowed (phesant shooting season for instance). Also there must be clearly defined boundaries (dry stone walls Clitheroe) and clearly defined entrace points. I could go on but I am sure you get the picture?

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

Well not really, since brindlebaji seems to have quoted me quoting someone else, and then got three of us confused as the same jock. 0/10 trolling there.

littlegirlbunny - Member
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

first time ive seen anybody manage to shut tj up, brandeberryj you are my hero 😀