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Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 18:42:40 No.1713400 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1713404 >>1713406 >>1713407 >>1713454 >>1713462 >>1713501 >>1713516 >>1713517 >>1713536

>cycling on multi-use trail
>passing a pedestrian so i say “on your left”
>they get pissed and say i startled them by talking so loud
>say it quieter next time i pass someone
>they bitch at me because they couldn’t hear me
>decide to say nothing next time
>that person complains and says i should have warned them i was passing
What is the correct practice here?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 18:52:06 No.1713402 Report

Quoted By: >>1713505

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 18:52:17 No.1713403 Report

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1) ring bell to get attention
2) say loudly and firmly “on your left”, but DO NOT shout or scream.
3) pass
4) ignore people complaining you’re too loud.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 18:52:17 No.1713404 Report

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>>1713400
Accelerate and overtake pedestrians as fast as possible with no warning. Warning them only gives them tube to do something stupid. Can't tell you the number of times I politely rang my bell for people and they jump *into* my path before I switched to just buzzing them.

So it fast enough and you can't even hear them complain.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 19:03:03 No.1713406 Report

Quoted By: >>1713505

>>1713400
here's what I do
>if I have the full left lane to pass them, I don't say shit and just pass silently because I've had too many people get spooked and jump in front of me
>if there's another cyclist or pedestrian in the oncoming lane (so I'm passing in the same lane as them), I'll say "coming up on your left" about 5 yards back
>if there are two slow cyclists abreast in the left lane, I'll smoke them without warning or yell "LEFT" because fuck you, it's a cycling path, not a conversation venue
>If there's someone behind me I'll be courteous and yell "Two, on your left"

the bottom line is I don't give a shit about what pedestrians think because I've encountered too many people taking their six children out walking and congesting the path on a 5% grade, forcing everyone behind them to unclip and stall

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 19:06:16 No.1713407 Report

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>>1713400
just get a fucking bell ? use it far away and if it doesn't warn people then use it when you get closer - pretty basic.
the on your left thing is fucking annoying all round imo as it requires people to actually process a sentence, figure out the appropriate response, and then act accordingly - ring a bell and they'll just move as it's an ingrained response.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 21:34:34 No.1713454 Report

Quoted By: >>1713466 >>1713472 >>1713505

>>1713400
Click your brake levers when you're about 35 feet away.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 22:17:23 No.1713462 Report

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>>1713400
Fuck pedestrians, I was cycling in Wildwood, New Jersey on the boardwalk, constantly shouting "ON YOUR LEFT", no one even notices or moves

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 22:23:32 No.1713466 Report

Quoted By: >>1713744

>>1713454
>Click your brake levers
What?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 22:31:34 No.1713472 Report

Quoted By: >>1713505

>>1713454
OP here, i actually do this, but half the time people move into my path rather than away from it. It think people are just retarded and i need to learn to live with it

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 22:48:57 No.1713484 Report

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Why do you even bother to say anything, just pass them. 100% of the time I say something either: a) they ignore it and do nothing, b) they hear me but get confused and instead of move stop or veer in random directions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 22:53:52 No.1713486 Report

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slow down for them

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 00:05:26 No.1713501 Report

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>>1713400
i just overtake when safe to do so with space and time, don't ride that fast anyway and am pretty quiet so they don't know until it happens.
it has worked out fine most times except for once i can remember when there was a couple at the beach with those rented cruisers, the chick spooked the guy and he jumped while i was overtaking. he didn't fall off or anything so just kept riding.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 00:15:46 No.1713505 Report

Quoted By: >>1713723 >>1713744

>>1713402
>>1713406
Based
>>1713454
>>1713472
wdym fren? Like tap them with out actually engaging the brake and release?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 00:50:23 No.1713516 Report

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>>1713400
do not ride bicycles. They're 1700 tech lol.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 00:55:09 No.1713517 Report

Quoted By: >>1713721

>>1713400
>What is the correct practice here?
Don't bother saying anything and stop being slow. That way by the time they realize what happened and get pissed you're already a hundred yards away and have no reason to care. The time gap between you coming into hearing range and you reaching them should not be long enough for you to warn them and them to react.

If the path is totally obstructed though, I might just coast (I have a loud freehub) or maybe drag the brakes - I don't live in an overcrowded shithole so it's usually quiet enough for that to cut through the almost-nonexistent ambient noise. If THAT doesn't work then it's sharp brake squeal followed by an annoyed "EXCUSE ME".

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 01:57:50 No.1713536 Report

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>>1713400
Get one of those insanely loud buzzers, they'll be so startled that not only they'll say nothing but they'll stay frozen in place while they stare at you. It happened to me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 02:07:49 No.1713538 Report

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Thoughts on using this to clear the path?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9QuO09z-SI

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 14:26:31 No.1713721 Report

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>>1713517
>t. only rides straight flat paved trails

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 14:29:43 No.1713723 Report

Quoted By: >>1713733

>>1713505
Yeah. When the lever snaps back into place it makes a noise. Fling it the right way and it’s usually enough for people to hear it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 14:50:31 No.1713733 Report

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>>1713723
Yeah that's also what I do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Sep 2021 15:47:11 No.1713744 Report

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>>1713466
>>1713505
Si.

This only works on the quiet bike paths of course. No one will notice your brake levers clicking over the din of traffic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2bpPTTUdVw

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