HERE yer go, works a treat for me. If you ever see this long haired bearded, ugly as a BFOA bloke on a red Kona, ask for a listen. But step backSummernight wrote:Zombie pedestrian (wearing earphones with music/whatever clearly up too loud and not looking before stepping out onto the road)
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As I work at the southwest corner of the CBD, I just ride along Northbank until the MCG, then head north along 3km of road until I get to the Gipps St bridge over the Yarra. After that, the remaining 29km of my commute is pretty relaxing. Even the Northbank bit is OK: most pedestrians react properly to my bell, and I always say "thanks" when they do .BianchiCam wrote:I'd hate to have to do a city commute.
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And second person was the pedestrian taking his dog for a walk on the cycleway. It wasn't on a leash, and given it was very dark - very, very silly and very dangerous. I was doing about 38km/h but as soon as I saw the guy in the distance I slowed right down to about 18km/h and upon seeing the dog, dropped the speed back to 10km/h just to be sure.
And maybe a 3rd dumb cyclist - or perhaps a scared one - me! I heard a magpie screeching its warning call and promptly put the hammer down and rode along at 40km/h+. The bird left me alone, but I wasn't taking chances while there was still some daylight.
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Yup, used to get quite a few of those at a local park. At least they've read the signs. Now all we need is for councils to add another couple of words just so these folk don't get so confused...."Dogs AND OWNERS must be kept on leash at all times."bychosis wrote:Cleaning out the GoPro and found this one... Stupid owner not using the lead attached to the dog, dog with random direction changes on the shared path. Situation was even more difficult because I was riding with a mate behind.
Then again, that's just going to end up with a bunch of dogs trailing leads running around willy nilly whilst their owners sporting brand new studded dog collars amuse themselves humming 'Anarchy In The UK'. You could almost convince yourself that these people go out of their way not to do the right thing.
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How do you use it? I'm interested as the AZ doesn't quite fit the bill for what I want and the Hornit may be too alienish to be taken notice of.Mulger bill wrote:HERE yer go, works a treat for me. If you ever see this long haired bearded, ugly as a BFOA bloke on a red Kona, ask for a listen. But step backSummernight wrote:Zombie pedestrian (wearing earphones with music/whatever clearly up too loud and not looking before stepping out onto the road)
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Postby K2 » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:21 am
An early morning group of a dozen or so caught up with me a while ago and the oldish chap leading them decided to have a chat, so I ended up sitting on the front with him for 5ks or so. After a while it sounded like one of the younger lads behind was questioning my choice of ride as the older head next to him advised something along the lines of "You can never judge by the bike or how they look. I've seen thin guys who look like a breeze would knock them off leave everyone else for dead." Wise words.trailgumby wrote:Used to get a few roadies laugh as I went past doing hill repeats "Geez, we can't let a mountain bike beat us! "
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I stopped about twenty metres outside of that underpass and looked back at it. Any ped or rider between where I was and the underpass would have very likely come to grief or the riders would have at the speed. There is no way that the riders could have slowed safely if there had been someone there.
The lead riders mumured "watch out" as he was a couple of metres behind me is of no use to me nor to anyone approaching on the other side of the path. A screech would have imroved the situation not an iota.
Dumb cyclists trusting dumb luck. Pls take the road and try your slick riding skills against some cars instead.
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Postby Mulger bill » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:28 pm
It's a whistle, you stick the smaller end in yer mouth and blowSummernight wrote:How do you use it? I'm interested as the AZ doesn't quite fit the bill for what I want and the Hornit may be too alienish to be taken notice of.Mulger bill wrote:HERE yer go, works a treat for me. If you ever see this long haired bearded, ugly as a BFOA bloke on a red Kona, ask for a listen. But step backSummernight wrote:Zombie pedestrian (wearing earphones with music/whatever clearly up too loud and not looking before stepping out onto the road)
Mine hangs from the shoulder strap of my backpack on one of those retracta reels you hang tags and stuff off, a few $ from Officeworks. Easy to find and unloseable. Mine stays permanently in my teeth for the runs along Swanston or LaTrobe, once I'm out of meanderthal country I just open my mouth and it zips back. Methinks you will find regular use on Albert.
The beauty I've found in it is the way you can get so many sounds out of it from a gentle bikepath friendly "woo" to a full blooded "clown just redmanned in front of me across Flinders Lane at Swanston and there is zero escape room." scream.
EDIT!!! Ffwd the video to the 1:25 mark for the action.
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(I thought there was a pull-able version where you just pull the string out and, like a wind-up toy, the whistle will go off until the string has retracted the whole way back in)
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At least other walkers on the same trail appreciated the warnings and a few even said thanks as we passed - slowly and widely.
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Postby jules21 » Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:11 pm
some people are just looking for an opportunity to complain. ride on..TraceyG wrote:Older woman walking on a shared path in Melbourne yesterday clearly didn't like being passed by our large group of cyclists. As soon as she realised we were coming up behind her (no surprises, lead cyclist rang his bell, others called out that there was a walker up), she stepped to the right to walk right down the centre of the path. Then she abused us all for being too noisy. I politely (really, I was polite!) pointed out that it was for her safety that we were letting each other know that she was there but I got told to shut up and stop making so much noise.
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To a bike bell and cleat/uncleat chorusjules21 wrote:ride on..
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LOL yes I know what happens when you don't hear the uncleat noise and someone just stops walking right in front of you. Its like a hole lot of tambourines hitting together out of chorus. Part of the fun until someone looses an eye or gets yelled atMulger bill wrote:To a bike bell and cleat/uncleat chorusjules21 wrote:ride on..
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Postby Bah77 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:07 pm
Me, today.
Saw the guys standing around on the exit to the quarry but it didnt register they were there for a reason, and he only started waving at me when i was almost upon the gravel. (camera doesnt show it so well because of the brightness difference i guess?)
Slowed to about 30ish by the time i was on it, picked a line where it was a little sparser. tyres appear to be ok..
Usually on the lookout for isolated rocks coming down there, just hasn't occurred to me until now to look for huge spills.
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Although if they half arse it, could still be fairly annoying.
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Postby Mulger bill » Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:35 pm
Yes indeedy they do. Of course, just pushing all the carop onto the shoulder so the smokebox line is clear will be deemed sufficient.Bah77 wrote:Theyd have to wouldn't they, i'd assume they'd get fairly decent fines if they just left it there?
Although if they half arse it, could still be fairly annoying.
Glad you held it together and stayed rubber down mate.
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Postby cp123 » Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:31 pm
Bah77 wrote:Theyd have to wouldn't they, i'd assume they'd get fairly decent fines if they just left it there?
chucking lumps of gravel on the road like that is how we get our roads resealed here... and all road bike riders grit their teeth for 3 months...
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