Make your bike more Horse Friendly....fit a bell

[y2blade]

I've added a "Ding-Ding" bell.

It's flipping brilliant for letting Horses and their riders know I'm approaching ...stops the "silent surprise" appearance that makes some horses jump when cycles pass.

I know this because we have Horses....... silent cycles coming past can really make some horses spook.

Chris

 

[ianrauk]

Don't need or want a bell.
I have a voice that says 'Hello, cyclist coming by'

 

[y2blade]

Good man.

 

[uclown2002]

Not a chance of fitting a bell!

As above, "Cyclist coming through" works for me.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

I have a Zipp hub

 

[Hill Wimp]

Don't need or want a bell.
I have a voice that says 'Hello, cyclist coming by'

Somehow i just cannot see a bell on your bike, it just wouldn't go somehow

 

[y2blade]

Fair enough, a lot around our way say nothing.

 

[ianrauk]

I have a Zipp hub

aka The Chainsaw....

 

[uclown2002]

Fair enough, a lot around our way say nothing.

I was the same before I startled horse while passing wide very slowly.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I much prefer a friendly hello to an impersonal dingy ding.

 

[Ben M]

Do you ding it in triplicate?

 

[Saluki]

If you are passing me on one of my horses, please don't ring your bell as I don't really want to die aboard 1/3 ton of ex racehorse. A nice cheery "Hello, I'm passing on a bike" or "hi, coming past" is a bit nicer.
I had a cyclist sneak past, no bell, no call out, nothing. He was a bit pissed off when my horse let fly with both barrels catching him in the shoulder. I was a bit pissed off after being carted over the road and scraped off under a branch and then having to walk 5 miles home sans horse as he careered off down the road without me.

Seriously people. Call out 'hello'. Don't ring a bell or honk a horn. Not all horses are a bombproof as riding school horses.

 

[Ben M]

If you are passing me on one of my horses, please don't ring your bell as I don't really want to die aboard 1/3 ton of ex racehorse. A nice cheery "Hello, I'm passing on a bike" or "hi, coming past" is a bit nicer.
I had a cyclist sneak past, no bell, no call out, nothing. He was a bit ****ed off when my horse let fly with both barrels catching him in the shoulder. I was a bit ****ed off after being carted over the road and scraped off under a branch and then having to walk 5 miles home sans horse as he careered off down the road without me.

Seriously people. Call out 'hello'. Don't ring a bell or honk a horn. Not all horses are a bombproof as riding school horses.

If it is likely to behave like that, have you considered that it might not be a good idea to ride that horse on the roads?

 

[Dave 123]

Make your horse more biker friendly.
Give it to Findus.

 

[y2blade]

Make your horse more biker friendly.
Give it to Findus.

You took your time.