Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Like I said some people could interpret anything as anything. I have seen people who get bent out of shape about saying hello or smiling, so saying a bell is bad is just as silly.
In the case of needing people to move out of the way or alerting I am there it is a more urgent matter, a bell makes that easy.
Yes, me meaning an inanimate bell literally has its own emotions is a totally reasonable intepretation of what I said.
well, I’ll personally never have one taking up space on a bike and I’ve not had a problem yet. I do find them entertaining en masse in big events though, especially in tunnels.