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PatrickGSR94 01-03-17 09:50 PM

My commute is 31 miles round trip, with zero bike lanes or paths. All public roads. I ride ~3,500 miles a year on all types of roads, city, suburban, neighborhood and rural, in many types of traffic. In almost 4 years I've only felt the need to really yell a handful of times, and never felt it necessary to have a horn.

2_i 01-04-17 10:53 AM


Originally Posted by PatrickGSR94 (Post 19289589)
never felt it necessary to have a horn.

Good for you. And I will not mirror your stance and claim that there is something wrong with you. Apparently you are not a customer for a horn. I use some sort of a sound signal about twice a day, most often a bell. However, a bell is largely ineffective on cars and, when needed, I escalate to a horn. On quite rare occasions I use a horn on pedestrians, mostly when they are oblivious to their surrounding immersed in music from headphones under head cover or something.

noglider 01-04-17 11:09 AM

I ring my bell on almost all of my rides, though not usually for emergencies.

PatrickGSR94 01-04-17 11:23 AM


Originally Posted by 2_i (Post 19290433)
Good for you. And I will not mirror your stance and claim that there is something wrong with you. Apparently you are not a customer for a horn. I use some sort of a sound signal about twice a day, most often a bell. However, a bell is largely ineffective on cars and, when needed, I escalate to a horn. On quite rare occasions I use a horn on pedestrians, mostly when they are oblivious to their surrounding immersed in music from headphones under head cover or something.

I never said there was anything wrong with you. Please don't make stuff up.

snow_echo_NY 01-06-17 10:08 AM

interesting find - do come back and report how it works en-route after many a trial run...


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