Ahh. We weren’t done poking that one yet. 
He’s in…aaand he’s out.
Sorry. I couldn’t hear you because I was listening to my IPod. Can you ring your bell louder please? Also, watch out for my three children who like to wonder around as we walk, those scamps. And my dog. I like to use a very long, thin leash so you should stop if you see me and my dog on opposite sides of the trail becasue I will be really pissed if you hit the leash and hurt my dog.
… and that’s why my bike had an airhorn mount.
Oh, and would you mind if I feed the geese here? I like to lean up against my car I illegally drove down this path and toss food in the pathway for the geese. I’m sure they won’t be a hazard or shit all over the path.
I just started using my bike to commute…parents need to get it through their damn heads that a bike path, especially THIS ONE (I take the Hudson Greenway that goes along the West Side Highway) is not for children…a toddler on a tricycle does not stand a chance against bikers who are probably going 25 mph. Luckily I haven’t had any issues yet with debris…kids are my biggest worry as well as idiot adults who just stand in front of me.
Maybe it’s because I’m getting old and cranky, but whether it’s a bike trail, a running path, the sidewalk, or a hallway, I’ve seemingly encountered more and more groups of people who don’t seem to understand that these pathways are for the use of everyone, not just their little sub-herd. Do people honestly not understand that when they walk three or four abreast, taking up the entire width of whatever path they are on, it prevents others from either passing them or, even worse (IMHO) walking in the opposite direction? Are they really that oblivious? Or do they simply not care?
You’ll have to take my word for it, but I’m an extraordinarily polite and patient person. Even I, though, have begun to lose it. My default level of politeness for these roadhogs is now a very snarky, “Excuse me,” as I’m coming up from behind (I will give verbal warning when overtaking from the rear; it gives the merely oblivious an opportunity to correct their behavior). Approaching from the opposite direction however, my very first inclination is to carve out a portion of the sidewalk for myself, and hold to it. If this means that there’s a physical collision, well, so be it. I’m not the biggest guy out there, but I’m not small. Don’t want me to bump into you? MOVE OUT OF THE WAY! Share the road, people. It’s not a difficult concept.
I don’t think I’ve ever had one of my rare threads zombified before! And never by a moron!
6 years later and nothing’s changed. And E-Sabbath I’ve considers getting an airhorn. I work on a college campus and the trail is sometimes littered with earbudded runners. Does it work?
Better than a bell! Just find a nautical supply store. Thing is, it can get you attention from other directions than your target.
My bikeshop sells the airhorns, I don’t know if they have mounts though. Thanks.
Air Zound - Fits in a water bottle cage.