Cool pictures from Brazil of horns and work bikes. When I lived and biked in Boston I had the loudest horn I could find (but not an air horn like those in Brazil!) to use when motorists would be about to do something dangerous towards me, and it worked. In Madison I rode for years without a horn, but have reverted to a gentle bell for use on the paths to warn pedestrians I am behind them. There are too many peds on the paths for me continuously use my voice, my voice gets tired too quickly and I stop giving warnings, the bell allows me to do this more consistently. Recently I have been thinking about adding a louder horn for car drivers, though.
Work bikes like those pictured are built in the US, as well. See especially the bikes from ANT in Boston http://www.antbikemike.com/bikes.html or CAT / Human Powered Machines in Eugene, Oregon http://hpm.catoregon.org/ Arthur
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