Most seasoned MUP users are OK with passing without warning, but they appreciate it when I do warn them, and especially if the relatively velocity is fairly low (10mph?). I try to do so gently, with rings of the "polite" Japanese brass bells at 40 feet, then 20 feet, and finally just when I am passing. The intent is to offer them a sense of progression, so they are not startled. Sometimes I get a "thanks!" in reciprocation. Of course, one can't help those who have earbuds on, but I've found that those aren't the ones with the nasty attitudes.
The ones with unfriendly attitudes are usually the ones who are new, and are frightened and maybe startled by bicycles passing by (99.99% safely, but they don't care). So I try to be as obvious as I can when I see peds who don't keep to a particular "lane". I'll ring my bell (most of my bicycles have one), change my gears or do something fairly noisy; strangely enough, I don't typically yell whatever it is we're supposed to yell. For the record, I don't particularly see a *need* to alert others when passing on a MUP (do we do that in cars?), but it is nice to do, and who doesn't appreciate an inexpensive brass bell jewelry with some patina? Interestingly enough, in these winter months, for my commuting hours, my headlight usually supersedes the need for bell ringing. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
