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Meanwhile, the dirty looks I get when I'm on a bike ride and I startle nearly every woman I pass because she couldn't hear me say "on your left"
Only the women, though?
and they CAN'T HEAR THE BELL EITHER
put the phone down, take the ear phones out and be more aware of your surroundings
At least turn off noise cancelling, you don’t own the bike path
Noise cancelling only really works on constant background noises like an engine. It doesn't work on bells and just kind of muddies speech, but you can still here the noise.
Bell?
Push bikes have bells that you use to ding people when you're coming up behind them to let them know you're coming
Would someone needing a push bike even be going fast enough for it to matter? I'd think it'd mostly be toddlers riding them.
They mean push (pedal) bike vs motor bike, not a bike that you push around.
You can break bones falling off even a stationary bike, yes, it matters. People step out in front of you at walking speed wearing headphones and cause crashes that result in not so minor injuries - especially if you're transferring your momentum into the pedestrian and their head hits the concrete. That's without even considering damage to bikes and equipment. Helmets need replacing after a single impact.
You're out of your mind if you think bikes are only really ridden by toddlers? And even then, what a great experience for toddlers to have preventable crashes
I never said bikes in general are ridden by toddlers, just push bikes. They don't tend to have the strength to push very hard. Also doubt they'd be ringing a bell for anything other than to hear it themselves anyway
A push bike is a term used interchangeably with non-electric bicycles here, I was not aware they're something else wherever you live
I'd not heard the term and had to look them up. The results I found had no pedals. They move by being pushed. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Yep, that's why I ride this around:
youtube.com/watch?time_continue=39&v=XTQSWtK65PE
Maybe they're just embarrassed about how much faster than them you are?