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Re: Bells horns, etc: msg#00142culture.transportation.humanpowered.trikes
I use an Air Zound - with a bit of practice you can give a softer toot or a loud Blast...should the toot not have the desired effect. Rob Adelaide Australia > -----Original Message----- >From: trikes-bounces@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:trikes-bounces@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >Of Kate Peterson >Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 8:44 AM >To: trikes@xxxxxxxxx >Subject: [trikes] Bells horns, etc > >Yesterday we were riding on the bike trail on our >tandem Greenspeed (wonderful!). However, just yelling >"on your left" didn't seem adequate. People move over >enough for an upright to get buy, but didn't pay >attention to how big we were. I don't seem to have >this problem on my single trike, maybe because I can't >go near as fast as we can together on the tandem. >Anyway I was thinking what I needed was a bell or horn >that gave people a sense of our size. An airhorn >seems overkill on a bike path, anyone else have an >idea. > >Also our tandem breaks into two pieces for transport >(fits in my Element with no problem) but that means >releasing the front chain. We haven't found a good >way to keep this chain "wrapped up" so it doesn't fall >all over and get everything dirty. Before I start >trying to make something to keep this in place, I >thought I'd see if someone else had figured out a way. > >Kathy in Cincinnati > > > >__________________________________ >Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 >http://mail.yahoo.com > > >"Download your pictures for free at ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/" >trikes mailing list - trikes@xxxxxxxxx >http://www.ihpva.org/mailman/listinfo/trikes >%(disclaimer)s > >_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this e-mail in error, please >immediately notify the sender by e-mail at the address shown. This e-mail >transmission may contain confidential information. This information is >intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is >intended even if addressed incorrectly. Please delete it from your files if >you are not the intended recipient. Thank you for your compliance > > > >"Download your pictures for free at ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/" >trikes mailing list - trikes@xxxxxxxxx >http://www.ihpva.org/mailman/listinfo/trikes >%(disclaimer)s > > > "Download your pictures for free at ftp://www.ihpva.org/incoming/" trikes mailing list - trikes@xxxxxxxxx http://www.ihpva.org/mailman/listinfo/trikes %(disclaimer)s |
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