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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Whether it's your responsibility or not, it's certainly in your self-interest to ring you bell whenever passing or going around blind corners. A couple years ago I had a head-on collision with another cyclist going around a curve on that exact stretch of pathway at South Glenmore.
I honestly don't get the aversion to ringing bells. It doesn't cost money, time, or energy. What's the downside?
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50 dings in 2kms would be ridiculous. I do it at blind corners, but not gentle curves where you can't see everything.
The only time I won't ring is if people are walking in my same direction as me, but they're in the wrong lane (ie. left/oncoming side). They inevitably realize how stupid they're being and panic - one goes back to the right lane and the other stays where they are, so I almost always have to slow down. Never sure what people are thinking when they choose to stroll on that side, unless they're from somewhere else in the British empire and forgot where they are.