FAO Cyclists!

Person_one

If you have bells on your bikes, please use them, if you don't, please get them.

What's not a good idea is to zoom past people about two inches from them with no warning whatsoever at a junction of two (wide) footpaths, they might be about to turn into your path and you might nearly give them a heart attack.

Seriously, bells, wonderfully simple but very effective!

warehouse

How do us cyclists get the people who can't hear high pitched sounds or those to stubborn to give way to move over? Luckily I only use the canal towpaths .

neverdespairgirl

And in addition:

(1) Don't cycle at night with no lights;
(2) Particularly, don't cycle at night with no lights and dark clothes;
(3) Don't wear an ipod when you're on your bike. Hearing things coming is vaguely useful.

**curlywurly**

... and please don't ride side by side on a narrow road, having a chat, in the dark, with no lights.

neverdespairgirl

My OH cycles in London a lot. He has a horrendous yellow shiny jacket with glow-in-the-dark white stripes on it. He looks a muppet, but he's safe, and that's what matters!

mishkanorman

also, dont cycle on pavements, they are for pedestrians NOT cyclists (unless it says otherwise). My child will happily dart under your wheels.

And if you are behind me on the pavement dont expect you dinging that little bell will make me leap out of your way, seriously steer round me !

barbiedoll

And red lights mean that cyclists have to stop too!

Mupette

car drivers before turning, moving lanes... or do anything that affect other road users... use your mirrors.. you know the shiney things on the side of your cars, oh and the indicator too becuase we are not all phsyic...

dont park in cycle lanes, don't drive so far in the cycle lane because you think it is funny to knock someone off their bike... it could be your son or daughter (reason why so many stay on pavements because of prats on the roads)

amazing how many don't see a cyclist becuase they didnt use their mirrors..

Buttonmoons

Cyclists on the pavement really bugs me. I was coming back from Lidl with my 5year old and had my hands full with bags and my daughters hand and a cyclist just whizzed about 2inches to the left of me, and he's lucky as I was about to head over that way to press the button for the lights. Could of totally hurt me/daughter/himself. GRRR

Caroline_a

I think what we all want is for people to obey the rules of the road. Cyclists, dont undertake me when I am stopped at traffic lights, if you want to get past, get off and push. Motorists, stay out of cyclists lanes. Pedestrians, don't wander in the middle of roads in the dark with dark clothing and expect us all to have x ray vision.

Isn't it just about courtesy, manners and common sense?

tanith

I used to cycle on the tow path to work and it was very frustrating with fisherman spread all over the path with their 'stuff' , and why is it when I rang my bell and clicked the gears people just carried on and ignored the fact that I couldn't get past unless they walked in single file... and then tutted and muttered about @&-+=! cyclists when I eventually politely tried to squeeze past.... in the end I stopped cycling and went back to my car.