Close call

Just zis Guy said:

Riding home tonight I had a bit of a close call. I was nearly wiped out by a cager - but it wasn't
(for once) his fault. A Stealth Cyclist came out of a service road (the wrong way, it's a one-way
road) and cut straight across the road.

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Needless to say the Stealth Cyclist had no lights, no lid, no light clothing, no reflective
accoutrements and no f***ing clue.

No lid? no LID?

Must be his fault then.

I'm ashamed at you Guy for trying to sneak in a h**m*t thread ;-) You've been rumbled.

John B

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Luckily they both heard the Air Zound and we did a Red Arrows style three-way split, the Steath
Cyclist back to the wrong side of the road, me towards the kerb, and the cager up the middle.

Hooray for Air Zounds. I've been thinking of getting one - might be useful on the peds wandering
aimlessly in the segregated cycle lane I sometimes use for part of my journey through central
London. They tend to swear at me anyway when I politely remind them they're walking in a cycle lane
so might as well really give them something to think about. Would be useful for pavement lemmings
as well....

Rich

Glad you are okay, Guy. One can but hope the Air Zound caused the stealth cyclist to have a large
brown stain develop in his trousers.

Cheers, helen s

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John B said:

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Needless to say the Stealth Cyclist had no lights, no lid, no light clothing, no reflective
accoutrements and no f***ing clue.

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No lid? no LID? I'm ashamed at you Guy for trying to sneak in a h**m*t thread ;-) You've
been rumbled.

I refer the honourable gentleman to my earlier reply:
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Guy
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: ...

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Luckily they both heard the Air Zound and we did a Red Arrows style three-way split, the Steath
Cyclist back to the wrong side of the road, me towards the kerb, and the cager up the middle.

Hooray for Air Zounds. I've been thinking of getting one - might be

useful

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on the peds wandering aimlessly in the segregated cycle lane I sometimes

use

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for part of my journey through central London. They tend to swear at me anyway when I politely
remind them they're walking in a cycle lane so

might

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as well really give them something to think about. Would be useful for pavement lemmings as
well....

Rich

I find bog standard bulb operated horns are more than enough for this purpose. They always get a
smile when people see them, a reaction when they hear them and you can always tell when the guard on
the train is bored and messing about with your bike if you sit in the next carriage to the goods
wagon ;-) Dave. (and his extremely bulbous horn 8-o ...sorry!)

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Hooray for Air Zounds. I've been thinking of getting one - might be

useful

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on the peds wandering aimlessly in the segregated cycle lane I sometimes

use

Quoted message said:

for part of my journey through central London. They tend to swear at me anyway when I politely
remind them they're walking in a cycle lane so

might

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as well really give them something to think about. Would be useful for pavement lemmings as
well....

Rich

I find bog standard bulb operated horns are more than enough for this purpose. They always get a
smile when people see them, a reaction when they hear them and you can always tell when the guard
on the train is bored and messing about with your bike if you sit in the next carriage to the
goods wagon ;-) Dave. (and his extremely bulbous horn 8-o ...sorry!)

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I agree, I have an airzounds and never use it for peds cos it's volume makes it very aggressive
and who needs that. Besides, you never know where they might jump. Usually a cheery 'Morning!' or
some such greeting is more welcome. If the cycle lanes are really that bad then there is always
the road 🙂

The air horn comes into it's own around morontorists though, even with the distraction of
CD/phone/kids etc they can hear you coming.

LN

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I let rip with the Air Zound

mm I must get one of those 🙂 Does it work from a water bottle of air, or was I looking at the wrong
thing? Problem is twould be yet another piece of kit attatched to the bike. I was thinking a car
horn wired to my bottle battery for the lights might be quite effective 🙂

-Alex

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I let rip with the Air Zound

mm I must get one of those 🙂 Does it work from a water bottle of air, or was I looking at the
wrong thing?

It works from a bottle of air - I don't think trying to inflate a water bottle to about 80psi would
meet much success ;-)

Richard

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Richard Edgar said:

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I let rip with the Air Zound

mm I must get one of those 🙂 Does it work from a water bottle

of

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air, or was I looking at the wrong thing?

It works from a bottle of air - I don't think trying to inflate

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water bottle to about 80psi would meet much success ;-)

Richard

That sounds like my sons supersoaker. You fill it with water and pump it up. The jet produced is
quite impressive. I could use it to get my own back on the drivers who don't have a clue how to
adjust their windscreen washers and end up washing anyone going up the inside ;-)
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Mark