Close call

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. I let rip with the Air Zound because he was coming straight
for me - and the car which was halfway past me and behind my line of sight veered away from me. He'd
seen me well enough to overtake with plenty of room, but of course most drivers can only cope with
one input at a time, so he'd forgotten about me.

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.

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

Guy
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote:

> 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.

<snip>

> 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

 

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: ...
>
> 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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On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 22:17:38 +0000, John B <[email protected]> wrote:

>> 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? 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:
<http://www.chapmancentral.com/Web/public.nsf/Documents/mini-faq-helmets>

Guy
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"Richard Goodman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: ...
> >
> > 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
>
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!)

 

"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> "Richard Goodman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > 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
> >
> 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!)

:-D
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

 

> 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

 

In article <[email protected]>, Alex Graham <[email protected]> wrote:

>> 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 wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Alex Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> 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

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 ;-)
--
Mark