Quote Originally Posted by SunnyHazel
I kinda like the bell idea. It would be very helpful for me not because I'm fast and passing people, but because there are a lot of families out wandering on the trails and it would be nice to grab their attention before I get to them.
It works great. I get the old fashioned kind that sound like the classic bike bells, I think that's the KEY to being recognized as a bike approaching before they even see you. Here are a couple of examples:
http://www.mysteryridge.com/item424600.ctlg
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...3Doff%26sa%3DN
I have mine mounted to my bike so that I can just drop my thumb down from the handlebars to ring it:
http://harmonias.com/LisaBike_7.jpg