This may have been posted here before - but a funny YouTube video about the how people in Japan are quite conditioned to bike bells....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_MphtzCOEc
I wouldn't use a whistle...... like others said, a bike isn't what people are expecting when they hear one, so though it may be loud their reaction may be quite inappropriate - like being startled into your path...
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04-23-2010, 05:21 PM #1
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04-23-2010, 05:24 PM #2
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I've got a jingle bell on my handlebar. On very smooth pavement (like a sidewalk) I am silent but otherwise I jingle merrily along. Like Santa. It's ok that it's silent on a sidewalk, because the way I ride on sidewalks is to stay behind the pedestrians. I don't ride on sidewalks except for the last little bit to reach the bike racks.
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