Melensdad
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2016 SJPdP to Santiago, Finisterre. Hadrian's Way, 2015. Sections of the AT + National & State Park trails.
Found this article in Outside Magazine's online addition.
Found it very interesting, and somewhat non-traditional in its approach.
As a hiker I know that I've been scared many times by bikers. Personally I think bikers would do well to have a small bell on their bikes and I'd prefer that the bell start ringing a good distance back so that I can hear the bike getting closer. If the bell rings right before an impending collision then its too late. This is no different than a shout out from a biker saying "on your left" or "biker" just in time to scare me senseless. I want to know I'm being overtaken LONG BEFORE the actual event so I can get out of your way. I know you don't want to hit me, I know I don't want to get hit. But honestly I don't hear you coming up on me about 50% of the time.
https://www.outsideonline.com/22333...k&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost
Found it very interesting, and somewhat non-traditional in its approach.
As a hiker I know that I've been scared many times by bikers. Personally I think bikers would do well to have a small bell on their bikes and I'd prefer that the bell start ringing a good distance back so that I can hear the bike getting closer. If the bell rings right before an impending collision then its too late. This is no different than a shout out from a biker saying "on your left" or "biker" just in time to scare me senseless. I want to know I'm being overtaken LONG BEFORE the actual event so I can get out of your way. I know you don't want to hit me, I know I don't want to get hit. But honestly I don't hear you coming up on me about 50% of the time.
https://www.outsideonline.com/22333...k&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost