When it comes to car-on bike-accidents, the difference between minor or major injury (or avoiding a collision at all) can come down to fractions of a second. That’s the speed of instinct. The problem, ...
In the war of attrition between bicyclists and motorists, Jonathan Lansey has just upped the arms race. The 28-year-old engineer has designed a small, compact bicycle horn as loud as anything on the ...
Ringing a bike bell to warn off a car driver is worse than doing nothing, because at least doing nothing won’t make you feel angry and impotent. Honking a car horn, on the other hand, will make a ...
I can think of few things that would make a hothead driver go from zero to Frothing Nuclear Rage than a cyclist blowing a loud horn at him for 30 seconds straight, the maximum duration of the "Loud ...
Bells are the rare bike accessory that hasn’t really changed much in the past century or so. While shifting and braking and other bike tech has evolved considerably over the years, many people still ...
A conventional bicycle bell might be a good way to alert pedestrians to your presence on a quiet suburban walkway, but when pedaling through bustling city streets there's a whole lot of other noise to ...