There's a guy in my area that does that... He told me one day that it's to help give people and animals a heads-up that he's coming, which is helpful when overtaking people from behind, or around blind corners.

Sounded like an excuse at first, but it actually did help some of the time when I saw him after that. I have begrudgingly changed my mind about it.

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He's still being selfish, Cyclists and mountain bikers yield to hikers, runners, and equestrians, Hikers and runners yield to equestrians. Downhill users yield to uphill users.

https://usacycling.org/article/trail-etiquette-for-mountain-bikers

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

Yup. I slow, inform, and then overtake when safe. If they don't seem to respond, I'll wait to overtake. On a bike path, I can usually just overtake with 3' (1m) space.

[–] nulluser@programming.dev 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I've got a bell on my handlebars for that.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I have scared people with my bike bell before. They almost ended up more in my path. Speakers seem like a better solution to me.

[–] nulluser@programming.dev 2 points 2 hours ago

That means you're waiting to use the bell until you're right behind people. That's missing the point of the bell entirely. You're just grasping for excuses to have music regardless of how rude it is to other people on the trail.