sun 12 aug 2007 17:19:49 — raamgracht
and another thing. the bells.
and another thing. okay two things really. about bicycle bells.
[1] people who jingle their bicycle bell just because they have one.
[2] people who ring their bicycle bell to say "get the fuck out of my way, i'm a cyclist!"
i don't care what anyone tells you, bicyclists do *not* have the a priori right of way, anywhere. pedestrians do. because feet were invented before wheels. pedestrians have the a priori right of way anywhere on earth, including an airport runway or the middle of the pacific ocean. remember that.
the purpose of a bicycle bell is to let someone know you're coming. period, punt uit.
you're not supposed to use your bicycle bell as a plow.
and you're not supposed to play it like a musical instrument, as in "i'm having fun riding my rental mac-bike through beautiful amsterdam, jing-jing-jing, jing-jing-jing!".
hopefully now that i've got all that off my chest, i'll shut up about those things for awhile.