Same here. I’ve done my best to tidy up the cockpit with the Sram AXS dropper and derailer. Positioned and wrapped the brake lines and use bar clamps for combined brake and AXS paddles. I even installed the angle brake hose adapter for the Magura brake master cylinder to keep those brake hoses closer to the bar. But then I need to hang a bell on the bar.I'm pretty fussy about my cockpit.
I mount a jingle-bell (magnetic w/velcro) but it doesn’t always do the job. I need to rely on trail vibration or flick it myself for anyone ahead of me to hear the sound. And the sound doesn’t carry as well as a “ding-ding” (the universal warning sound that a bike is approaching).
I’ve yelled at a group of wandering walkers before but that doesn’t always work. They don’t always hear the jingle-bell rattling away. Most of them are busy talking to each other and I’m simply an inconvenient object that frightens them.
When the sea-of-walkers finally parts (usually in two groups), there is one who believes they belong to the other group and dodges infront of my bike at the last moment. Wonderful!
.(Anyways, there’s my gripe …small world problems).
A “ding-ding” bell would probably work better than a jingle bell. After a while I don’t hear the jingle bell but I hope the trail animals do…so the bell is usually on.
Edit; maybe a locomotive train horn might help …but aren’t those heavy?
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Bells seem to be the most effective, yelling at them raises there blood pressure. I try my best to be as polite as possible to all that share the trails.
