Airzound

LSMike said:

Had a really good use of it today, it's nice to have a louder voice
cycling in London.

I was cycling through a shared use path in a park and a loose GSD went
for me. I slowed down, unclipped to have the bike between me and the
dog, and waited with the airzound until the dog was almost upon me.
Hit the button for a long one and the overt and fast approaching
aggression instantly turned into emergency backpedalling and a fast
retreat. German Shepherd 0, Air Zound 1

Earlier this week I found my Airzound had a small puncture in the tube.
It came to light as I headed towards a yob who had stepped out in front
of the trice. I reached for the button and - zilch. B*gg*r.

Once you've used one they become quite indispensible.

John B

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LSMike said:

Had a really good use of it today, it's nice to have a louder voice
cycling in London.

I was cycling through a shared use path in a park and a loose GSD went
for me. I slowed down, unclipped to have the bike between me and the
dog, and waited with the airzound until the dog was almost upon me.
Hit the button for a long one and the overt and fast approaching
aggression instantly turned into emergency backpedalling and a fast
retreat. German Shepherd 0, Air Zound 1

Wouldn't be with one these days, saved my bacon on numerous occasions,
tonight on the home being one of them. A car pulled out from a side road
(blindly) heading directly towards my right side, a quick blast on the horn
and he screeched to a halt, problem solved! One piece of cycling kit I
couldn't bare to be without.

George

JohnB said:

LSMike said:

Had a really good use of it today, it's nice to have a louder voice
cycling in London.

I was cycling through a shared use path in a park and a loose GSD went
for me. I slowed down, unclipped to have the bike between me and the
dog, and waited with the airzound until the dog was almost upon me.
Hit the button for a long one and the overt and fast approaching
aggression instantly turned into emergency backpedalling and a fast
retreat. German Shepherd 0, Air Zound 1

Earlier this week I found my Airzound had a small puncture in the tube.
It came to light as I headed towards a yob who had stepped out in front
of the trice. I reached for the button and - zilch. B*gg*r.

Once you've used one they become quite indispensible.

Are they user maintenable? Cos I was looking for something like this
for the trike,

Tosspot said:

Are they user maintenable? Cos I was looking for something like this
for the trike,

Do you have a bike pump?

Ignoring catastrophic failure, I think they're pretty robust.

Jon

LSMike said:

Had a really good use of it today, it's nice to have a louder voice
cycling in London.

I was cycling through a shared use path in a park and a loose GSD went
for me. I slowed down, unclipped to have the bike between me and the
dog, and waited with the airzound until the dog was almost upon me.
Hit the button for a long one and the overt and fast approaching
aggression instantly turned into emergency backpedalling and a fast
retreat. German Shepherd 0, Air Zound 1

I'm a mild mannered person usually, but I *know* that I'm going to have to
get one of these soon.

A quick question - can you modulate the sound that comes of these? If I'm
cycling on a shared path or a bridleway and a walker is up ahead, I'd like
to be able to emit a soft sound, gradually increasing as I approach the
walker.

Tosspot said:

JohnB wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Earlier this week I found my Airzound had a small puncture in the tube.
It came to light as I headed towards a yob who had stepped out in front
of the trice. I reached for the button and - zilch. B*gg*r.

Once you've used one they become quite indispensible.

Are they user maintenable? Cos I was looking for something like this
for the trike,

There is little to maintain and little to go wrong.
They simply need pumping up with a bike pump - or preferably a track pump.

I have no idea how I came to get a small hole in the connecting tube,
but having subsequently taken the whole caboodle apart I would doubt
that spares are easily available.
But then its only around £20 to replace the whole thing.

Get one, you won't be disappointed.

John B

JohnB said:

Tosspot said:

JohnB wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Earlier this week I found my Airzound had a small puncture in the tube.
It came to light as I headed towards a yob who had stepped out in front
of the trice. I reached for the button and - zilch. B*gg*r.

Once you've used one they become quite indispensible.

Are they user maintenable? Cos I was looking for something like this
for the trike,

There is little to maintain and little to go wrong.
They simply need pumping up with a bike pump - or preferably a track pump.

I have no idea how I came to get a small hole in the connecting tube,
but having subsequently taken the whole caboodle apart I would doubt
that spares are easily available.
But then its only around £20 to replace the whole thing.

Get one, you won't be disappointed.

Hmmm, I think I'm going to become a very happy Airzound user. I'll keep
you posted how it goes.

Epetruk said:

I'm a mild mannered person usually, but I *know* that I'm going to have to
get one of these soon.

A quick question - can you modulate the sound that comes of these? If I'm
cycling on a shared path or a bridleway and a walker is up ahead, I'd like
to be able to emit a soft sound, gradually increasing as I approach the
walker.

There is a little knob that can be used to regulate the airflow from
bottle to horn unit, which affects the volume.
However, I would think it too fiddly to turn while the horn is in use as
you would really need both hands.

John B

"Epetruk" <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

A quick question - can you modulate the sound that comes of these? If I'm
cycling on a shared path or a bridleway and a walker is up ahead, I'd like
to be able to emit a soft sound, gradually increasing as I approach the
walker.

I suggest human voice for first approach.

This can successfully imitate emergency sirens, animal sounds and even
say 'Excuse me'...

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Jon Senior said:

Tosspot said:

Are they user maintenable? Cos I was looking for something
like this for the trike,

Do you have a bike pump?

Ignoring catastrophic failure, I think they're pretty robust.

Jon

The bracket holding mine to the handlebars broke so mine is held on with
cable ties but apart from that I'm sure it'll last a long time.
Definately worth having.
--
Mark

1x1 wheel, 3x2 wheels & 1x3 wheels.

the.Mark said:

Jon Senior said:

Tosspot said:

Are they user maintenable? Cos I was looking for something
like this for the trike,

Ignoring catastrophic failure, I think they're pretty robust.

The bracket holding mine to the handlebars broke so mine is held on with
cable ties but apart from that I'm sure it'll last a long time.
Definitely worth having.

Agree with this. The makers don't seen to have allowed for the fact
that when you need it you tend to hit it rather than carefully
pressing the button. Mine is now wired on to the bars, and the button
is tied to the rest in case it comes off. [It did once, and got lost;
they sent me another one free.]

I don't trust it quite enough for the most urgent emergencies.
Shouting is guaranteed to produce lots of noise instantly.

Colin McKenzie

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(') said:

I'm a mild mannered person usually, but I *know* that I'm going to
have to get one of these soon.

A quick question - can you modulate the sound that comes of these?

If you just tap it you get a brief toot which doesn't seem extra
specially deafening loud. But if you hold it down for a couple of
seconds you'll wake the dead in six parishes. It is a quite
extraordinary amount of noise for something so small and light.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

X-no-archive: No, I'm not *that* naive.

Simon Brooke said:

It is a quite
extraordinary amount of noise for something so small and light.

That description fits my daughter rather well.

Epetruk said:

LSMike said:

Had a really good use of it today, it's nice to have a louder voice
cycling in London.

I was cycling through a shared use path in a park and a loose GSD went
for me. I slowed down, unclipped to have the bike between me and the
dog, and waited with the airzound until the dog was almost upon me.
Hit the button for a long one and the overt and fast approaching
aggression instantly turned into emergency backpedalling and a fast
retreat. German Shepherd 0, Air Zound 1

I'm a mild mannered person usually, but I *know* that I'm going to have to
get one of these soon.

A quick question - can you modulate the sound that comes of these? If I'm
cycling on a shared path or a bridleway and a walker is up ahead, I'd like
to be able to emit a soft sound, gradually increasing as I approach the
walker.

it's easier to sound the horn from further away than to try and alter the
volume, though with practise, you can push it to give a more gentle beep

Epetruk said:

A quick question - can you modulate the sound that comes of these? If I'm
cycling on a shared path or a bridleway and a walker is up ahead,

then using any such noise is totally out of order. You're not averting
a possible accident, you're disturbing the walker's peace (and that of
anyone else around) and giving cyclists a bad name.

When I'm walking, I can generally hear a cyclist approaching from
behind. If not, a polite "excuse me" or similar will persuade me
to let you past (assuming there's sufficient space). An aggressive
mechanical honk from some arrogant [censored] will have the opposite effect,
as would a shouted "get out of the ******* way".

--
Nick Kew

Yeah, I'm averse to using it on peds, it's a tad too loud and rude.
Though from prior experience there are the odd muppets who deserve a
little toot. The thing was well useful today, persuaded several cars
to back out of my personal space.

Nick Kew said:

Epetruk said:

A quick question - can you modulate the sound that comes of these?
If I'm cycling on a shared path or a bridleway and a walker is up
ahead,

then using any such noise is totally out of order.

Not even if the volume is no louder than an 'excuse me'? This is why I spoke
in my original post about a soft sound building up to a louder one (if it
was clear that the walker hadn't noticed).

jas0n said:

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Nick Kew said:

Epetruk wrote:

>A quick question - can you modulate the sound that comes of these?
>If I'm cycling on a shared path or a bridleway and a walker is up
>ahead,

then using any such noise is totally out of order.

Not even if the volume is no louder than an 'excuse me'? This is why I spoke
in my original post about a soft sound building up to a louder one (if it
was clear that the walker hadn't noticed).

get a ring ring bell type one fitted as well ... thats the traditional
sound associated with cycles and wouldnt offend ped's to omuch, keep the
major one for the cagers

The one fitted to the Pashley Princess (as test ridden and rung by my
mother) is positively musical.

Not Responding said:

That description fits my daughter rather well.

Does she come with a handlebar mount?

Jon