where do i buy a bike bell that specifically signals to pedestrians "hello i am here i dont need you to get out of the way as long as you don't make any sudden changes in trajectory i just dont want to startle you when i pass by you in like 6-8 seconds"

because so far reactions to my bike bell have been
- nothing. none reaction
- fuck! shit! sorry!!! let me get out of the way sorry!!!! ahhh (gets in the way as a result of trying to get out of the way)

maybe what i need is a shitty old bike that creaks and whines so it continuously announces my presence

then again my bike rattles extremely loudly when over the kind of paving stones that they use in the pedestrian city center here, and that has not been alerting pedestrians to my presence in any way

@Siph @noiob i *have* been whistling mr blue sky occasionally but so far it hasn't helped

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