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Hey guys I have a favour to ask. I am doing a marketing research about exercising and would like to ask you guys if you could spare a sec and complete the survey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/97VYY2G
There is just 9 questions and most of them are 'yes/no' so it won't take too much of your time.
Thx very much guys I appreciate that.
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What benefit are you bringing to the forum?
the entertainment value of pulling the survey apart afterwards?
You know guys if I have a product for runners I won't go to swimmers, right.
Is it an alarm thingy that you wear onj your wrist, like a watch, that you can use to let people know you're coming? A bit like using your voice but more intrusive and less polite.
People will buy it. People buy all sorts of crap for their sport, especially newbies.
So it's something like a horn worn on your wrist??? Think a polite shout would be just as good............cheaper too!
I dunno, though, when riding my bike on shared bike/footpaths/bridleways I find some walkers want you to ring your bell, other people get massively offended by the bell because they take it as a 'get out of my way' signal rather than a polite 'here I am' signal.
what do you think is wrong with shouting at them?? has worked for me for years and costs me nothing
I guess you can't say how other people will react but still I think that shouting is less polite.
I think shouting is more polite because you can say 'please'. However, I have done the survey.
you know it it is about safety really. No suprieses, no injuries on both sides.
thx
Luckily thanks to a misspent youth boxing and playing rubgy I snuffle like a pig when I run and the noise emanating from me sends people jumping into hedgerows in fear. I therefore doubt I would require any device.
Also as I am always telling Mrs Oirish any gadget that replaces a human is only a bad thing no matter how more effective it is but enough of our problems.
I am willing to volunteer to be recorded for your product for a small fee, 100% effectiveness guaranteed
I too will do your survey though.
Will it have a hologram on it?
Not interested if it hasn't got a hologram on it.
I also agonise over how and when to ring my bell on my bike - too close and it scares the life out of them, too far and they won't hear it. So I try and time it to a tentative tring ... I'm-right-behind-you-on-my-bike-and-if-you-just-move-over-a-tad-I -can-get-past-without-sounding-like-I'm-shouting-at-you-to-get-out-of-my-way ... sort of thing.
Life can be so complicated sometimes ...
I have noticed quite a few newbies whilst out training recently.
Any warning device would have to be very loud because most of them are wearing..........dare I say it......HEADPHONES.
How about 'Excuse me please.' It works well for me. Same as on the pushy, or I call hello or good morning. It seems to make people jump less than a bell.
I guess you're right although when you listen to a music one wierd sound gets your attention which doesn't belong there and you starting to look around
but that's the thing when you let people know earlier that you are coming their way it won't make them jump and also you won't have to shout
Because the pedestrian is always in the way
I usually shout 'coming through on your right' - problem is that I'm very bad t telling left from right...
If you use a voice you can tell them which side you are going to come past on. If it's just a noise, they don't know and could very well move into your way.
The survey is rather limited - only up to more than 3 times a week exercise - many on here do far more than that. Sometimes I run outside, and sometimes I go to a gym but could only pick one. Sometimes I run on a footpath,sometimes I run in a park, sometimes I run on a footpath in a park, but mostly I just run on the road and there was no option for that.
I've found if you call out anything to pedestrians they just dither and end up getting more in your way.
Why say anything? Just run round them.
Or best of all run somewhere where you don't get any pedestrians.
That's usually when I huff loudly and pretend that I had to change direction