Thanks to Jim Bunny for the article regarding the terrible behaviour of some cyclists (page 15, The Weekend Sun, March 9).

I have almost given up cycling or walking along the boardwalk, especially on the weekend.

Many times I got a fright as someone – yes, it's always men – zoomed past me on a bike without a bell. Apparently blokes take them off the bikes when they buy them because the weight "slows them down". After calling out to a passing cyclist to use a bell, lucky Jim only got told by the discourteous cyclist 'he did not have, or would not get, a bell". I got ‘the fingers' several times!

As a cyclist I always ring the bell in plenty of time to warn walkers and often I get thanked for doing so.

Overseas a bell is not an optional accessory. Maybe the AA could encourage the powers that be that it is the duty of cyclists to use them to keep the walking public safe.

Re the joggers, it would make things easier if they kept on the left side of the track as they probably cannot hear a bell. Better still, leave the audio mix at home and listen to the birds and the occasional ring-a ling.

M Rastorfer, Brookfield (Abridged).