Self-Protection Products in the UK while Cycling

Using a bell on a towpath is not self-centered.

Point taken -
now try a jangling bell inflicted on an unsuspecting granny laden with shopping trundling down to her house while some impatient cyclist tries to pass her from the inside.

I witnessed this last week when I visited my folks.

All I was trying to say in my post is that it's all relative. Read it in that spirit...