Do you know how it ended up for her ? <| sep |> It might be you ' re on a shared use path without perhaps realising , a lot more wide pavements are getting repurposed into those recently . Generally cyclists are just giving you a ding to let you know they ' re there , so that you can safely let them by . The best plan usually is just to see which side of you they ' re going , and either move to the opposite side to let them by , or just keep on the same line if there ' s enough space either side . At least , that ' s the only time I ever use my bell to ding people , obviously I can ' t speak for all cyclists . Personally I only ding if I have to , and try to be polite about it and thank people for moving . I totally agree that cyclists using pavements meant for pedestrians is pretty shitty .