Cycle Bell
Craiglea
Posts: 19
I've finally and reluctantly come to the conclusion that I need to buy a bell for my daily commute. Unfortunately this is where it's all going to get a bit poncey...
I would like to get a bell that (a) sounds nice and friendly and (b) is fairly discrete in both volume and physical size. I seem to recall that Cateye made some really nice bells at one time but can't find anything now. When I pop in to my LBS the choice available seems pretty poor restricted to the sort of thing I would fit to my daughter's bike.
Is there anything available in the UK that someone can recommend?
I would like to get a bell that (a) sounds nice and friendly and (b) is fairly discrete in both volume and physical size. I seem to recall that Cateye made some really nice bells at one time but can't find anything now. When I pop in to my LBS the choice available seems pretty poor restricted to the sort of thing I would fit to my daughter's bike.
Is there anything available in the UK that someone can recommend?
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Go to the LBS and get a big solid "Ice Cream" Bell.<b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
He that buys flesh buys many bones.
He that buys eggs buys many shells,
But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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Neither loud enough or classy enough!<b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
He that buys flesh buys many bones.
He that buys eggs buys many shells,
But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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You need an AirZound you do! :shock:Start Weight: 128 kilos (20.2 st) (April 17th 2009)
Current Weight:119 kilos (18.7 st) (June 18th 2009)
Target Weight: 92 kilos (14.5 st) (sometime mid-2010, hopefully sooner)0 -
get a hooter. I'm sure they are going to make a comebackEmerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome0
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Seen one recently but it was on a modern penny farthing. Fantastic looking bike but didn't look like the sort of thing one would want to stop is a hurry!--
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proper mud tires, sounds like a landie or more sensibly a fulcrum hub that wakes folk up!0
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I've got a simple understated small black bell that I've fixed upside down on the right side of my bars, just under my shifter. You can't even really tell it's there, I ting it with my thumb.
Using an air zound on a pedestrian is just unfair.
Witness the subtle and sublime power of a cycle bell first hand, it even works on stairs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtv2_-2mHck
I imagine if this guy did this with an air zound he'd get twatted quite quickly.0 -
That was superb - I'll have to get one for the high street
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