My ding a ling

walkingbootweather

Kids got me a new bell for Christmas. After some nagging I finally fixed to my bike this morning. Looks very professional with an integrated compass.

Set off this morning and compared with my GPS and was amazed to see that it was actually pointing in more or less the right direction. Then I turned a corner and found that it was still pointing in more or less the same direction relative to my bike. Conclusion - my bike must be a big magnet. (or the compass is cr*p)

At least it has a pleasant tinkle. Actually I lying about that too - it has a distinctly unattractive peal.

Tell us if you have a ding a ling, and if so what do you use it for and what sort of tinkle do you get out of it?

optimisticbiker

I had a ding-a-ling, it used to go ting-ting but only if I flicked it right... but as nobody took any notice of it I removed it....

asprilla

Jon Snow has the biggest ding-a-ling I've ever seen, but then he's quite a tall bloke.

SimonAH

The resto I built for MrsAH has a 'bringbring'. her SS has a 'bing' and number one in the charts on the day of her birth was indeed 'my dingaling'.

I, on the other hand, have only lungs. Which suggests that she is thrice the dingaling of me. Which figures.

spen666

I want you to play with my ding - a - ling

walkingbootweather

spen666 wrote:

I want you to play with my ding - a - ling

Sorry, Spen I hadn't realised that was the sort of soliciting that you did....

Greg T

I use my mouth

UndercoverElephant

Greg T wrote:

I use my mouth

You and Spen should be very happy together.

rjsterry

Asprilla wrote:

Jon Snow has the biggest ding-a-ling I've ever seen, but then he's quite a tall bloke.

I may never be able to watch Channel 4 News again.

DonDaddyD

One day while waiting at the lights and I noticed W1 in front of me. I knew it was W1 because he is the only person with a custom cycling jersey that has Ian Duncan Smith's face covering the left side of the back and William Hague on the right.

As I was about to say "hello", Greg all dressed in his Tory blue smurf outfit came powering through and pulled up next to him. He put one foot down and lent over towards W1. W1 acknowledge and then there was some finger pointing downwards towards the handlebars. I heard the words "go on" and "press my ding-a-ling".

W1's hand reached over and started heading towards the direction of Greg's ding-a-ling. An old lady walking across the crossing looked at them and seemed to jump.

I didn't hear the sound of a bell but I assume that's what it was. I mean what else could have been right?

jonginge

Jesus built my hotrod

That is all

veronese68

My pub bike has a chrome old style ring-ring. The EPO's 1970's folder has a huge thing that the body of the bell spins round a and makes a very loud BRIIING BRIIING! I usually use my lungs.

spen666

"Shift you F**king t*ss*r get out of the f**king way before I rip your head off"


This has a much better ring tone than a bell

asprilla

rjsterry wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Jon Snow has the biggest ding-a-ling I've ever seen, but then he's quite a tall bloke.

I may never be able to watch Channel 4 News again.

I actually just had a 'moment' with Jon Snow. I was walking back across reception having been out for coffee and he's coming the other way. He notices my 'Shut Up Legs' tshirt, nods and smiles.

Obviously I've now bonded with him in a special way.

il_principe

walkingbootweather wrote:

Kids got me a new bell for Christmas. After some nagging I finally fixed to my bike this morning. Looks very professional with an integrated compass.

Are you sure about this?

walkingbootweather

Il Principe wrote:

walkingbootweather wrote:

Kids got me a new bell for Christmas. After some nagging I finally fixed to my bike this morning. Looks very professional with an integrated compass.

Are you sure about this?

If you get your dictionary and look up the words "professional" and "integrated", I'm almost certain you will see this picture>
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On closer inspection it does seem to be a small badly annotated ball floating in a meniscus of cream soda and fairy liquid though.

Edit. Judging by the amount of foam produced I'm begining to wonder if my ding-a-ling may have contracted rabies.

Kieran_Burns

I do actually have one of the ding-ding type bells (like the one above without the ghey compass) which is invaluable for bridleways (or this lunatic runner I pass whenever I cycle in) to warn them. Works wonders: people don't even look, they just step to left (step not jump, this isn't the timewarp...) pretty smartly.

I got given one of the old-skool ching-ching bells for Christmas... I'm plotting how to shove it up the arse of the git that got it me.

SimonAH

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/mks-titanium-racing-bell#more

Pros: Adjustable, Good Fit, High Quality, LightweightCons: Expensive"A bell, at this price? It can't really be justified; it's just one of those extravagances you sometimes talk yourself into. And if that's what you've done, you won't be disappointed with this treat: it's very light, and it's aerodynamic. An aerodynamic bell, made of titanium! Ridiculously unnecessary, and it's great. All you really need to know is that It has an adjustable fit that'll match most (maybe all) bar diameters, and that it's loud enough to be heard.
The only downside is that it's 'ting' is fairly dead sounding (as fitted on my bars at least), that is over as soon as it starts - there's no 'ring' here. But that doesn't matter. In fact some may find this is a positive, reflecting the pared-down, minimalist nature of the object."

NGale

You do realise that by vertue of a compass working on magnetic north your bike will essentially be one big magnetic field thus naffing up the compass reading.

when reading a compass you should be about a meter away from metals to get a decent reading.

I have a bell like this....

UndercoverElephant

NGale wrote:

You do realise that by vertue of a compass working on magnetic north your bike will essentially be one big magnetic field thus naffing up the compass reading.

when reading a compass you should be about a meter away from metals to get a decent reading.

I have a bell like this....

Translation: You need a nice, new carbon fibre bike. A really expensive one.

Twostage

I've got a bell but I hardly ever use it since I changed my wheels. I find that the freehub on my halo aerorage clicks loud enough to warn of my presence so I just stop pedalling. 8)

Ouija

Twostage wrote:

I've got a bell but I hardly ever use it since I changed my wheels. I find that the freehub on my halo aerorage clicks loud enough to warn of my presence so I just stop pedalling. 8)

Just went out on some new wheels i made up from some Hope Pro Evo's and noticed the same thing. Damn loud. Felt very conscious of the enormous clicking noise the bike was making as i free wheeled it down six flights of stairs in my block of flats on it's rear wheel. Can normally make it down to the ground floor without waking up the neighbors.... Still. A few people seemed to ear me coming up behind them when i was coasting so it can't be all that bad.

Twostage

Ouija wrote:

Twostage wrote:

I've got a bell but I hardly ever use it since I changed my wheels. I find that the freehub on my halo aerorage clicks loud enough to warn of my presence so I just stop pedalling. 8)

Just went out on some new wheels i made up from some Hope Pro Evo's and noticed the same thing. Damn loud. Felt very conscious of the enormous clicking noise the bike was making as i free wheeled it down six flights of stairs in my block of flats on it's rear wheel. Can normally make it down to the ground floor without waking up the neighbors.... Still. A few people seemed to ear me coming up behind them when i was coasting so it can't be all that bad.

I didn't like it at first as my previous hub was silent but I quite like it now as it replaces the bell.

clarkey cat

yea my mirage hubs are noisy. i like it. its okay for sneaky SCR action too coz I dont ever stop peddaling - not for no man.

rideslikeagirl

i want 'heeherrr' horn like i had on my raleigh boxer when i was little (like bill bailey plays metallica on) - not that anyone takes any notice of 'warning devices'... I normally just unweight the back and and grab a handfull of brake, my favourite tyres also make a fabby starsky and hutch-esque screeeeech when skidded... People jump...