How big of an idiot am I for spending £40 on a bloody bell!?
DanDax1990
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http://www.spurcycle.com/collections/al ... bell-black
Does look rather nice and cool though, was between that and a £5 cheese burger bell.
The burger bell would have been much more fitting like seems as i'm a little bit large.
Does look rather nice and cool though, was between that and a £5 cheese burger bell.
The burger bell would have been much more fitting like seems as i'm a little bit large.
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42 grams. Disgraceful. Do they do a carbon one?0
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Not overly bothered about the weight just the fact it looks cool and discreet lol0
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A bell does not look cool and anyone who disagrees is clearly an idiot.Advocate of disc brakes.0
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A bell is needed due to idiot peds on my local cycle path.0
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DanDax1990 wrote:A bell is needed due to idiot peds on my local cycle path.
Lost your voice?0 -
Couple of miles into a ride and I've almost passed out.0
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Forty quid on a bell! Ding dong!I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks0
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Blimey £40 on a bell! Well they've seen you coming now people will be able to hear you too.
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I'm surprised no one has used the word "end" in their comments/insults yet.
My experience of cycle paths are that people pay no attention to anything other than themselves so no matter how expensive the bell is it will be pointless.0 -
Watching the video i think its great. Sounds lovely too. For city riding i think worth every penny to have something different0
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homers double wrote:A bell does not look cool and anyone who disagrees is clearly an idiot.
This is a paradox. Anyone who thinks a bell looks cool is an idiot yet anyone who agrees with anything that homers double says is an idiot so where does that leave the above statement.
In the great scheme of things, there can be few of us on here who haven't bought something that has a far higher pointlessness/cost ratio than this. It's certainly a damn sight more sensible a purchase than the bargain Campag Record crankset I bought...... I quite like that bell! Certainly useful if you want to ride your posh bike down canal towpaths at the weekend.....Faster than a tent.......0 -
More snarky comments about not having a bell on the tarka yesterday despite the use of voice and avoidance tactics. Seems like folks just like to have summat to whinge about whatever. Thinking of getting an air horn....0
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You need video install instructions to put a bell on a bike? That is the kind of class you are paying for ...0
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I quite like it but the price is crazy. Too many posters with a myopic view of what you're allowed on a bike. Pumps, saddle bag size etc. Cleary, as well as the teamcar carrying all their kit they also have a Moto outrider warning of their imminent arrival.
Op buy a 2 nd one and your bike will have boobs.0 -
So other than making a 'ding' noise, what else does it do...?
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I spent £60 or so on a bottle cage so your thrift is admirable.0
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Just to add to this post, I also carry 2 spare tubes and a pump just incase my Conti gatorskins puncture O.o
I also have my pump attached to the bike, double O.o
I'm breaking every rule. Ding ding.0 -
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NitrousOxide wrote:
Can I just stop you two there. :roll:0 -
We spend silly money on our bike bits when we don't really need to anyway- £40 is probably less than the cost of 1 tyre that you didn't really need anyway, so why not spend it on an ludicrously expensive and swish bell? Whatever makes you happy
I personally don't have a bell on my road bike because I don't need to use it very often as I stick to the road as much as I can and on the rare occasion I do end up on a path I'll just shout "Good Morning!" etc, that and there's not much handlebar space and I don't think it looks cool.
However, on my hybrid that often trundles on the towpaths and cycle paths, I do have a bell as it's really useful coming up to a large group where a friendly shout won't really help. And if you take your bike on shared paths often, then a bell is really as important as lights.
The second tube is bit overkill though- I have self adhesive patches if I have 2 punctures on the ride, but I never have on my Gatorskins 0 -
iron-clover wrote:The second tube is bit overkill though- I have self adhesive patches if I have 2 punctures on the ride, but I never have on my Gatorskins
I needed both spare tubes on Fridays ride. Could have there and then fixed the tube (with proper patches! ) that had the obvious hole in it to be fair (though glad I didn't have to) but I'd have been scratching my head over the tube that deflated within a couple of seconds yet remained unpunctured! I'd lug an extra 70g around not to have to worry about that scenario! Faster than a tent.......0 -
NitrousOxide wrote:
Ok, fair point, they heard him going then
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I bought my wifey a bike mail order and it came with not one bell, not two, but three.
They weren't fitted, just chucked loose in the box (well, in little plastic bags) and there were also 3 sets of wheel reflectors rattling around loose in there too.
Isn't it a legal requirement that bikes come fitted with a bell and reflectors, but then we all take them off immediately, so perhaps most bike shops save themselves the time&effort (and us the time&effort to take them off ) by not fitting them in the first place ?
Wiggle and ChainReaction are flogging them for about £3 )I couldn't be bothered Googling further)
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/bbb-bbb-11-loud ... 5360446335
But I bet if you went to your bikeshop and said 'About these bells you don't bother fitting...", then they'd give you one for nowt...0 -
A friend bought one of those from Kickstarter and it does sound lovely. It may well be one of those purchases where you'll still be enjoying the quality long after you have forgotten about the cost. Enjoy your new bell.0
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You're not an idiot for spending £40 on a bell…
…you're an idiot for telling people you spent £40 on a bell
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