Mine arrived this morning, slightly miffed at the £4.22 Vat and £8.00 handling charge that was applied to it but i guess that's what i deserve for buying a bell that costs $50, so in total the bell has cost me £42.22 as opposed to being available in the states for $35/£21 - so the UK [i]mug[/i] tax is strong on this one
Sucker?….yeah…..perhaps….. 😐 but i like it, it makes a very loud and piercing ding (90db at 1m) and it is well designed and tactile in use, i admit i initially bought it on the design and form but after fitting it to the bike along with a few [i]ding-ding's[/i] when out earlier i can confirm that pedestrians can hear it from a decent distance so it also has function.
Saying that a biscuit tin full of marbles also has function and would prob be just as effective when shaken but i like my bell, it's one of those tactile gizmos that are a pleasure to use.
I'll accept all flames of [b]How much?…for a bell?…are you stupid?[/b] but i'll shrug them off
My only regret is i should have bought another one for my mtb ([i]ducks and runs for cover[/i]) 😀
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/cough/ looking forward to mine arriving soon, now, too.
How does it sound?
A) expensive
Dude ,that's a little work of art and engineering right there.
Nothing wrong with wanting/liking something just because it's beautiful. 🙂
seems a shame to attach it to a bike.
I'd be tempted to keep it on my desk so I could caress it on a regular basis.
Ker-Ring!
Now they've done the first batch is there a possibility of getting a UK distributor? Tho I guess with their cut it will probably end up costing just as much.
Hows the clamp, website doesn't show much about it, can only see an itty bitty piece of plastic in the pics, does it look like it'll last?
PS you fit it wrong
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The only bell I want is a two tone one that goes ding dong.
The steel band slots into a machined metal locating thingy, there is no plastic in the construction only a rubber gasket that sits against your handlebar to stop it sliding around, i like the fact it was manufactured by proper engineering workshops.
[url= https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/139160027/a-better-bicycle-bell-made-in-the-usa ]video here[/url]
PS you fit it wrong
nope 😉 it was in that position merely for the purpose of taking a photo, the band wasn't tightened up.
Card came through the mailbox this morning, was a bit surprised by the charge. Was going to ask on here whether anyone else had bought one, and had been hit by fees.
Now, I need to buy a suitable bike to fit it to.
Was tempted by the kickstarter project.... looks lovely
You could rig it up to a dropper - would make a nice remote 🙂
oh and
How much?…for a bell?…are you stupid?
Nice, but prefer this:
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Woohoo, hopefully not long to wait now then.
How ****ing much?
I won't ask if you're stupid as I already know the answer. 8)
Be up your way the end of April if your about mate?
I'll give you a quid if you let me have a ding on your bell.
If everyone who wants to ding my bell gives me a quid, it'll be paid for in no time.
I'm not stoopid….just easily led and open to co-ercian by promise of malt whisky, and i'll have to turn down your kind monetary offer to [i]ding[/i] my bell, i'm not that way inclined….. however if there are any ladeeyz who wish a [i]ding[/i] entirely foc then please form an orderly queue. 😀
I'm up at Aviemore from 12th to 19th April, yep….same chalet…..taking my Hummer and Tripster up as i won't have the Soulcraft built up till later on in the year……hopefully i'll come back down the road with my teeth and face intact….can't promise anything though.
See you april,
That's a nice thing. And nice things are.....well....nice.
The clapper looks like it should be holding up a stocking.
TiRed the sprung clappers on those things are a bit limp, I've got a couple similar, you have to weight it just right to get a decent Ding! not something you want to have to concentrate on while riding along, I prefer something with a proper action, got an old style cherching cherching one, much better.
Tbh I'm quite liking the look of the spurcycles one, if it was the original $35/£21 quoted all in.
As donk says, the BBB bell above is what we get as freebies from bike manufacturers to fit to bikes in the shop, very poor quality as they are merely fitted to comply with new bike sale regulations, not because they are fit for purpose which they are not.
Cheep n' cheerful though and any bike shop will have boxes of them under the counter so if you know the folk in your local LBS then ask for one or two, no reason for them not to give them to you as we used to throw them out more often than not.
DONK : By the time you pay $15 shipping on top of the original $35 cost then add in the £4.22 VAT and handling charge of £8.00 (how?…..just what am i paying £8.00 for?) then the total cost comes to £42.22 at the current exchange rate, i enquired at the PO to see if i could pay the VAT upfront but apparently not so i may get a mate in the states to buy a black one for my other bike and send it to me as a gift.
I believe the phrase is robbing bar stewards, surely a bell should be free of VAT as it is a legal requirement on a bike according to UK law?.
After watching the video I was thinking that is a very nice bell indeed and I would shell out a bit for it but £42 is too steep for me. Like I said I'll wait and see if they get a UK distributor (or a mate goes to the states)
I think this bell could quite understandably be described as a luxury item rather than a necessity. Eating is probably a legal requirement but they still charge you vat on choccy* bars 😉surely a bell should be free of VAT as it is a legal requirement on a bike
*I was going to say foie gras but google suggests pate may actually be tax exempt....bizarre.
I thought it was silly money for a bike bell. So I ordered two!
Still waiting for mine to arrive. I may put it on my son's Carrera Blast. I like the ironic juxtaposition.
Go on Donk…it's worth it for the fun you can have, I'm so impressed with mine that i've taken to hooning along the pavements whilst frantically [i]ding a ding..…ding'ing[/i], it's my new sport and rather fun as i scatter pedestrians and leave a trail of carnage in my wake.
slowoldman : That should've been my way of thinking but my caution and fiscal wariness got the better of me - Damn my Scottish upbringing.
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slowoldman : That should've been my way of thinking but my caution and fiscal wariness got the better of me - Damn my Scottish upbringing.
Well I figured if I didn't Mrs. SOM would demand mine.
Lovely looking bells, I was sorely tempted to get one but balked at the price. I ended up paying about 4 quid for one of those stem mounted bell things. It's so rubbish that I tend to shout ding ding rather than try to use it.
Like, but would baulk at the total price. Until I bought a PDW one from CtB, I had a comedy clown 'honk-honk' horn from the pound shop that amused (almost) all* on the shared paths.
*(grumpy OAPs excepted)
90dB? You'll need ear defenders!
If you get the US company to send it UPS they deliver it and you pay customs and VAT on the spot with no handling fee.
Piglet now has a black one. Silly money yes, but sounds so much classier than yelling geroutthebloodyroad.