Show us your bells?

In a vague attempt to dissolve angry ramblers agruements “yes I have got a bell, ping!”
But Mine got broken following an off at the weekend. Please recommend me a small discrete and effective one please.

I have one of these….easy to swap between 2 bikes.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/bbb-bbb-14-easyfit-deluxe-bicycle-bell/

PDW from charlie the bikemonger.

Only downside is it dings allong merrily to itself offroad, great at trail centers for gettign slow people out the way, f***ing anoying otherwise. Solved with a bit of plastic hose hove the arm, which kinda makes it useless though!

A well-meaning friend bought me and Mrs M one of these each last year…

My favourite bell…

http://www.lionbellworks.co.uk/

Sounds amazing, and really gets people to move.

And a video…

£12 quid for a bell?? 😯

It’s a nice bell. 🙂

I’ve got one of these, I’ve had it a couple of years now so not bad for £2.99

£2.99 from Halfords

Makes a pleasant and not too aggressive, ping-ping, which was my main buying criteria.

Gone for the NC-17 one as I found it online for £2.49

mine is a ‘ring-ring’ type rather than ‘ding-ding’ that says ‘i heart my bike’ on it – it was a Christmas present from my kids a few years ago

mine is a ‘ring-ring’ type rather than ‘ding-ding’ that says ‘i heart my bike’ on it – it was a Christmas present from my kids a few years ago

Sustrans Shop: £3.99
http://www.sustransshop.co.uk/products/6002-i-love-my-bike-bell

Tesco do the Halfrauds ones for 99p!

I’ve got one like GrahamS. Mounted upside down just inside brake lever so nicely out of the way, and I can ping it with my thumb while brake sliding and showering walkers with gravel.

(That last bits not true btw, skids are for pants not for trails)

what about a samui air zound 120 decibels

I have an air zound but sometimes even that doesn’t work on those suicidal pedestrians.

Upside down? I’ll try that – all the positions I’ve tried since getting one a few weeks ago were either out of reach or in the way.

GrahamS –
Anyone with a bell like that, in fact. Follow a mate on a climb, watch their pedalling, then gently ting the bell every time their right foot reaches the top of the pedal stroke.

😀 my bike makes that noise anyway (time for a new BB I think!)

Those Halfords bells are crap. Yeah, they ting, as long as you don’t break it putting it on, which I’d say is a 50/50 chance.

On my commuter, I use this simple little bell, love how you can vary the ring from one ting, to a train passing 😉

Oh I thought you said belts.

After reading Bell Review, I got one from Ebay (Search for Raleigh Brass Bell).

It’s small, light, effective and can be positioned near to your shifters without getting in the way. Most importantly, it stops the irritating “Where’s your bell?” question.

Hmm, does anyone find people actually hear them? I used to persist with the bell thing but in the end it was just to come back at the “you should have a bell” argument, as they were never heard and I’d ususally have to resort to calling out.

Winning.

Hmm, does anyone find people actually hear them?

Yeah mine seems to do alright, though you always get folk like the woman last night who couldn’t tell which direction it was coming from cos she had her hood up, so span around, saw me, squealed and for some reason jumped directly into my path.

It’s always a judgement call whether it is safer to ping someone who is oblivious, or just try to pass them swiftly and quietly so as not to startle them. Bit like deer really.

unklehomered – Member

Hmm, does anyone find people actually hear them? I used to persist with the bell thing but in the end it was just to come back at the “you should have a bell” argument, as they were never heard and I’d ususally have to resort to calling out.

Multi rings works like this…

Ring once – they will look about, apart from where you are?

Ring a 2nd time – they will look round at you, then carry on.

Ring 3rd time – they will step out of the way begrudgingly, without looking at you, sometimes to be heard mumbling something unintelligible 😉