tcs

Wilbur Bud gotcha covered. Airzound. Available wherever fine cycling accessories are sold.

tcs

Posted before:

Fun fact: a bell is one of the few items required on bicycles by the 1968 International Convention on Road Traffic. I like a simple 'ding!' YMMV.

If you want a beautiful bell with a deep, crystal clear tone and sustain into next week? Lion. Word.

Hard to go wrong with the classic Tokyo San Esu Universal Sound Bell.

MKS Aero Ti or Van Nicholas Ti. Because the answer is always titanium.

Spurcycle decided to play in Crane's sandbox. 'I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.' (BTW, RockBros will fix you up with pretty much the same thing for 1/2 to 1/5 the price.) I own all three. Go ahead and get the cheap one.

Trigger Bell: killer human factors if your hands are never anywhere but on the grips or drops.

Sogreni bell, if the $50 Spurcycle bell just isn't pretentious enough.

King Cage Bar Bell. Spin it off its mounting post and it doubles as a shot glass.

1989Pre 

@ canklecat That "forced awareness" bell is the worst idea I've heard in ages. All we need is a bunch of "back-up beepers" in the woods, right? There are other people who use the woods, and they are there for serenity, not to be disturbed by loud, crazy, reckless boy-racers.

canklecat

I can understand that perspective, but those trail awareness bells were developed specifically for single track, not MUPs or combo biking/hiking trails. Hikers shouldn't be on single tracks carved out and maintained by cyclists. Heck, I probably shouldn't be on any serious single track until I'm a better off-road rider. So it shouldn't disturb anyone's tranquility.

However I'm curious enough it to try on the MUP on the most crowded sections, especially on weekends and at night. There are some parts of the local MUP where I'd bet some joggers and walkers might appreciate a little more gentle heads-up, rather than us cyclists waiting until the last moment to call on your left or ring a bell.

In particular there's a winding, foliage-shrouded section of the MUP with limited visibility around some bends, occasionally with dog walkers in pairs spread out across the path. They'll usually move for cyclists but it's often at the last moment which makes for awkward wobbly passes.

Anyway, I plan to try one for awhile. I'll video record my rides to get a sense of how folks respond and post it on YouTube. Probably be another month or three before I get enough sample videos for a representative compilation.

dbg

I have one of these but not ever installed. It's a natural for a bike --so light, just plastic and compressed air, --and VERY loud. Actually too loud for my tastes. I would even prefer a very subtle bell over a "penetrating" one. (maybe the air horn would work in the city --to warn buses and trucks)

bulldog1935

Crane bell (includes those made for RBW, PDW and Somafab)

I can tell you as a rider, high-pitched bells like spurcycle and incredibell cannot be heard by a cyclist you're overtaking, because the pitch is buried in the wind noise bandwidth.

hankaye

Viking55803, Howdy;

Checked Art's site and the only cowbells that showed up where handlebars. So, I did a little checking and
found these https://cowbells.com/collections/fro...r-mini-cowbell This what you were referring to?

hank

Viking55803

Hank,
They are similar, but here is a link to the one on Art's. It was at the very bottom of the web page for bells, so easy to miss:

Art's Cyclery CCCMB Trail Warning Bell

hankaye

Viking55803, Howdy;

So, ... Art's buys them for $2.116 each at the 250 for $529. price from
https://cowbells.com/collections/fro...r-mini-cowbell
with the CCCMB club logo painted on it then you support the club by buying
the bell from Art's for more than the cost of an unblemished one for $4.79
instead of $4.99 ( ='s $2.874 per bell ), and supporting a club that you don't
belong to and won't get to enjoy any of the benefits from the club. Wonder
what the club does with the proceeds from the sale of the bells??? Maybe
something worthwhile, perhaps a big dinner for the members every year?

hank

fietsbob

Mirrycle Corporation

trekking bars, Rohloff grip shift on right, this on Left.. Incredibell Grip Bell ? Mirrycle Corporation

chas58

people tend to ignore bells. There are only two things I have found that work:

1) noisy brakes. No one ignores these. Highly effective.
2) UE BOOM with some good music. UE BOOM 2 Wireless Bluetooth Speaker | Ultimate Ears

#1 causes people to jump out of my path
#2 has never surprised anyone, no matter how fast I am going or how tight the path.

and +1 to:

Although I just ordered an insanely expensive Spurcycle bell, cause they are loud and clear!

RonH

Loud isn't needed around here. People are very courteous and polite. They just don't always hear my quiet bike so I'm waiting for the Knog Oi.

rebgen

I just received an update mail that the kickstarter pre-ordered bells for the USA are going to be mailed next week. Will be nice to get mine on the bike and ding my way through a shakedown ride.

Viking55803

I'm not an idiot. The non-profit trail organization puts these bells at trailheads for people to use and return on the honor system. I don't care what is printed on the bell if some small benefit accrues to a worthwhile cause.

jonc123

I have had one for 6 months. Some folks are in outer space. Those are the ones without the earbuds. I'm glad I was born me instead of them.

hankaye

Viking55803, Howdy;

Wasn't my intention to infer you were lacking in mental abilities. The bit about them being available for usage
by a non-profit hadn't been brought into the equation until your mention of it above. Previous to that it was
merely about the purchase of them. You'd brought up Art's and I had mentioned that they were less costly at
the manufacturer's site. Also in that site they have discounts for bulk purchases when one reads the entire
advertisement and was most likely the source from which Art's purchases them and has the Art's logo applied.
That's all.

hank

NealH

A little expensive at $25, but The Arundel is a quality bell and just the right thing for trails. You don't need high decible horns or 15" PA systems to announce that you're on the trail.

American Euchre

Rockbros sucks. The quality is awful. The clapper actually fell off after a few rides. In it's place is the holding piece, which still strikes the bell and makes enough noise so that no one else can hear. Avoid.

American Euchre

The price seems very reasonable for the apparent quality.

Do any of the bells offer a ring/ring vs a single 'ding?'

AlexCyclistRoch

I just yell. Keep your message simple, like:
"PASSING"
"WATCH OUT"
"YEAH, YER MUDDAH!!!"
etc.
My voice is louder than any little steenkin' bell, and works almost instantaneously, too.

NealH

None of the Arundels . If your preference is for a ring/ring, then probably any of the ones mentioned in this thread are Ok. For typical greenway type trail riding, a single bell is plenty sufficient. Its plenty loud and suitably polite. If you need some kind of super loud mechanism or bell to warm long in advance, then you are likely going too fast for trail riding.

PaulH

I find the "ding" bells useless in the winter as my ski gloves muffle the bell. I'; love to find a good ring/ring.

Leisesturm

Incredibell Big Brass Bell. One of the few ring/ring bells for sale at most LBS's.

American Euchre

This is a great, great bell. I have one. Unfortunately, the clamp fits exactly zero handlebars aside from kids' bikes.

Leisesturm

That certainly is not my experience. We can't be talking about the same bell. The clamp on the one(s!) I have used expands to fit just about any bar you care to use it on. More importantly I can tighten them to perfection as well. I can't say the same for other bar mounted devices (shifters, lights) which are usually too large to fit 'standard' flat handlebars without creeping out of position. A section of inner tube (28mm) fits very nicely on standard handlebars and then the device of your choice can go over that and will be very secure once tightened down.