myemptymind

I love my Spurcycle, what do you run?

myemptymind

Lol! wish i’d seen this before i got the Spurcycle!

fooferdoggie 

ya us too. they have a new one a bit smaller. I have it on the back of our tandem my wife gets to be the dingee person.

Wildwood 

Blast™ Airhorn | BioLogic Bicycle Accessories and Bike Gear (thinkbiologic.com)

sometimes a bell just isn't enough.

JohnDThompson 

“Bell” pepper:

JohnDThompson 

Reminds me of this:

TomM

Stolen from Monty Python!

myemptymind

That’s pretty cool!!!

canklecat

Timber mountain bike bell. It rings continuously when activated. I use it mostly on my hybrid on the MUP, and occasionally on rural rides if I remember to attach the bell to my road bike.

Sounds like the ice cream truck. If pedestrians can hear anything at all over their ear buds, the Timber bell is loud enough. If they cranked up the volume they can't hear any bell over their ear buds.

Works well enough. Most folks begin to move right long before I get there. If not I slow and say "Bicycle behind you" and let them decide what to do next.

alo

Depending where you ride, it is nice to have a bell and horn. The bell is all you need when going slow. A horn is good when you are going at high speed, so you can warn people from further away.

Another option is a quieter horn and a louder horn. I have a quieter horn built into a headlight, and a louder, squeeze bulb horn.

DorkDisk

Like most, I really like my Spurcycle bell. I do have more of these Knog bells though, as they are easier to place. For example, on a flat bar 1x setup, one can snug it up right next to the brake lever.

BobbyG

All three of my bikes have a horn on the left and a bell on the right. (Delta AIrZound...same as the Biologic above in post #5).

myemptymind

I like Knog bells too! Prefer the sound on the Spurcycle but like the placement options better on the Knog. Good stuff!!!

Kat12

I got my friend one of the Electra bells for her tandem... loud, sounds like a bike bell, and goes "ring" (actually "ding dong") rather than "clunk" (we're both musicians {she has perfect pitch}; it matters, lol. They had two in the store, I had to try both and pick the one that sounded best...). The Spurcycle bells sound nice, but they also sound much like one of the notification sounds on many phones, and I didn't want us getting into collisions while people nearby were all checking their phones after she rang.

The only problem is that we need better communication... every time she hears me say "on your left!" she rings the bell, even if it's not really needed (I pretty much got the bell for those clueless enough to not hear me say something). We've startled a few pedestrians that way... we might need to come up with a system where I let her know when she needs to ring (like when I see that me saying something doesn't work) but it doesn't have to be every time.

Biketiger

Just use your bell every time you pass someone. In my experience, it works better than shouting, "on your left," which sounds like a command. Some people will actually move to the left. I've had this happen. Most people will hear a loud bell like the Spurcycle and respond with a signal that they heard me.

rsbob 

“Every time a bell rings, another angel gets its puppy”. Or something like that. Maybe not a puppy. Maybe a sock or some cheese.

Included with my 2020 Italian endurance bike was a black bell. Quite the surprise. Tried putting it on my wife’s e-bike, but found it on m workbench the next day.

Leisesturm

Oh dear, like a nice signal? I personally try to avoid riding where people walk. If I must be on a MUP or Greenway and get stuck behind strollers, I just troll along at ped speed until they either become aware of me or I have a passing opportunity, whichever occurs first. The only bell I have ever had was a Mirrycle "Big Brass Bell". I let my wife have it on the Stoker bars of our tandem and it is only used for friendly signalling to children or other tandem teams. I've seen people waste precious micro-seconds wailing on their bell or horn that would have been better served scrubbing off speed, or altering direction!

rsbob 

That is absolutely hilarious. Won’t say what that open beak reminds me of.

Need to get one of those for my mtn bike.

Milton Keynes

Wanderer

Incredibell, or any of the knockoffs. They are cheap, small, easy to mount, and they work!

rydabent

It seems that EVERYONE on a bike trail reacts to a bike bell.

Well everyone that is except the fine people that have music earplugs.

OldTryGuy

1970's Schwinn Approved Mickey Mouse and USA Flag Bells are on my bikes. Brought them down from store when we closed shop in 1986. They are nice sounding bells receiving complements, smiles, waves when rung. I also have the OLD DING DONG BELL..

CargoDane

A few years ago I decided I wanted an even better bike bell than I had (a brass-something). I tried quite a bit of bells - including a variety of the Knogs and knog look-alikes.
In the end, I chose a spurcycle because it was the clearest and with the longest ring of the lot of them.

Now, all my bikes - including that of my daughter's - have a spurcycle bell. I consider it a good investment in safety and general signalling: The clear tone cuts through most, and is easily recognised as a bicycle coming, and the long ring is then good for everyone to tell from which direction the sound is coming.

mr_pedro

My bell also holds my Garmin.

alo

Here are pictures.

I recommend these. This solar bicycle light has a built in horn. It is a good quality bright light. There may be a model with and a model without a horn. I think the horn has 4 modes, for different sounds.



For a louder horn, use these. Be aware, the vibrating part that makes a noise, breaks after about 6 months. It is easy to replace with a similar thing from a child's toy, so you can continue using it. Mine also has some rust after 3 years.



I like to have both of these on my bike.

These, don't require you to do anything. The solar panel charges the battery in the light when exposed to the sun. You don't need to charge or replace batteries.

I noticed another horn in previous posts, that needs the air to be pumped up. This one does not require anything like that.