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i have a spurcycle style bell on my drop bar bike, and a traditional 'ring, ring' bell on my flat bar.
i find the traditional bell a lot better for alerting people to my presence than the 'ting' of the spurcycle one, which people tend to regularly ignore.maybe people are more used to the traditional bell sound?
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maybe people are more used to the traditional bell sound?
Having watched something about the thought process behind the Jaguar iPace safety sounds, there's (probably) something in this.
Edit: link - https://media.jaguar.com/news/2018/10/sound-jaguar-i-pace-protects-road-users
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agreed, when i had one i don't remember anyone taking any notice of it either so just resorted to shouting when closer, unfortunately someone is still yet to make a nice looking(compact) bell that works as well as traditional ones.
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hp93
I agree to a point, but I think most people seem to know what a bicycle bell is, and react accordingly. I don’t use mine aggressively either, just as a polite warning. Since I buggered my left elbow up a couple of years back I’ve not been able to ride on drops, so all three of my daily bikes have flat or riser bars, which also means my brakes are much quicker to reach if it goes tits up. Really wouldn’t go back to drops now, even if I could.