Bells People... Use them!

is this about cowbells?

nope, not even cat bells

It's an i-bell, non?

Eann I saw that but it's still an ugly bell.

Screaming always works. You can ring the bell as much as you want to but no one is going to move.

Most people here have a bell because the bicycle came with one. And the law says you have to have one but no one really cares about that.

ah, silly me. What was I thinking with a bell... Clearly we need to combine a recording of you screaming with a bike horn. Perfect for the cyclist who is not perma angry :)

YouTube - Skeletor, excerpt from Pedal, NYC messengers documentary

cheaper alternative to a bell.. Vocal chords (about 40 secs into the vid)

His shouting would make me want to run him over rather than move out of his way

I love my bell. It works a treat, looks nice, sounds nice, is accomodated within the fold of my Brompton. Do they even ring the fucking thing in their promo vid?

Ooooh, oooh, let's reinvent the bell. No, let's not.

Eann that would be awesome! Especially on long trips when you are exhausted you can press a button and it screams for you!

Maybe use 4 buttons:

OUT OF THE WAY!!
MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT!!!
NO BRAKES COMING TROUGH!!!
BLOODY TOURISTS!! MOVE!!!

nope, not even cat bells

More's the pity. Don't they realise that the bike bell has been perfected already? They should do something useful with their lives.

I love my bell. It works a treat, looks nice, sounds nice, is accomodated within the fold of my Brompton. Do they even ring the fucking thing in their promo vid?

Ooooh, oooh, let's reinvent the bell. No, let's not.

A great many, even a small majority, of the children's bikes I see have broken bells - the bikes get knocked around and dropped and the bit you flick always snaps off, so reinventing the bell might not be as silly as it sounds.

A great many, even a small majority, of the children's bikes I see have broken bells - the bikes get knocked around and dropped and the bit you flick always snaps off, so reinventing the bell might not be as silly as it sounds.

I have a semi circular scar on my kneecap from a childhood encounter with the perfect bell, just after my first encounter at speed with a pothole.
One of my first subsequent modifications was to fit the bell upside down, but it filled with water and seized up, much like me knee has now.
Anyway when I need a bell these days I just say hello, excuse me, ding dong, etc

Anyway when I need a bell these days I just say hello, excuse me, ding dong, etc

Basically just quoting any of the Carry On films.

I find 'ooh matron' works well when someone steps out in front of you on their mobile

Is there a bell that you can hit that'll just play samples of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC86yQAzaxg#t=0m10s

I prefer the 'rrring-rrring' of an old style one to 'ting' flicky ones. I have one on the tourer and it's ace.

I have found myself using the horn on my beater as a kind of Syd James comment on someone's attractiveness. In my defence, it's pretty light hearted and always when I've had a few (not an excuse for sexy harrassment I know I know).

Bells can make people very 'bell happy'. One plonker on the OKR today was dinging everyone with his novelty 'noise-maker', including those peds 10 metres away from him and on the other side of the road. At least he was having a good time.

got a free BBB bell from one of those dr. bike things at work and the bastard stopped dinging after about a week of being left outside in mild-ish weather.
they're not complex mechanisms so how the bell could lose it's bell power is pretty shitty/impressive.

i tend to go for the OOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYY

A great many, even a small majority, of the children's bikes I see have broken bells - the bikes get knocked around and dropped and the bit you flick always snaps off, so reinventing the bell might not be as silly as it sounds.

Kids will break any accessory, and I don't see this design ticking the bell-for-life box. There are plenty of decent models out there already, either robust, or ultra-cheap-but-effective and replaceable.

NO BRAKES COMING TROUGH!!!
lol

I agree with the vocal chord comments. One of my bikes has a bell, but cars can't hear them, although they usually notice me screaming at them (for not indicating around a roundabout whilst doing your fucking makeup!!).

If I'm going thru somewhere busy I use a whistle that I've got hanging off my helmet strap. People definitely hear you. Generally jumping out their skin. The only other people on the road with them tend to be motocops. Otherwise Oi! Did really enjoy the bell when was borrowing GFs bike which had one. Seems quite polite. Most just ignore/don't hear tho.

Bells don't work on pedestrians in Belfast. I've left my front canti break intentionally squeaky, give it a short hard tug and you get a brake squeak.

That DOES work.

PS also have bell, but nobody seems to hear it. Also iPods, chatting to other people.
If bell, then squeak fails, OI! is escalation. Then FUCKS SAKE!

For road traffic, you may need an airzound, a 120 decibel airhorn. Cos somebody in a car radio blaring is not going hear your wee bell ping.

Hurt myself on bells too many times now , that dutch redesign looks pretty decent

Today again, bell no working, brake squeak, the seas part.
We need bells with the sound of a truck braking.

Yesterday again, polite double ring on traditional bell to alert comatose-looking pedestrians of my approach, they start paying attention. We need bells with a beautiful resonance; and we have them.