New bell - 'tis quite clever.
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New bell - 'tis quite clever.
I don't like form over function but I do like things that work well and look right. If the Knog 'Oi' bell lives up to it's promises, it might just fit the bill.
You can back it on Kickstarter if you like: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/-o ... escription ... although I'm not sure I agree with established companies launching products via it
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You can back it on Kickstarter if you like: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/-o ... escription ... although I'm not sure I agree with established companies launching products via it
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Re: New bell - 'tis quite clever.
That's neat.
If I wanted a bell, I think I'd have that one.
That or a comedy air horn or summit like that....
If I wanted a bell, I think I'd have that one.
That or a comedy air horn or summit like that....
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I've backed it but I'm expecting it to end up being crap like every other bell I've ever bought.
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I was looking at this last night (came up on one of the cycling websites)
Looks ace doesn't it?
I have an old school honker on my commuting bike, which gets honked daily
Was looking for something nice for my MTBs but then realised I don't really need one as at the moment there are rarely people where I'm cycling, and if there are, they're usually deaf so I just say 'EXCUSE ME'
On a related note, is anyone aware of a loud (or very loud) bell that isn't massive but sounds quite traditional
Looks ace doesn't it?
I have an old school honker on my commuting bike, which gets honked daily
Was looking for something nice for my MTBs but then realised I don't really need one as at the moment there are rarely people where I'm cycling, and if there are, they're usually deaf so I just say 'EXCUSE ME'
On a related note, is anyone aware of a loud (or very loud) bell that isn't massive but sounds quite traditional
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This one, supposedly: http://www.spurcycle.com/
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Richard G wrote:This one, supposedly: http://www.spurcycle.com/
49 $ for a bell, and 34 $ for a carabiner, that can't save my life.
It must be the segment of people that drinks coffee made of special roasted some wierd blind leppard coffe farmer made, while they sport a beard, plaid shirt, smoking a pibe with an hard to obtain pipetobacco and talking about the latest card in between the spokes on their fixie that purchase stuff like that.
And I agree with the OP remark. Nice looking bell, but why on a crowdfunding site...It's not an up and coming garage project....
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Yeah, I must say that I'm starting to really dislike established companies using these sites to basically grab a bunch of pre-order money.
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Re: New bell - 'tis quite clever.
+1Richard G wrote:Yeah, I must say that I'm starting to really dislike established companies using these sites to basically grab a bunch of pre-order money.
Crowdfunding was meant to be for the startup who couldn't get a loan from the bank to get their product out of the door not an existing company who can't extend their current overdraft.
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I've got one of these. It's loud, well made and reasonably priced.
http://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/crane-e ... matt-black
http://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/crane-e ... matt-black
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The Spurcycle ones look vaguely exciting, but they're bonkers money
The one from Brick Lane Bikes, whilst also nice, is £20. I know I sound tight here, but it's a bell, the thought of spending £20 is a bit painful
I've got one of these Honkers on my gravel/commuter
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LneppeNcdrY/T ... keHorn.jpg
Ugly but very effective and very cheap
(Still feel compelled to pop to Brick Lane Bikes after work to check bells out, seeing as they have such a fine collection. I'm pretty close to Condor but they're a bit roadyish, and Soho bikes are a bit to mountain bikey/hipster)
The one from Brick Lane Bikes, whilst also nice, is £20. I know I sound tight here, but it's a bell, the thought of spending £20 is a bit painful
I've got one of these Honkers on my gravel/commuter
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LneppeNcdrY/T ... keHorn.jpg
Ugly but very effective and very cheap
(Still feel compelled to pop to Brick Lane Bikes after work to check bells out, seeing as they have such a fine collection. I'm pretty close to Condor but they're a bit roadyish, and Soho bikes are a bit to mountain bikey/hipster)
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Re: New bell - 'tis quite clever.
"loud"? Got three of these (nooo, not on the same bicycle! Hmm... then again...). 140dB at maximum revs. Trouble is there's only certain areas I can use them because they contravene Strategic Arms Limitations treaties:
http://www.airzound.co.uk/
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/16197604 ... ue&ff13=80
http://www.airzound.co.uk/
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/16197604 ... ue&ff13=80
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Re: New bell - 'tis quite clever.
John Climber must already have one of those...Richard G wrote:This one, supposedly: http://www.spurcycle.com/
Prob i find with a bell off road is that it just ends up shaking itself to bits so doesn't last
That said, i just normally get a couple from a bikeshop that they discard after coming on new bikes, they just ask for £1 each in the Mountain Rescue tin
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Re: New bell - 'tis quite clever.
I have a Spur bell (and a beard), but I don't do all those other things LSJ speaks of
As a bell it's very nice. Trouble is the older generation are stone deaf and the younger generation attached to their iPods, so I may as well not have it
Those that do hear it, the response time is usually too slow that I've ridden past them by the time they've associated the ting with an approaching cyclist.
As a bell it's very nice. Trouble is the older generation are stone deaf and the younger generation attached to their iPods, so I may as well not have it
Those that do hear it, the response time is usually too slow that I've ridden past them by the time they've associated the ting with an approaching cyclist.
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Bell shop with sounds samples: http://www.dutchbikebits.com/index.php? ... ry&path=49
Recording and loudness measures of bike bells: http://blog.dutchbikebits.com/2010/11/t ... bells.html
"Just listen to that sustain"
Recording and loudness measures of bike bells: http://blog.dutchbikebits.com/2010/11/t ... bells.html
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Said who?whitestone wrote:Crowdfunding was meant to be for the startup...
Remember that Kickstarter and the like themselves typically take 5%. Having absorbed R&D and prototyping costs, crowdfuding is therefore a relatively cost effective way for any company to assess the size of their market and ensure that they can meet tooling costs and make the first batch of a product in a profitable manner.
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I have a free set of vocal chords that seem to do the trick
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Re: New bell - 'tis quite clever.
What about this bell from Crane E.NE that's made in Japan.
You can buy in uk though and not stupid money.
Very nice sounding bells. I've got a few and the brass version is loud and has a longer ring length that the other materials for some reason.
https://flic.kr/p/xYcFm5
You can buy in uk though and not stupid money.
Very nice sounding bells. I've got a few and the brass version is loud and has a longer ring length that the other materials for some reason.
https://flic.kr/p/xYcFm5
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I didn't leave work till quite late in the evening so never actually made it to Brick Lane Bikes. Will check it out next week
I made up for it by cycling a slightly longer way home and enjoyed a night time view of London from Alexandra Palace
I'll try next week maybe
I made up for it by cycling a slightly longer way home and enjoyed a night time view of London from Alexandra Palace
I'll try next week maybe
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Get yourself a Lion Bellworks one.....
Ooh, but it's nice!!
Ooh, but it's nice!!
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I have got a Ding Dong bell, but it sounds nothing like the sound samples. When I ding dong it people don't move out of the way, they tend to look around with the curious look that people have on their face when they think that a long case clock is about to fall on them!
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