Do you have a bell on your bike?

Iwannahurl

In my case the answer is (usually*) yes.

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* Broke recently and spare won't fit.

Darkglasses

Always had one when I commuted on my bike to work, took it off when I stopped cycling to work and only cycled in the country. Will soon be adding one again to my hybrid, because I spend so much time on a shared use off-road path.

Carpenter

No way they weigh a tonne

blobbie

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Mint Sauce

Not since I was about 10 years old.

SilverLiningOK

Yes, on all bicycles. Very useful for shared paths. When used with care it can be quite courteous without scaring people.

stecleary

Have a what?

hardCopy

When I cycled the Clontarf cycle track I found it essential. I rarely cycle there now and haven't carried a bell in a couple of years.

Mugser

Took it off to fit the power-metre head-unit!!

crosstownk

I don't have a bell on either bike but my wife and daughter do. It's essential on a family spin in a park where the space is shared with pedestrians, joggers and dog walkers - just a quick "ding" to alert others to the fact that a bike is approaching - not meant to make them move out of the way or anything.

And no, I don't have a Shimano Ultegra Di2 bell on my road bike.

lennymc

i keep meaning to get one for all the loonie pedestrians for when Im on the footpath or breaking red lights.

crosstownk

lennymc wrote: »

i keep meaning to get one for all the loonie pedestrians for when Im on the footpath or breaking red lights.

Air horn FTW.

joxerjohn

Same one is tesco for €2.50

Lemag

I bought a CAAD 9 road bike a couple of years ago. When it arrived I was surprised to find that it came with a bell.

Idleater

I have one on the only bike that I own that legally requires one.

scotchy

I bark like a dog to let people know to get off the cycle path:o much more effective than a bell.




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droidus

I keep my front brakes squeaky. Nothing better for getting people to jump out of the way.

Planet X

Yes.......a nice shiny one

rainbow kirby

Lemag wrote: »

I bought a CAAD 9 road bike a couple of years ago. When it arrived I was surprised to find that it came with a bell.

One came in the box from Wiggle for my OH's Felt F85. He did put it on, it's useful for waking up some of the more oblivious pedestrians around Regent's Park.

clod71

I usually shout "beep beep" when riding on a shared path... it does the job and save space on an already very crowded handlebar.

monument

Yes.

But I don't use it as much as I would have in Dublin.

NBar

I have one of these on my schwinn which I use for buzzing around the city

ZiabR

Dont have one installed myself. Then again I dont use shared paths.

Colonel Panic

Planet X wrote: »

Yes.......a nice shiny one

Somewhat (very) OT. Is that a Surly? How do you find it?

animaal

I think it's still a legal requirement for all bikes to have a bell when on the road. It's a law that I thought made absolutely no sense in times gone by, but maybe will start making sense as pedestrians and cyclists share space more.

Now that I think about it, I wonder, do the Dublin Bikes scheme have bells?

Inbox

I have a bell on my hybrid and it's very useful cycling around the suburbs. To be honest i get a bit of a rush of adrenalin after ringing it at someone :pac: Particulary hard men who walk out in front of me slowly, they look up and stare and i give them a wink and an nod. It thows them abit

manwithaplan

A little man used ring his bell at me when I was riding on the on-path cycle lane through Fairview. It was to notify me that he was going quicker and to get out of the way. I haven't seen him recently. It may be that he moved away or got a new job or something but I like to think that he was cheerfully battered to death with his own bell.

Chips Lovell

animaal wrote: »

..do the Dublin Bikes scheme have bells?

Yes

RobertFoster

Planet X wrote: »

Yes.......a nice shiny one http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Kilroy8282/DSCN0323_zpsfa75feda.jpg

There's a tiny person with a camera trapped inside your bell!


I don't have a bell. I sit behind pedestrians and glare at the back of their heads until they move.

Doctor Bob

animaal wrote: »

I think it's still a legal requirement for all bikes to have a bell when on the road.

All bikes except those constructed or adapted for racing use.

It's not an exception I like, given that a road bike can be used for commuting. I'd far rather see the journey purpose/road environment being the determinant(s) of the necessity for a bell, not the bike type.

As for my own set up...

Doctor Bob wrote: »

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The other three bells have different volumes and I use them depending on context. I got the ding-dong, which is still in great nick after three years of daily use, from Bear; the ping was NOS from the Netherlands; and the brass one, which was a christmas present to myself, was from Lion Bell Works. The ability to get the Lion one engraved is a nice touch too.

(Starring Susan Sarandon as Doctor Bob.)



That's my ding-dong (pink, far side) and my ping (black, near side)

Brass bell not pictured. It's identical to the one in Planet X's pic above, but with different text. (@Planet X: thanks for bringing Lion Bell Works to my attention.)

lennymc

Doctor Bob, you look much better than normal in the picture above.

rollingscone

Can you get a carbon fibre bell?

nomdeboardie

RobertFoster wrote: »

Planet X wrote: »

Yes.......a nice shiny one http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/Kilroy8282/DSCN0323_zpsfa75feda.jpg

There's a tiny person with a camera trapped inside your bell!

It's a bellcam :cool::D Maybe he could get together with the light-cam developers and make a 3-in-1 blightcam

RobertFoster wrote: »

I don't have a bell. I sit behind pedestrians and glare at the back of their heads until they move.

:pac:

Lingua Franca

Mine is built into my handlebar grip. It makes a satisfying TING! I have never used it deliberately.

Doctor Bob

lennymc wrote: »

Doctor Bob, you look much better than normal in the picture above.

I'd just had my hair done- thanks for noticing!

OldBean

I had one on my 'town' road bike, but it got damaged in a bike shop. I'll get another at some stage. I use it surprisingly little around Dublin, just being aware that everyone is out to drive/jump in front of my bike and cycling defensively works better.

My 'good' bike has one screwed into a spacer on the stem. It looks and sounds pretty, and comes in handy in and out of Howth/Phoenix Park/etc



Looking back though, I should have went for the copper colour. All about the pretty.

rollingscone

OldBean wrote: »

Neh neh neh neh neh I have a passhunter

:-/

OldBean

:pac:



Still a sh*te engine.

RonanP77

I have a bell on my mountain bike but I never ride it, I must transfer it to my road bike.

.ak

I don't, but the missus does, and I have to say I am jealous sometimes when people who step out into the road on their smart phones actually stop for her...

triggermortis

I have one on my work commuer bike - a lot of shared paths in Zurich

Planet X

Broke in.... no likkle man now!

lennymc

Planet X wrote: »

Broke in.... no likkle man now!

slightly ot, but what light is that planet x

Ryath

lennymc wrote: »

slightly ot, but what light is that planet x

http://www.starbike.com/en/busch-and-mueller-luxos/

Planet X

..............^^^^and that's a cracking price!

lennymc

Planet X wrote: »

..............^^^^and that's a cracking price!

which version, and how do you find night time flat out descents with it

Planet X

lennymc wrote: »

which version, and how do you find night time flat out descents with it

Luxos U. Flat out wha...?

Ryath

lennymc wrote: »

which version, and how do you find night time flat out descents with it

My SON one has the same reflector as this B&M one
http://www.bike24.com/p267802.html

The beam pattern would be similar to the luxos. Flat out in a straight line you have as much light as you'd ever need. Because of the cut off and the way the beam is shaped though on sharp turns leaning the bike over the light is not always pointing where you want it. It's like ridding a motorbike on a dipped beam. A normal light is more like the high beam as it shines everywhere. I normally carry a good rechargeable as back up so just whack that on full when I need a higher spread of light.

I have mine mounted on the brake calliper wondering if planetx find it better or worse mounted on the bars.

buffalo

I had great craic today in TKAS - Garda outrider through the Gap of Dunloe, but a bit ahead of the bunch. A lot of walkers would move off the narrow road as it passed, then come back again.

Thankfully I had a bell on my bike, and kept everyone well warned of the approaching peloton!