I Need a Bell for my T7

I don't know why you're worried about a brand for a bell that goes
"brringggdinggg" but if anyone has links that would be nice. Last year
at Moab I came away with, as a prize, a little bike bell that goes
"Ding!" It's nice and small, but braindead users of my local bicycle
path need something a little bigger than ding. I want bells for my
other Coker but I haven't shopped the Web yet and I'm open to
suggestions...

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'www.chainreactioncycles.com' (http://tinyurl.com/4o4elt)
Has a lot of them.
I think most LBS would have ones aswell.

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the ratchet type bells are pretty big and more susceptible to damage, i
have a sprung hammer (ding) bell on mine and if you hit it repeatedly
you can get a good noise out of it.

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I got a drrrriiinggggg!!! bell when I entered the London Freewheel cycle
day and have that fitted on my T7. It's survived a few hard UPDs,
although will occasionally throw off it's top, but is easy enough to
put back together (as long as you know where it ended up!

Most shops here in the UK have them, including those that aren't really
known for cycle spares, so I'm sure you should be able to track one
down over there.

STM

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i had one of those bells on one of my bikes, but i dont have any bikes
any more, just unicycles!! i want one of them clown horn things like a
trumpet but you squeese it, that would deffinetly get their attention😄

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In my opinion, the standard driiing! bells help the whole "ha, you've
got half a bike" thing, so I like to take it to another "extreme": the
clown stereotipization. I have the horn with the classic clownish
sound. Circusey but cool

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Triball said:

I have the horn with the classic clownish sound. Circusey but cool

Yeah thats the type I want, I saw one on the local market last week,
but didnt have the money.🙁 So i will wait and get one.😄

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Chexjc said:

I'm a little uncomfortable shouting at people in my way when riding
around campus...mostly because it tends to anger them.

Would talking to people instead of shouting at them be an option? If
people are in your way, they use to be quite close to you, so a low and
friendly voice will be good enough. A loud and unexpected
"brringggdinggg" may scare in first place and then anger people as
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People tend to notice me before I get a chance to use my horn:o But
when I do...it's crazy🙄

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i like those old-fashion bells which u spin instead of push a
“button”

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Haha, I'm not really concerned about the brand, I would just like that
particular sound.

I generally do use a "low and friendly voice" when asking people to
move out of the way, but it rarely has the correct response. Usually
people will either turn around and look at me or jump in my way. I
think the familiar sound of the bike bell might work better.

EDIT: When I first started unicycling, I mounted one of those horns to
my learner uni. That didn't go over so well with anyone.

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This may be getting a bit off topic, but Joe Marshall told me about this
YouTube clip a few weeks ago. It's a Japanese pedestrian with a bike
bell attached to his thumb, and it shows the power of a drrrriiingggg
sound!

STM

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semach.the.monkey said:

This may be getting a bit off topic, but Joe Marshall told me about this
YouTube clip a few weeks ago. It's a Japanese pedestrian with a bike
bell attached to his thumb, and it shows the power of a drrrriiingggg
sound!

STM

See, they respond to it like zombies. 🙂

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wolfgang.schaper said:

A loud and unexpected "brringggdinggg" may scare in first place and then
anger people as well.

People who don't have bells often say things like this. Once you've
actually ridden through an area crowded with pedestrians with a bell
fitted though, you'll never go back. Although since I dumped my T7
handle I haven't worked out where to fit mine which is annoying.

The power of the bell is awesome, and weirdly enough never seems to
annoy people, people just get out of your way quickly, not like when
you shout / talk to people, where they always take forever to get out
of the way.

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I first became interested in a bell just two weeks ago while I was in
Paris. They have those city cruiser bikes with docking stations
throughout the city. I witnessed the effectiveness of the bell, even on
myself.

Anway, I just bought one off Amazon. I kind of went comepletely against
my initial criteria, as 'the one I bought' (http://tinyurl.com/6gaezx)
is black and has a bit of plastic. But hey, it was cheap 🙂

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joemarshall said:

People who don't have bells often say things like this. Once you've
actually ridden through an area crowded with pedestrians with a bell
fitted though, you'll never go back. Although since I dumped my T7
handle I haven't worked out where to fit mine which is annoying.

The power of the bell is awesome, and weirdly enough never seems to
annoy people, people just get out of your way quickly, not like when
you shout / talk to people, where they always take forever to get out
of the way.

Joe

My experience differs. I have a bell mounted to my cruising uni as
well, but I use it very rarely (actually I don't remember when I used
it the last time). Talking to people has much better effect in my
place. But maybe Germany is different to the US regarding people's
reaction on "brringggdinggg".

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Chexjc said:

I'm in the market for a bell to mount on my t7 on my coker.

I want the traditional "brringggdinggg" sound.

Well, then "brringggdinggg" it on!😎

Meet "Bella":

(I got mine at my LBS; had to search for it since most were the single
"ding" bell types)

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semach.the.monkey said:

This may be getting a bit off topic, but Joe Marshall told me about this
YouTube clip a few weeks ago. It's a Japanese pedestrian with a bike
bell attached to his thumb, and it shows the power of a drrrriiingggg
sound!

STM

Whow! I'm sold! I've always done ok with an "excuse me, excuse me, on
your {left|right}" - people don't respond with anger to an "excuse me"
although they invariably go in the direction I say I'm going to go so
we do a little dance. At least it gets me past. But that thumb bell
video has finally convinced me to go with Technology!

I haven't had much luck finding one at a LBS (or my LUS) but I just
ordered this one off of Amazon:

http://tinyurl.com/6hugde

Name brand and you get Amazon's shipping deals (I've got Amazon Prime
so it's free 2-day shipping).

I was always tempted by the clown horn but just couldn't do it.

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New belgium has the type of bell you are looking for and a cool logo on
it.
I have one on my New Belgium cruiser, it is good to have connections

http://tinyurl.com/5db6gd

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