Do You or Would You Use A Bell on your Bike? [Archive]

Mr. Beanz

01-01-07, 10:06 PM

I've always heard riders rag on other riders that used bells on their bikes. But much to my suprise, I noticed a bell on another rider's bike the other day. One I never expected. So that makes two riders with bells, and what is suprising is that the two riders with the bells are two of the biggest badazzes I know!:D

Scootcore

01-01-07, 10:06 PM

on my mtb's...gotta have them then!!!

Extort

01-01-07, 10:11 PM

I am The Edge

01-01-07, 10:12 PM

no bell. i like talking to people and telling them i'm on their left. i say hi when i go by them, too. it is fun....the cute cycling wimmins like it. :D

Scootcore

01-01-07, 10:12 PM

Bells are awesome, nothing says 'Get the **** outta my way' like a little ring from the bell.

Telling people 'On your left' always causes them to look over their left shoulder and move slightly to the left...

truest words ever spoken....

jsigone

01-01-07, 10:12 PM

got one on my MTBs, great for going around blinc corners on singletracks and DH.

Mr. Beanz

01-01-07, 10:14 PM

"get the **** outta my way"?

OK now, does that start with an "H" or an "F"?:o

herbm

01-01-07, 10:14 PM

I use a whistle....
blow it low on the MUP..and its loud enough for someone in a car to hear it!

Works on mtbs and in tunnels...

Extort

01-01-07, 10:15 PM

depends on who the bell is speaking to...

Grumpy Pig

01-01-07, 10:16 PM

I have one like this on my Electra.

Mr. Beanz

01-01-07, 10:17 PM

How old are you Frank?...no, not the bell, cause you said the other day you weren't as young as I. I'm wondering though!:D

Grumpy Pig

01-01-07, 10:28 PM

How old are you Frank?...no, not the bell, cause you said the other day you weren't as young as I. I'm wondering though!:DI'll be 48 later this month. A little too old to have a bike with a big bell and a license plate. Especially a license plate that says Janet. Do you know how many funny people ask if my name is Janet?

Brandy

01-01-07, 10:30 PM

Mr. Beanz

01-01-07, 10:32 PM

I'll be 48 later this month. A little too old to have a bike with a big bell and a license plate. Especially a license plate that says Janet. Do you know how many funny people ask if my name is Janet?

Oh, you're not that much older. I'll be 44 soon. I had one of those bells on one of my bikes. People on the trail seemed to get annoyed by it!:D

Brandy

01-01-07, 10:32 PM

No bell for me...I like to say 'good morning'...unless it's afternoon...then I change it up. :p

Mr. Beanz

01-01-07, 10:39 PM

No bell for me...I like to say 'good morning'...unless it's afternoon...then I change it up. :p

Well I guess I'm just a talented rider. I can ring the bell and say "good morning"!:D

N2GLOCK

01-01-07, 10:42 PM

Brandy

01-01-07, 10:42 PM

Well I guess I'm just a talented rider. I can ring the bell and say "good morning"!:D

I'm not good at multi-tasking. :p

Mr. Beanz

01-01-07, 10:47 PM

The thought of using a bell at the beach has seriously crossed my mind a time or two. I was also thinking about maybe strapping one of those sports air horn deals to the top tube and blasting away at anybody that gets in front of me.

We ride to the beach most of the time . I won't dare ride along the beach with all the people on the beach path. Usually the wind in the ears, most don't hear me call out cause I'm a pretty softspoken person.

The bell just seems to pierce the wind and air. Myfriends used to laugh at me and call me a Fred.:p Now that they see how effective it is, they all yell,"ring the bell" when we pull up on other riders.

LCI_Brian

01-01-07, 10:47 PM

Mr. Beanz

01-01-07, 10:51 PM

I'm not good at multi-tasking. :p

Whatever you do, don't compromise safety. Not sure if it's true or not, but I heard one of the girls that rode up to the ski lifts on Saturday crashed. Image what could have happened if she had been reaching for a bell!:p

roadfix

01-01-07, 11:23 PM

I use a bell on my mountain bike only.
But if I rode my road bike on bike paths very often, I'd have one on my road bike as well.

Brandy

01-01-07, 11:23 PM

Whatever you do, don't compromise safety. Not sure if it's true or not, but I heard one of the girls that rode up to the ski lifts on Saturday crashed. Image what could have happened if she had been reaching for a bell!:p

Yeah...I heard that too. Apparently she's on a every Saturday crash schedule...what a dumb ass! :eek:

ovoleg

01-01-07, 11:24 PM

Maybe if I was uncool or something

Mr. Beanz

01-01-07, 11:28 PM

Yeah...I heard that too. Apparently she's on a every Saturday crash schedule...what a dumb ass! :eek:

:roflmao: :roflmao:

Brandy

01-01-07, 11:34 PM

:roflmao: :roflmao:

From what I hear, last week she tested out the "the rider in the back goes down if you touch wheels" theory while going downhill and she wasn't sure that it applied going uphill. She has to learn everything the hard way, so she tested the theory again, but with that minor variable. Her report is on my desk and yep...theory still holds true!

Chucklehead

01-01-07, 11:44 PM

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b56/doghair/IMG_1481.jpg

your baldy WHAT??

Vireo

01-01-07, 11:49 PM

From what I hear, last week she tested out the "the rider in the back goes down if you touch wheels" theory while going downhill and she wasn't sure that it applied going uphill. She has to learn everything the hard way, so she tested the theory again, but with that minor variable. Her report is on my desk and yep...theory still holds true!

i think if you had a bell you might be distracted.

this what a cockpit should look like sans bell

http://www.epictrain.com/images/Scott_Cockpit.jpg

I am The Edge

01-01-07, 11:56 PM

bells are teh ghey.

ronjon10

01-01-07, 11:57 PM

If I frequented MUPs, river paths etc with lots of pedestrian, beach cruiser, inexperienced rider traffic etc, I'd consider it. Since I mainly stick to roads which lends itself to more experienced riders, I don't have many problems with the 'on your left' warnings. On the other hand, it's not like I'm passing many people either... :p

Brandy

01-02-07, 01:19 AM

i think if you had a bell you might be distracted.

Yeah...and apparently I don't need anymore distractions!

Grumpy Pig

01-02-07, 07:02 AM

Yeah...and apparently I don't need anymore distractions!You don't need a bell. Have your coach teach you how to yell.

Brandy

01-02-07, 10:07 AM

You don't need a bell. Have your coach teach you how to yell.

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: Yeah...he has that skill nailed, doesn't he?

roadfix

01-02-07, 10:17 AM

i think if you had a bell you might be distracted.

this what a cockpit should look like sans bell

http://www.epictrain.com/images/Scott_Cockpit.jpg

That's very nice and clean!
You should have seen Brandy's cockpit 3 months ago.....:lol:

Brandy

01-02-07, 10:17 AM

You should have seen Brandy's cockpit 3 months ago.....:lol:

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

here and there

01-02-07, 10:46 AM

No bell, but I have a horn on my mtb:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/blah106/dsc03828.jpg

and this one on the way for my other bike:

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000AO9PJS.01-A2TE9IQP68MWQU._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

:D

BCIpam

01-02-07, 10:51 AM

I didn't use them in the past - but have had some near collisons while mountain biking. I now have "horns" on both mountain bikes. Just yesterday I used it and the rider coming the other way told me as I past that he heard it and thankfully knew to pull over - collison adverted! There's lots of cool ones out there now. Mine are all glitterly and girly looking - and easy to use. I just pop it with my palm and it makes an "ah-uuuu-ga!" sound. I still haven't put one on the road bike. Maybe I should reconsider.

ovoleg

01-02-07, 10:54 AM

Bells are for the uncool

BCIpam

01-02-07, 11:28 AM

better uncool then dead... ok at least hurt badly. I personally think the truly cool don't worry about looking cool... :p :rolleyes: :D

ovoleg

01-02-07, 11:54 AM

better uncool then dead... ok at least hurt badly. I personally think the truly cool don't worry about looking cool... :p :rolleyes: :D

a bell is definately uncool...

you have vocal chords for a reason

cjbruin

01-02-07, 11:55 AM

I bought a bell when I was in Holland, cuz it was easier to buy the bell than to learn to say "on your left" in Dutch. :D

Funny, I did the same thing back in 1989 but it was because I saw/heard a Dutch rider using one. I had it on my Giant for years and it was great. I keep thinking I need to add them to my current bikes. Of course, an air horn might be good too :)

cjbruin

01-02-07, 11:57 AM

Bells are for the uncool

So...where is yours mounted? :)

roadfix

01-02-07, 12:00 PM

I bought a bell when I was in Holland, cuz it was easier to buy the bell than to learn to say "on your left" in Dutch. :D

I use a bell on my mountain bike because when I ride urban trails here in L.A., most do not understand "on your left".

voltman

01-02-07, 12:03 PM

So...where is yours mounted? :)

His helmet.

roadfix

01-02-07, 12:24 PM

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

I think Tiff got rid of her's first, no?

Brandy

01-02-07, 12:26 PM

I think Tiff got rid of her's first, no?

Yes...she did, never mounted it on the Bianchi. Of course, I followed suit shortly thereafter. Surprisingly, I don't miss it much.

ovoleg

01-02-07, 12:27 PM

His helmet.

its to lower my coolness level, im so high on the cool factor that I need stuff like this to bring me down to your levels

mateo44

01-02-07, 12:30 PM

Telling people 'On your left' always causes them to look over their left shoulder and move slightly to the left...

Then just say "on your right" as you pass on the left.

Disclaimer: DON'T

BCIpam

01-02-07, 02:23 PM

a bell is definately uncool...

you have vocal chords for a reason

Oh yeah - screaming "out of my way" "coming through" is so much cooler... :p

I see more and more horns and bells on bikes nowadays - people like having weird little horns - it's bling for the bike. Never wrong!

ovoleg

01-02-07, 02:41 PM

Oh yeah - screaming "out of my way" "coming through" is so much cooler... :p

I see more and more horns and bells on bikes nowadays - people like having weird little horns - it's bling for the bike. Never wrong!

bells are not ocp friendly...they add extra weight, your vocal cords do not....