ARPRINCE

Their update site.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-the-usa/posts

KantoBoy

for racers here: do you think a UCI sanctioned race would pull me out if I had one of these on my bike?



I'm dead serious. lol.

JonnyHK 

How about a horn?

https://www.orpland.com/features/

Outback Cayucan

++ Me too. "onomatopoeia" I never ride w/o it: "Ding! Ding"

kraftwerk 

Hell Ya I have a bell! on every one of my 7 bikes. I live in NYC where there are 156 different languages spoken, and the "DING" of a bell is pretty much a globally understood concept. I am surprised when in a pack of Lycra-clad roadies and not one of them has a bell when riding in crowded Central/Prospect Park. I think they are also surprised when i ding the bell at some imminent danger. A bell is good thing to have, at the very least it can add humor to your day.

Ice41000

I am pretty sure it is against the rules.

Niloc

Yes I ordered the ridiculous spurcycle bell too. I think bells are highly useful for any kind of urban riding and that bell just seems like the neatest and discreetest. I have alloy bars so I ordered the "bare" version.

I have the brass made in Japan Crane bells with the big thumb dinger on my cruiser and xtracycle. Best sustain out there!

Until the spurcycle bell arrives (March? WTF?) I'm running a small $7 incredibell on my fast roadie. It's a little anemic but does the job.

Yes a cheery "ding" of the bell seems more polite and universally recognized than "on your left"

Darth Steele

haha..I was riding up the west-side of Manhattan last Saturday and as you are well aware that path is a good mixture of cyclists and pedestrians. Oddly enough I was the only person with a bell, my friends gave me a dirty look but saying "on the left" in that environment does more harm than good.

My bell was somewhat anemic, the minute that I got home I ordered "spurcycle bell". I can't wait for it to get here spring

KenshiBiker

+1

I also just ordered one of these ridiculous things too. The website says "Spring Delivery". In the meantime I'll get by with my brass Crane on my commuter, and my chrome Crane on my FG.

rm -rf

I thought about getting the spurcycle bell, but I don't have a good place to mount it. I have a bike computer on one side of the bars, and lights on the other.

I wondered if a spurcycle bell would "ding" by itself when the rider hit a bump if it's mounted horizontally, since the striker is above the bell.

I can maybe fit this right next to my bike computer, facing forward like you did.

yugyug

Its machined from aluminium. Black requires the additional step of powdercoating or anodising.

I have found the Crane bell excellent for volume but the pitch is a lot lower than typical rinky dink bike bells, to the extent that where I ride some pedestrians seem to ignore it or think its further away perhaps. Tinkly bells make them jump to attention more!

For my next bell I want one of these:



https://www.adelineadeline.com/access...bike-bell.html

video with typical Japanese anal-retentiveness in effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCrfvtL589c

Darth Steele

Even though it is $10 more I still went ahead and ordered it. I want it to blend in with mostly all black bike. It just sucks that I have to wait until "spring" for it.

nastystang

I really hope its worth the wait. Oddly enough I may order a black one for my new bike that I am waiting for as well.

Darth Steele

"We expect to ship close to the end of March. Our Kickstarter updates are now being posted for anyone to read so you can track our progress there and on Instagram.

Thanks,
Nick"

ARPRINCE

How about below? This came from SPURCYCLE website video.

rm -rf

Nope. Only if you never ride in the drops. Campagnolo has a thumb shifter right above the bell.

I did see that they are shipping with two straps, and one is long enough to fit around the steerer spacers or many stems. That would work.

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From their kickstarter blog, they had to redesign some components, and reject some out of spec parts. It's an interesting story. Manufacturing thousands of bells is different than prototyping a handful of them.




The steerer spacer mounting:

jerrycan42

I want to get one of these little things for the road bike. Super loud and has a built in light. Just waiting for them to make more....

https://www.orpland.com/

nastystang

Just cancelled my Order. Delivery in January is what I signed on for when I ordered it in December. March is just a tad to far from that date and lousy way to start out for sure.

cellery

A Cloudy Sunday:
Gravel grinding aging Fred.
Hissing.
Bell rings out!
Need a tube?

jerrycan42

Meowzers!

DEW21

Just placed my preorder and have no problem waiting for a quality "MADE IN USA" product! After working most of my life in the automotive industry, I completely understand how manufacturing holdups happen. You will get it rolling Spurcycle and be successful

Cookiemonsta

I do not have one, but I really should get one. Yelling is just generally viewed as being unfriendly, and on some of my routes I share the road with people that are walking. I do not care about its "fredliness". Though I will get one that is easy to hide, just because I care about bike aesthetics and would like my bike to keep its clean look.

ARPRINCE

WOOT!!!!! I just got shipment tracking!!!!

lyrictenor1

Please let us know how you like it once you get it.

Dave Cutter

Lots of great uses for a bicycle bell. They work!