jhaber

How can this be done? How can I hook up a brake lever to ring a bell (the bell would ideally be hidden in the handlebar)?

Thanks!

mathletics

If you had one of those bells with a lever on it, like this one:



you might be able to rig up some cable to pull the lever. You'd probably need a stationary guide like a cable hanger in order to get the necessary leverage. Maybe you could run the cable to the underside of the cable hanger, the run the cable up to the bell mounted on the handlebars. It would be ugly but probably functional.

paulwwalters

I have a way to do it. I'm too lazy to write it out though.

mathletics

If someone can come up with a good way to do this, I will probably add this feature to my bike if by 2 levers to 1 brake idea doesn't work out.

paulwwalters

fine then. Mount bell in back of bike (back of seatpost, for example) and run the cable to it (through what would normally be the rear brake cable run). Adjust it so that the cable pull is just enough distance to pull the bell lever back. (Oh btw attach the cable through the bell lever, with a knot (or equiv.) on the other side of the lever to pull the lever back.) Once you calibrate the pull distance it should work great.

Sorry if this is too vague, maybe I should make diagrams?

mathletics

That sounds great for the OP, though I'm not crazy about the idea of having the bell in the back of the bike. Unfortunately, my bike has no cable guides, so I will have to be more creative.

roughrider504

1. Install spring in brake lever.

2. Press down on brake lever.

3. Let go.

Works for me.

jhaber

Any more suggestions???? Has no one done this before?

operator

Why the heck would you want to is my first question.

jhaber

Why? I just ordered my first bullhorn bar and ordered a pair of levers that fit in the end. I only run a front break and thought it might be cool to set up the second lever to even out the appearance of the bike. If the lever is gonna be there it might as well do something. Also I concealed bell would be unique and plus I wouldn't have to put the bell on the flat part of the handle bar (like I do now).

Tadashi

How about putting a rear brake? Not cool?

mander

The neatest solution to this problem would be to weld or braze an integrated cable stop onto a bell. Brake outer cable goes into that, and the brake inner cable attaches through a hole drilled in the bell lever. Alternatively, you could find or fab up a clamp on cable stop and put it in front of the bell. Don't listen to these ***holes, it's a cool idea and a bit of a fixed gear holy grail to get it working really well. I don't think you're going to find a bell that's small enough to fit inside any part of a bike though.

666pack

you're not allowed to make fun of anyone.

helloamerican

symmetry ruins lives did you know?

why not just run a brake on one side and attack a bell equaly on the other =)

thats a sweet statement right there.

MrCjolsen

Ok, I can see the OP's point. For example, if you run drop bars, and you ride the hoods the rear brake lever serves a purpose besides just operating the rear brake. To me, it always seemed pointless to have a lever just sitting there with nothing attached to it. On the other hand, drop bars with just one lever denies the rider a very useful hand position.

Connecting the rear lever to a bell makes sense to me. I think it would work just by taping or zip-tieing the end of the brake housing to the bar since very much less force is needed to actuate the bell than is needed for a brake. The only problem might be the return - you would need a very slipery cable. I'd suggest using a shifter cable inside of a brake housing. That would probably slide super easy.

I actually think I'm going to try it.

willypilgrim

Dude, don't even start.

LóFarkas

Ask loganwexler how his experiment is going.

Or ask the guy who posted that he and his buddies got it working.

This is an amazingly silly idea and I love it. Build it

lamalex

I run bull horns with 1 brake, looks awesome.