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Old 04-05-10 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ClarkinHawaii
Haha--Make a tape-recording of screeching tires and play it through a handlebar-mounted boombox!
You could have an idea there.

One Christmas, when I was doing motorcycle courier work, I came upon a junction that had a continuous stream of pedestrians flooding across in both directions. Knowing that;

A. I was in a hurry.
B. The pedestrians would ignore a horn.

As I approached I deliberately locked the back wheel. A satifying screech issued forth. I had complete control and could engage the front brake at any time to actually stop, if required.

The pedestrians parted magically, as if they were the Red Sea and I was Moses.

I came to a halt between the divided masses of people, nodded, said thanks, and after briefly checking traffic, roared away.

It was most gratifying.

To get back to the discussion, I thought the bell I have was originally sourced from Velo Orange, but it is in fact different from the ones on their website, it has a nut on top. It appears identical to the one you originally posted. I find it quite loud enough. It is made by Crane.
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