Originally Posted by
Doohickie
This one. Not a loud bell by any stretch of the imagination. When I use it, I'll ping it from a ways back. If I get any kind of acknowledgment (squeeze to the right, wave, nod, etc.), that's it and I go through. If I don't get a reaction I'll ping again as I get closer. If still no reaction I go into continuous ping mode. Once in a great while I have to throw an "ON YOUR LEFT" in there, but that's maybe 1 or 2% of the time. The bell does the job the vast majority of the time after one, maybe two pings.
I have the same type of bell like yours on my secondary ride. On my primary ride I use the old style bell like the one in the video except mine is chrome and shiny.
I find my oldstyle bell to be most efficient in clearing the MUP or warning downtown pedestrians of my impending arrival.