Originally Posted by
Wildwood
But those bells on every one, must he ride so courteously? Or recklessly?
Since 1906 Dutch law stipulates that every bicycle must have a working bell. More importantly, I vastly prefer a discreet musical 'pingggggg' over yelling at people.
In practice this means I put bells on all my bikes I plan to ride in traffic, generally the ones with fenders. On a racing machine a bell looks a bit dorky, so with those I'll usually risk the 45 fine.
And a bell needn't look too bad. This little aluminum French Pīng is a bit of a jewel, IMO:
