Bells... Ding! Ding!
03-24-08, 08:16 AM
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Bells... Ding! Ding!
OK, I am building up a rig for my wife and want to put a bell on it. I like the brass bells available at Velo Orange. Where does this retro mount actually mount? Is it meant to replace a headset spacer?
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03-24-08, 08:28 AM
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I have a couple of those VO bells, and you can mount them on a headset spacer if you have enough stack height (VO sells tapped spacers) or you can clamp it on to the bars or stem. I tend to favor the left side bars just past the brake lever.
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03-24-08, 10:30 AM
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Yes, they are meant to act as a headset spacer, but only if you have an extra long steer tube.
You can also drill and tap your stem for a bell.
You can also drill and tap your stem for a bell.
03-24-08, 10:43 AM
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03-24-08, 10:47 AM
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Please don't drill and tap your stem! It weakens the stem, and a stem failure causes a fractured collarbone! Drilling a spacer is fine, tho.
03-24-08, 11:08 AM
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Rivendell sells the same bell (https://www.rivbike.com/products/list/odds_and_ends) but with a handlebar/stem clamp mount.
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03-24-08, 11:20 AM
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It's common practice in Japan, I've heard. Jitensha studio sells them that way. I did it and I survived. The bell is threaded into the clamp. It's a 5mm.
03-24-08, 11:37 AM
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here's my clamp on from rivendell - starting to get a nice bronze patina...
03-24-08, 11:59 AM
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As an urban cyclist, I think that a stem-mounted bell is not sufficiently at-hand to be functional when you need it. I like to have mine mounted on the untaped portion of the bar center section (on the rear brake side -- right on my bike). I suppose mounting nearer the brake lever might be even better, but I ride on the tops mainly. If I need to brake, I'm not using the bell at the same time, and yet there's not such distance between them that I can't go from one to the other quickly and smoothly, without panic.
03-24-08, 07:05 PM
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