I'm wondering if people have bell recommendations for (or near) STI shifters. I've got them on my CX commuter and usually ride on the hoods. My first pick would be a bar end bell, but this is more convenient if riding in the drops. Thanks for the advice!

-Pete

I use one of these on my CX bike. It mounts underneath the top cap on your headset. Not quite at the hoods, but fairly accessible when needed.

Here's how I had mine mounted a while back. They're Sora shifters though. Don't know how it would work with the paddle on other TI levers.

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...t=#post2558998

Is that a flick bell, or the spin-lever (you know what I mean, the classic type) kind of bell?

From the thread title, I thought you wanted to buy STI with an integrated bell. Shifters, brakes and bell; all in one.

It's a flick bell. Just a bell with a "hammer" on a spring.

The pic looks like an Incredibell with a headset mount. I've been using regular Incredibells mounted vertically on my stem vertical. In some cases, the stem is too big and I made a diameter extension for the bell with a cable tie.

I don't think I'd want something near my STI shifters, and this method hides the bell reasonably.

Wrong thread...

Mine is mounted on the curve like jwgd's, except I put mine on the right bar and pointed the ringer toward the back, so I ring it with my thumb. It's super convenient from the hoods. Less so from the drops, but it can be done.

And it shouldn't be a problem for STI, since nothing protrudes in front of the bar (as long as the bell isn't huge).

My cyclocross bike came with a flick bell mounted on the top bar brake levers. Very clean install, very convenient, but not on the hoods.

Are you sure you are posting in the correct thread?

I use an old bell I had lying around, used cable ties instead of the bolts it came with so it fits around the bar.

I put it on the flat part of the drop bars, near where the bar tape ends, so I can reach it from the hoods but still ride on the flat part of the bar.