http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Today's excellent bike bell en Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:38:50 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=4#post-341565 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:11:59 +0000 gembo 341565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used to have the mariachi band from Ring of Fire as my phone ring, back in the Sony Ericsson days </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=4#post-341563 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:00:44 +0000 dessert rat 341563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>someone has gifted MiniMcR an electric thing which has a selection of +50 'delightful' sounds. I always set it to the mariachi band. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=4#post-341545 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:04:59 +0000 gembo 341545@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm, yup, the runners with headphones are a pest</p> <p>One in front of me stopped changed line changed back again all the whilst with me giving it That’s not my name, don’t call me Stacey </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=4#post-341540 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:40:34 +0000 fimm 341540@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Colleague of mine has two bells, a big one and a VERY BIG one. The latter for pedestrians with iPods (I quote, roughly). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=4#post-341525 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:50:46 +0000 I were right about that saddle 341525@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At least 500ml of water fell out of my bell when I rode off last night at least I suppose it was water. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=4#post-341519 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 01:05:13 +0000 Arellcat 341519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pingping! Pingpingping! &lt;looks around&gt; Wasn't me, guv, honest.</p> <p>I'd forgotten I <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18718&amp;page=7#post-307442">channelled Dr Seuss</a> last year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=4#post-341513 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 23:06:51 +0000 gembo 341513@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah those were the days, when you could all sit round the big table and Ring Dem Bells </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=4#post-341509 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 22:11:36 +0000 wingpig 341509@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have you been popping past PY every now and then to ping your bell at them through the window? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=4#post-341507 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 20:26:00 +0000 gembo 341507@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Popped into the office today to retrieve electric bike. Someone with knowledge has already retrieved it</p> <p>Passed cyclist at the 11 years left sign at Boroughmuir (that sign has maybe 11 days left, has washed off nicely)</p> <p>Cyclist had most excellent tung a lung bell </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-341504 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 19:42:12 +0000 chdot 341504@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, don’t often see two bells...</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/124826002@N05/50695819307/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/124826002@N05/50695819307/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-319182 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:04:02 +0000 jdanielp 319182@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My bell is still in a state of disrepair, but anyway: <a href="https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/tough-guy-cyclist-asserting-authority-with-tinkle-tinkle-bell-20170929136680" rel="nofollow">https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/tough-guy-cyclist-asserting-authority-with-tinkle-tinkle-bell-20170929136680</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317353 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:24:37 +0000 jdanielp 317353@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bill I'm temporarily back to a basic (Sustrans-branded) bell with a rotatable hammer, although this has already been problematic because as I approached the exit of the Slateford Aqueduct this morning, I went to ring the bell a few times to attempt to discourage anyone from joining as I was exiting, but the hammer rotated away from my with my first ring and I was then unable to find it again whilst negotiating the cobbles - as a result, someone continued to join the aqueduct as I was exiting and it was awkward. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317351 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:13:23 +0000 Arellcat 317351@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Mellifluous' might have been invented to describe this bell:</p> <p><a href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201909120012.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201909120012.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317349 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:47:54 +0000 bill 317349@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@LivM I got the "Knog Oi Bell" for my Secret Santa at work two years ago. I really like the look. I used it on my flat-bar hybrid. On my drop-bar bike I kept the bell that the bike came with because I can rotate the hammer to convenient position. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317266 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:46:02 +0000 LivM 317266@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Love the comment on the above article:<br /> "Pah! Old fashioned technology!<br /> "If I want a new bell it will link to my Apple watch, into my Apple phone and into my heartrate meter to sense when I've sensed a danger and ring the bell for me. Total cost including phone and watch £1500 and a job well done. I'm sure one will be on kickstarter any moment.<br /> "Or I suppose I could get the £7 one."</p> <p>:D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317265 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:43:17 +0000 LivM 317265@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>13 of the best bike bells: <a href="https://road.cc/content/buyers-guide/224430-13-bicycle-bells-help-you-be-heard-road" rel="nofollow">https://road.cc/content/buyers-guide/224430-13-bicycle-bells-help-you-be-heard-road</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317245 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:43:20 +0000 I were right about that saddle 317245@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jdanielp</p> <p>Yes, that's the bit I lost too. I'll take the lid off mine at lunchtime for a keek. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317241 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:28:55 +0000 jdanielp 317241@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aha, well found. I'm missing the circlip from the top of the ringer, which is why that fell out, but I fear that something is missing from underneath it as well - I can't see how the flat, flexible bit of metal that connects to the lever is supposed to actually make the ringer move... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317237 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:04:48 +0000 I were right about that saddle 317237@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Should be possible, aye. I've fixed it already - lost a circlip and had to fabricate one from scrap.</p> <p>It's basically one of these;</p> <p><a href="https://rustybikebell.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dsc02095.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://rustybikebell.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dsc02095.jpg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317233 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:53:56 +0000 jdanielp 317233@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS I have yet to find the information that I require online so is there any chance that you could take a photo or a video of the interior of your large bell, which I'm assuming will have the same ringer mechanism as mine? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317229 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:41:32 +0000 I were right about that saddle 317229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cameron Toll last night one of the chained-up bikes was screaming in apparent agony. I tracked it down to a combined light/electronic horn unit which was still active.</p> <p>I unplugged the power lead as the noise was genuinely unpleasant and a bit alarming. Just as I did that the owner reappeared. Could have been embarrassing but it seems the horn turns itself on at random all the time so no sweat.</p> <p>All hail the humble bell. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-317228 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:36:43 +0000 jdanielp 317228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My bike suffered catastrophic bell failure around halfway into my commute this morning when my large ding dong bell abruptly stopped ringing, shortly after which part of the ringer actually fell out of the bell so I had to stop to retrieve it. I fear that I've lost at least one clip, but I hope to be able to fix it, although I may need to find a schematic of a working bell in order to achieve this goal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-315200 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:43:04 +0000 Arellcat 315200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe an MP3 sample programmed into an Arduino hooked up to a hacked Hornit horn and a hacked <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Charming-Roamers-Squeak-Large-Elephant/dp/B0002PXV68">squeaky elephant</a>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-315196 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:36:01 +0000 unhurt 315196@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There ought to be squeaky rubber elephant head horns for on elephant bikes that make a trumpeting noise when squeezed... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-315157 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 21:45:03 +0000 Arellcat 315157@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>cartoon rubber horn alarm</em></p> <p>I like that the duck's open face helmet looks like a duck. Would be fun to put on the Elephant Bike; though the one with the groovy The Fall Guy style stuntman helmet might look good on the nose of the torpedo, in a sort of 'big black Mack with a can on back' way. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-315156 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:48:29 +0000 Ed1 315156@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I bought crane bell from bike station 2 years ago cost £ 15 to 20 quid but a good sound and durable made in japan, after buying many rubbish bells that broke in a year </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-315148 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:06:32 +0000 jdanielp 315148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Someone I know was posting about this on Facebook today: <a href="https://www.voilaz.com/products/duck-bicycle-bell-head-lights-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.voilaz.com/products/duck-bicycle-bell-head-lights-1</a></p> <p>I like the description of its noise as 'cartoon rubber horn alarm'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-315143 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:22:46 +0000 jdanielp 315143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just reread this thread with amusement thanks to the index helpfully provided by Arellcat. It seems that I failed to report the most amusing incident since aquiring my 'large ding dong bell' in this thread, if at all on the forum...</p> <p>29th September 2016 Facebook/Twitter post: initially startled but ultimately impressed two female joggers on the towpath, one of whom commented, "that's a big one!" #largedingdongbell</p> <p>Unfortunately the years of commuting and locking my bike to racks and, most notably, next to other bikes, haven't been kind to my bell; it's now somewhat rusty and slightly bent so rarely produces as satisfying a ring as when new. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-272780 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:16:50 +0000 unhurt 272780@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm definitely not ready for a bell-measuring contest between noted CCErs... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13005&page=3#post-272778 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:09:28 +0000 HankChief 272778@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Top tip for bell ringing happiness: Don't get into a competition with @Greenroofer. His bell is massive and gives off the most melodious noise... </p>