http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: King of the Dingers en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:17:41 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-54708 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:43:18 +0000 Dave 54708@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, that's the one. Plus £4 for the headset spacer (up 50p since it went out of stock, grr...) and postage brings it to £15.50</p> <p>It does look rather nice, I must admit. Mounted on the steerer, I'd hope not to get road-surface-dinging because the striker will be perpendicular to the ground? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-54700 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:12:15 +0000 kaputnik 54700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Dave - <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Velo-Orange-Brass-Temple-Bell-Spring-Vintage-Retro-/290646424962?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&amp;hash=item43abe07d82">VO brass bell for £8 off of Fleabay?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-54680 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:25:47 +0000 Dave 54680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Have you tried these bells? Is there an optimum sound to weight balance."</em></p> <p>This is the difficult question. I've tried neither, so it's impossible to say which would be nicer. Possibly they've even come from the same far-eastern factory (for all I know!).</p> <p>I am in the middle of a voluntary austerity drive so thought spending £15 on something that I've done without for the last 25 years is perhaps a bit of a fail... (not that I held back buying what I wanted for the rest of the bike). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-54679 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:14:29 +0000 chdot 54679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"What should I do?"</p> <p>Toss a coin and see how disappointed you feel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-54678 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:13:25 +0000 amir 54678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like the ding dong bell but it's too heavy.</p> <p>Have you tried these bells? Is there an optimum sound to weight balance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-54677 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:02:12 +0000 Dave 54677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm. I tried to order the Electra brass dome bell from TBC but it's on indefinite back-order (no worries, I said).</p> <p>But now FreshTripe have got in touch to say they're back in stock, and I can get my Velo Orange brass temple bell with headset mount if I strike now!</p> <p>It's twice the price though... £15.50 instead of £7.65</p> <p>What should I do? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-53110 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:33:59 +0000 gembo 53110@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kapps - not accidentally setting the bell off = smooth surface under wheel. Not having to ring the bell intentionally also indicates a smooth ride home, free from road rage etc.</p> <p>Having a nice brass bell or equivalent could be like the Lochgelly Tawse. The best belters never had to use it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-53067 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:08:22 +0000 wingpig 53067@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My old bell would occasionally be actuated by roads, but unpredictably. Every now and then it would be unfortunately-timed so that it might have sounded like I was deliberately dinging someone on the pavement or a passing bicycle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-53060 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:49:25 +0000 kaputnik 53060@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Try Velorution in London. They supply certain Vo things (and other such niceties).</p> <p>One thing I've found with KOTD is that because the dinger is a little brass weight on a spring, whenever you hit a bump, it goes "ding". and if you are on a badly surfaced bit of road it goes "ding ding ding ding ding ding ding" all the way along.</p> <p>My new way to entertain myself while commuting is to see just how little I can get the bell to ding, meaning I'm cutting the smoothest route home :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-53059 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:43:22 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 53059@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Couold drop <a href="http://www.tokyofixedgear.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?page=2&amp;sppp=10&amp;Keyword=Velo%20Orange&amp;Search=Yes&amp;category=ALL&amp;highprice=0&amp;lowprice=0&amp;allwords=Velo%20Orange">Tokyo Fixed Gear</a> a line. Not listed on the site, but you never know... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-53056 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:54:19 +0000 Dave 53056@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like my dream exists, but is out of stock. Forum props to anyone who knows a VO dealer in the UK who has these in!</p> <p><a href="http://freshtripe.co.uk/Freshtripe/Accessories.html">scroll down to 'Headset Bell-mount Spacer'</a>.</p> <p>Only £3.50! I can't afford not to have one now. :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52714 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:12:32 +0000 wingpig 52714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Dave The type I have is confirmed to have a two-piece and therefore bodgeable clamp. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52672 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:45:48 +0000 DaveC 52672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry Min I was trying to shoe horn!! in a few puns but failed miserably. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52662 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:31:31 +0000 Min 52662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Matron!</p> <p>It used to have a love heart on it but I love my bike so much it has worn off. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52660 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:27:42 +0000 DaveC 52660@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Whilst I was sat astride Min's stead this afternoon I was admiring her bell. Both kaputnik and I has a wee shot of it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52607 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:46:27 +0000 riffian 52607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That was me! Nice looking bell - irrespective of size. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52597 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:32:01 +0000 kaputnik 52597@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can't remember who it was (Riffian perhaps) but I was told, on seeing the King of Ding, "Oh, I thought it would be bigger!"</p> <p>The inuendo made me smile :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52595 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:27:44 +0000 recombodna 52595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it's a ding off I'd like to bet that I have the biggest bell round these parts... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52592 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:25:01 +0000 wingpig 52592@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think (it's on the other bike) that the similar one sold at Biketrax (possibly also EBC) has a two-piece clamp which could possibly be bodged onto a girthier tube such as a stem with some longer bolts... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52590 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:20:55 +0000 kaputnik 52590@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>KOFD is for small diameter (up to 25.4mm) round bars only. Clamp well machined out a pretty substantial billet of aluminium so don't think it could be bodged in any way shape or form. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52583 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:11:46 +0000 Dave 52583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Both look nice. Would either be mountable on an aheadset stem (or possibly via a funky stem cap modification)?</p> <p>No real restate on my bars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52546 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:37:26 +0000 kaputnik 52546@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a <strong>DING-OFF!</strong> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52537 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:20:08 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 52537@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Should fix my Sogreni bell and we can compare! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4967#post-52535 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:18:22 +0000 kaputnik 52535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just recieved a beautiful brass Portland Design Works "King of Ding" bell for the singlespeedshopper project.</p> <p>Can I just say, it sounds <strong>GLORIOUS!</strong></p> <p>You may ding the king on Friday, if you so wish. </p>