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bobs

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Re: Bells
« Reply #30 on: January 22, 2017, 11:09:02 pm »
The problem with bells is the people who walk their dogs with earphones in. Despite ringing the bell they get a surprise when you pass them and think it's your fault.


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Re: Bells
« Reply #31 on: January 22, 2017, 11:12:16 pm »
http://www.cyclorise.com/store/c2/Timber%21_MTB_Bell.html

Would buy this bell if I could justify spending the money.

Bob
« Last Edit: January 22, 2017, 11:13:49 pm by bobs »

jul

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Re: Bells
« Reply #32 on: January 22, 2017, 11:18:37 pm »
http://www.cyclorise.com/store/c2/Timber%21_MTB_Bell.html

Would buy this bell if I could justify spending the money.

Bob

Great Bob !   8)

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Re: Bells
« Reply #33 on: January 22, 2017, 11:33:34 pm »
Knog Oi looks like a nice redesign of the bike bell.
https://euro.knog.com.au/oi-bike-bell-large.html

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Re: Bells
« Reply #34 on: January 22, 2017, 11:39:40 pm »
Knog Oi looks like a nice redesign of the bike bell.
https://euro.knog.com.au/oi-bike-bell-large.html

now this i like very neat design. 8)

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Re: Bells
« Reply #35 on: January 22, 2017, 11:56:44 pm »
I bought a knockoff from eBay just before Christmas. It took s month to arrive.

The tone was delicious and sustained -- a match for the Oi! Recording.

The problem? Unlike the Knog Oi!, the clamp would only fit a 22.2mm diameter and had a web molded over the portion the Oi! Uses to route cables. It sat in the cold (-11°C) garage and cracked when I tried to expand it. Not entirely surprising.

I think if I had left it alone or unsocketed the quill stem I was trying to fit it to, all would have been fine. Cost: USD $1.28 including shipping, little enough to give a try.

I my have another go, this time using my Dremel to remove the web from the clamp and work on it inside the house, where it is warmer.

Best,

Dan.

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Re: Bells
« Reply #36 on: January 23, 2017, 12:55:56 am »
Thinking to buy a Knog Oi when I'm Down Unda -- I have enough bells of one kind or another, but this looks like a tidy effort.  It would go with the Knog Loight I now have on the boike.

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Re: Bells
« Reply #37 on: January 28, 2017, 11:41:22 pm »
« Last Edit: January 30, 2017, 07:56:46 pm by julio »

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Re: Bells
« Reply #38 on: January 30, 2017, 06:53:44 pm »
Today i've installed this bell on my Nomad. Small, discreet, cheap, and works well. The sound is rather high,  this is what i was looking for..

Snap! See: http://www.decathlon.co.uk/C-880494-bike-bells-and-horns and specifically http://www.decathlon.co.uk/300-bike-bell-id_8177653.html

I also like the single tone but twin ring bell mechanism.
I.e. it rings once on trigger press and a second time on trigger release, whose interval is therefore also under my control.
Some times the first ring only serves the purpose of waking the person's brain up to then hear the second and only then comprehend that there is a cyclist in their vicinity.
If someone reacts well to the first "ting" then I can save the second "ting" as a thankyou after I have passed them.
« Last Edit: January 30, 2017, 07:01:24 pm by IanW »

jul

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Re: Bells
« Reply #39 on: January 30, 2017, 07:44:48 pm »
Today i've installed this bell on my Nomad. Small, discreet, cheap, and works well. The sound is rather high,  this is what i was looking for..

Snap! See: http://www.decathlon.co.uk/C-880494-bike-bells-and-horns and specifically http://www.decathlon.co.uk/300-bike-bell-id_8177653.html

I also like the single tone but twin ring bell mechanism.
I.e. it rings once on trigger press and a second time on trigger release, whose interval is therefore also under my control.
Some times the first ring only serves the purpose of waking the person's brain up to then hear the second and only then comprehend that there is a cyclist in their vicinity.
If someone reacts well to the first "ting" then I can save the second "ting" as a thankyou after I have passed them.

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