Bell End Bar

[Cycleops]

Sorry that should read Bar End Bell, so now I've got your attention it's a very expensive bell from Canyon that sits on the bar end.
https://road.cc/content/review/canyon-ring-bar-end-bell-284201
Any interest?

 

[stoatsngroats]

Not for me, I have a pair of cateye orbs there, which I think use the space better.

 

[Chris S]

I think you were right the first time

 

[matticus]

I was thinking it might be near the Last Chance Saloon.

 

[Milkfloat]

I only have a bell on one of my drop bar bikes, usually used for warning people that I might have had a couple too many beers. The location of this for me (beers or no beers) is worse than any other I can think of. Mind you, I am a huge fan of bellowing a cheery good morning over and above the use of a bell anyway, so what do I know?

 

[T4tomo]

I only use a bell on the gravel bike, given that's the bike that gets used on bridleways/ old railways etc. I think on the tops of the bar is a better location and £2.99 from wiggle is a better price. I more favour a cheery hello than a bell, but some walkers react better to a bell.

I like the look of the cateye orb, but not for the bike with bar end shifters!

 

[stoatsngroats]

I like the look of the cateye orb, but not for the bike with bar end shifters!

wow, who would have thought that such a location on the end of drop bars could be so useful! Maybe someone should invent a drop bar with 3 ‘ends’ to facilitate all three (currently) uses?

 

[carpiste]

Theres times when people you know have heard you on the gravel and heard your bell.....

For those occasions I`d love an old fashioned Ooga car horn!

 

[tribanjules]

Bell end bar exists as bell end is NW of Birmingham, by rowley Regis. Keep meaning to cycle there to grab photo for the craic !!

 

[Rusty Nails]

On the rare occasions I am in the drops I am riding fast (at least I think so) and not near pedestrians. If I am riding in busy streets or on mixed use paths I am not in the drops.

Looks quite good though.

 

[PaulSB]

The reviewer says this:

"On a drop bar there's nowhere you can put a bell that's always going to be in exactly the right place for where your hands are, so wherever you mount one is going to be a compromise."

Absolute nonsense. Total codswallop. I only use a bell on my gravel bike. It's easily positioned so I can use it with my left thumb without changing hand position and still able to use the levers.

In the bar end is the worst possible place for a bell.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I had a cheapo bell complete with clamp lying about. I was messing about and slid it onto my forefinger like a ring. In that position the pinger sits under my thumb and it actually worked really well. I did think at the time that it could be adopted by runners to alert people when coming up behind them, or cyclists, as you’d always have a bell with you 😉

 

[matticus]

"Don't you have a bell?!!"
"Yes, but the battery's flat - sorry!"

 

[Ming the Merciless]

"Don't you have a bell?!!"
”Not since I stopped grazing in Alpine meadows”

 

[Poacher]

When I saw the thread title I just assumed it was about Wetherspoons.