Can you not buy bells for bikes anymore!!!!

[LimeBurn]

Just had an encounter with a beardy flat capped dog walker (no offense to anyone who like beards, flatcaps, dogs aslong as they cycle of course), who shouted after me as I'd gently slowed behind him and politely asked him if I could sneak past due to the fact his 63 foot long extendable dog lead was blocking the entire width and half a field on the pennine trail. I asked why I needed one as I'd asked him nicely and politely and had slowed to a stop before doing so, to which he let fly with a rant about dangerous speeding cyclists. When I asked him whether I was a dangerous speeding cyclist he then went onto say no but you're all the same.

So my question is this bell or no bell - just to put my 2p forward no bell will ever ruin the looks of any of my bikes but I dont mind if someone else feels the need to mount one of their handlebars.

 

[ianrauk]

This has been discussed many times on the forum. Both have or have not a bell and dogs on leads.
As per usual we can expect the thread to decline into the usual back and forth bowlacks forthwith.

So I will start.

A Bell? Bell? On my bikes? I should CoCo! Good god no!

 

[Leodis]

Most dog owners are nobbers as well.

Just thought I would throw that in there.

 

[numbnuts]

I've got a bell

 

[Markymark]

I have 2 bells. Both in a drawer in my shed. You can have one....


...for a reasonable price.

 

[simon.r]

Someone bought me one of these for my birthday recently and it's lovely

http://www.lionbellworks.co.uk/

 

[Leodis]

Someone bought me one of these for my birthday recently and it's lovely

http://www.lionbellworks.co.uk/

Won't that scratch the Carbon handlebar?

 

[ShipHill]

I honestly don't know why I still have the bell that came with my Boardman still on the bike because on the few occassions I've used it the following has happened...

a) nothing. It's not that the bell is uber-quiet or the surroundings loud enough to drown it out, but Joe Schlub either doesn't notice it or doesn't care.
b) sarky comments. "Ooh you've got a bell" etc and so forth

so now I do a wee cough which seems to work best.

I actually shouted "bicycle" as I came up behind a horse n cart the other week and they asked why I said that and haven't I got a bell.

My brother shouts "f*kin move it" but he's an idiot.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I have both a bell and a dog. I also have a loud voice.

 

[Sara_H]

I have both a bell and a dog. I also have a loud voice.

l have a bell, a dog AND an extending lead. I really am my own worst enemy!

 

[anothersam]

Someone bought me one of these for my birthday recently

http://www.lionbellworks.co.uk/

That's nicer than some bikes I've owned.
Spotted this one in a shop. It might do nicely for any rabid dog walkers encountered:

When I need to make myself known, I just shout Hello!.

 

[Leodis]

l have a bell, a dog AND an extending lead. I really am my own worst enemy!

And you call yourself a cyclist!!

 

[Biker Joe]

I have a 'Ping' type bell on my road bike .It's small,unobtrusive and is handy in areas with a number of pedestrians around.
Very handy on shared cycle paths and tow paths.

 

[Sara_H]

And you call yourself a cyclist!!

It's like having a split personality!

 

[Bryony]

The first thing I did when I got my new bike home was take the bell off! I just cough if there is anyone in front of me that generally works. Although it didn't work on the guy pushing his bike up the hill right in the middle of the cycle path with headphones in, music is loud I was able to name the song, hedge either side so couldn't squeeze by, he couldn't even hear me shout at him.