Got a new bell for the bike, it’s a bit croaky 😆

[skudupnorth]

 

[ColinJ]

Cheeky b*st*rd - tell it to cluck off!

 

[Drago]

What a load of old cock.

 

[Sharky]

Don't count your bells

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I am not sure I want to ask how you sound the new bell

 

[Spiderweb]

That looks like a Porsche head badge, Cocks and Porsche’s are often the perfect match!

 

[HLaB]

What a load of cock and no bull, I was expecting:

 

[a.twiddler]

That's a nice hen. You could start a new trend -the Henbell. Sounds a bit better than Bellhend. Are you going to fit a basket for the eggs?

 

[simongt]

Very few bikes appear to have a bell these days; but with computers, satnavs etc., etc., there's probably not a lot of room - ! I do get fed up with cyclists approaching from behind and just rushing past without any warning though. All my bikes have bells and I use them whenever I approach pedestrians from behind as I don't know if they might suddenly change direction on the shared path we're both on.

 

[Arjimlad]

I like it.

Helpful when you need to feather the brakes too.

 

[HLaB]

Very few bikes appear to have a bell these days; but with computers, satnavs etc., etc., there's probably not a lot of room - ! I do get fed up with cyclists approaching from behind and just rushing past without any warning though. All my bikes have bells and I use them whenever I approach pedestrians from behind as I don't know if they might suddenly change direction on the shared path we're both on.

I find you can't win with or without a bell, I've done both but try to avoid these days any mix with pedestrians. With it, some folk treat it as an aggressive, 'get out of my way'. Without it, even though they have reacted to the polite, 'excuse me please', they (probably the same people) turn around and say 'where's the bell'.
I do whince when I see idiots though on a shared use path zooming/ squeezing by vulnerable people (in fact any person) without warning. If we want drivers to have a responsibility for more vulnerable people on bikes, folk on bikes should demonstrate a responsibility to more vulnerable people too.

 

[Poacher]

That's a nice hen. You could start a new trend -the Henbell. Sounds a bit better than Bellhend. Are you going to fit a basket for the eggs?

Paging @hennbell

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Do it properly:

https://www.eta.co.uk/2013/06/27/beautiful-bicycle-bells/

 

[Moodyman]

It's alright showing us a pic with it in your office, but can you pluck the courage to use on the road.

 

[Cirrus]

Reminds me of what the kids used to shout out at people on bikes in my youth, something along the lines of: "get off and milk it or does it lay eggs".. the scamps