Strange case of the 'thing' on my handlebars

[Scoosh]

It's the kind of wee "ping" bell that I remember used to be fitted to 'racing' bikes ie drop bar bikes. IIRC, it used to be fitted just beside the down-tube shifters - hardly 'easily accessible' !

If your bike is going to be ridden around town it might be worth considering a 'ting-a-ling' bell, which I find to be useful for alerting dozy pedestrians of my imminent arrival !

Whether you bell or not - I hope you and the bike have many happy miles together.




... and you work out what all the other bits do ...

 

[Leodis]

Your other half can buy my "pinger" for £2.50 if you want, matching!!!

 

[sheddy]

Its not the first time that a man cannot work out how to ring a womens bell

 

[pixiepie]

I've got a bell that goes "ping" in a really nice way. It's awesome! It's this one if you want to upgrade: http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolution-heritage-brass-bell

 

[Alan Frame]

I should put yourself in for the No Peace Bells Prize if I was you.

 

[RedFeend]

It's the kind of wee "ping" bell that I remember used to be fitted to 'racing' bikes ie drop bar bikes. IIRC, it used to be fitted just beside the down-tube shifters - hardly 'easily accessible' !

If your bike is going to be ridden around town it might be worth considering a 'ting-a-ling' bell, which I find to be useful for alerting dozy pedestrians of my imminent arrival !

Whether you bell or not - I hope you and the bike have many happy miles together.




... and you work out what all the other bits do ...

I don't think I really need a bell at all. I live in a large village and once out of it there are no pedestrians to speak of, and even if there is someone in the road they can see a bike coming from about half a mile away. The Fens are flat, flat, flat. For the first two years I lived here I felt like I was going to fall off of the edge of the world.

Ironic that I know how all the other bits of my bike work. This woman even knows how an engine works, and differentials, governors etc. My old bike did not have a bell (commuted through SE London) and before last week I'd never seen one of these 'ping' things. See what a sheltered life I've led.

 

[dizzi141]

My bike had the same type of bell and it was quickly removed, I can shout louder than it pings. Years of yelling at kids in the swim pool was good for something!

 

[Sara_H]

When I was a student I worked in Burger King on weekends.

One day we had a new manager. He walked into the kitchen to find me in charge of a sink full of tomato's tomatos tomatoes. "Why do you put them in cold water? Is it to firm them up for slicing?" he asked. "No, to wash them " I replied.

 

[youngoldbloke]

I've got a bell that goes "ping" in a really nice way. It's awesome! It's this one if you want to upgrade: http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolution-heritage-brass-bell

Note: 25.4 mm dia. (and smaller) bars only - though they do a similar looking bell that fits in place of a steerer spacer.

 

[Boris Bajic]

This happened to me some years ago.

I clearly recall thinking: "I have no idea what the shiny, miniature dome is, but the lever next to it rings a bell..."

Do you see what I did there?

Rings a bell?

 

[RedFeend]

This happened to me some years ago.

I clearly recall thinking: "I have no idea what the shiny, miniature dome is, but the lever next to it rings a bell..."

Do you see what I did there?

Rings a bell?

O'h titter titter as Frankie Howard would say.
PS If you don't know who he was then you aren't old enough. :-)

 

[biggs682]

make sure you use it loads

 

[RedFeend]

make sure you use it loads

I will. I promise.
I might take it off the bike. Lie in bed all weekend, say I'm not well and ring or ping it frequently to alert my darling husband that I need: a cup of tea, a glass of water, some chocolate and so on.

Ah I'm dreaming. He would just go out to get away from having to wait on me.

OT and I risk a stoning, but funny how women run around after partners who are unwell, but not the other way around. Now I'm going to take cover.

 

[fullcycle]

very funny