On Thu, 29 May 2008 22:58:31 GMT, "Plodder"
<DACKSfrank.palermo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I've had this discussion a number of times with people on shared paths;
I'm
>in no hurry so I'll often stop for a chat. A tink-tink bell is a sound
>people expect when a bike approaches, a voice is just a voice. Using a
bell
>is part of a socialised signal sytem; bell=bike. The bell is not there
for
>your convenience, it's there to help protect others by giving them a
>recognisable warning. I don't understand why some riders are so precious
>about putting a bell on their bikes and using it but will protest loudly
I used an Air Zound for a while, fun, but most pedestrians would
ignore it as "not a bike".
Sometimes I miss hit the bell, get more thunk than ting, and am
surprised when they still react.
It took me ages to find a bell that would fit my old race bike,
someone here put me onto the BBB O-ring bell, not the greatest bell
but it even fits around the spacers of my new 11k Madone and is easy
to remove for races. 7k, hah!
Its a big problem, with oversized bars as standard and funky frames
and seatposts its hard to find a bell that will fit anywhere on a
serious adult bike.
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