26 comments

  • Wendy August 9, 2013  

    Incredi-bell on the right side for peds, Airzound on the left for motorists, coyotes and peds with earbuds.. I ride a trike, so I can slow down and say hi just as I’m passing by. The Incredi-bell is so loud I ring it about twenty paces back, or if it’s crowded, I ring it much closer behind them with a finger over the bell to dampen the noise. It is still quite audible.

  • Echo August 9, 2013  

    Yes! Exactly! I love this post! The ineffectiveness of a bell made me get a hornit. On less busy roads it probably won’t be necessary, but when I go closer to downtown Chicago? We’ll see how it goes. Haven’t really use it yet. Hope that it works!

  • Ryan Grimm August 9, 2013  

    I put air horns on my motorcycle for this very reason….I may mount a set I’m ‘Steampunking’ to my bike as well!
    Sure makes them sit up and take notice!

  • Rebecca Albrecht August 9, 2013  

    In the Netherlands, bike bells are used by cyclists on the “Fietspad”, which is any bike infrastructure, to alert cyclists to move over so a faster cyclist can overtake a slower cyclist. There is never a need to use them with pedestrians because they are given their own walking paths and do not use the fietspad.
    Here in the USA I use my airzounds to warn motorists who are doing something dangerous in my line of travel. I rarely use my bike bell. It startles pedestrians and motorists can not hear it.

  • Kevin Love August 9, 2013  

    My Pashley Roadster Sovereign came factory equipped with a two-tone “ding-dong” bell. Quite nice. The bell sounds a minor third. For those like myself who are Army veterans, the minor third is the first two notes of “Last Post,” so this brings back memories.

    Here is a very nice bicycle bell review:

    http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2010/11/testing-and-recording-bicycle-bells.html

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