Most Discreet Bell Placement

[John Dewey]

Here's nice image of most discreet placement of the best looking, smartly engineered richest sounding, bicycle bell ever made. That's my story and I'm sticking to it  ;  )

Jock

[Valerie Yates]

Lovely! Very discreet. I have a version of that bell sitting very indiscreetly on top of my stem. I am going to relocate as you have shown to see how it feels to ding from there. 

[John Dewey]

Thanks, V! BTW, I use my right hand for most things but my left hand is dominant. Sort of weird. So I prefer flipping striker with my left hand. Spurcycle makes folks meandering catiwompas on the MUPS around here wet their pants as I approach. So I allow plenty of room as we have no idea which way they are going. They don’t either 🥵

BEST / Jock

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM Valerie Yates <vya...@gmail.com> wrote:

Lovely! Very discreet. I have a version of that bell sitting very indiscreetly on top of my stem. I am going to relocate as you have shown to see h to ding from there. 

On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 10:25:34 AM UTC-6 John Dewey wrote:

Here's nice image of most discreet placement of the best looking, smartly engineered richest sounding, bicycle bell ever made. That's my story and I'm sticking to it  ;  )

Jock

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[Patrick Moore]

It is lovely and very discrete, but (IMO) the problem is that in the self righteous fury and panic of a multiple use trail emergency you can't find the trigger to sound the bell; like pounding all the inert portions of the steering wheel in a frenzy to hit the horn button.

 Me, I put mine on the left as close as possible to the brake lever. I suppose that one alternative is not to fall into furious self righteous panics. But seriously, I do find that I get best use of the bells by placing my Spurcycles close to the typical resting place of my left hand.

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[lconley]

I have considered buying two of them and using them as the finishing tape for the handlebar tape. - actual bell body forward of the handlebar.

Laing

[John Dewey]

All good points, Patrick. Placement is very personal issue. 

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[Brian Forsee]

Laing,

I hereby support your experiment and subsequent photos/report to the group. Would be pretty neat imo. 

Brian

[Ryan]

Nice! Mind...those Spurway bells are so elegant, I'm not sure I want to hide them😊But I do want to advertise my presence discreetly without scaring anyone...and I thought Drew Saunders with those  bells used by pow-wow jingle dancers wrapped around his stem had a lovely solution for that. 

[DavidP]

I thought this Malocchio had a nice bell placement and copied it on my Pescadero: https://ultradynamico.com/blogs/gallery/crust-malocchio

(And if the production Malocchio had been in that colorway I may have gotten one instead of a Pescadero...)

-Dave

[John Dewey]

You should do it, Laing, if for no reason other than helping to insure these good folks stay in business 💥

Jock

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[abraham nussbaum]

And, again, it's just a perfect little bell!

[Ted W]

Definitely one of the best bells out there. Here’s my discreetly mounted bell on my Surly (excuse the mess, it's a bit buried right now)

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[Ryan]

Yikes...I meant Spurcycle. $59 USD. Not egregiously expensive.Neat little video from the company showing how they're made

https://www.spurcycle.com/products/better-bicycle-bell 

[RichS]

I'll chime in here:-) This is as discrete as I can get given that the Crane bell is chunkier than the elegant little Spurcycle gem. The tone that this hammer strike model provides is pretty sonorous though. Much better and more consistent than the tinny sound the spring lever version provides. 

Best,

Rich in ATL

On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 12:25:34 PM UTC-4 John Dewey wrote:

[Nick Payne]

When I was a young racing cyclist in Western Australia some 50-plus years ago, it was still a legal requirement for a bicycle to have a bell. This was more honoured in the breach than the observance, and I never saw or heard of a recreational cyclist being pulled over because they lacked a bell, but you could be excluded from the start line of a race by a bloody-minded commissaire if you didn't have one, so we would buy cheap aluminium bells, drill them out like Swiss cheese, this being the age of drillium, and fasten them under the saddle.

Western Australia had also previously had the requirement for bicycle number plates, and although that was no longer the case when I arrived there in 1963, you still saw quite a number of bicycles being ridden around with number plates still attached: https://historical.cc/news/2017/5/12/wa-bicycle-number-plates.

Nick Payne

[Bill Lindsay]

I bought three (3!!!) bells at Blue Heron yesterday.  I've got a number of bell-less bikes and the shame has become too much.  All three were Japanese Crane models. 

1. A hand painted one will clamp to the stem quill on my Quickbeam

2. A "Spur-Like" ENE model will go on my Hetchins

3. A headset-spacer model will get disassembled, and I'm going to drill and tap an M5 hole into the side of my CNC aluminum Cinelli Sesamo stem on my Single Speed Lightning Bolt.  That will be my entry for "most discreet".  

Pics or it didn't happen

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[John Dewey]

Looks really nice on your beautiful Mercian, Rich. BTW, y’all should look into Micro-Mesh Touch Up Sticks. You could polish your bell, Rich, and make it look like fine 24 karat gold jewelry. You can find them at Stew-Mac, a site selling luthier’s fine finishing tools. They’re the bee’s knees. You can quickly achieve a mirror-like finish on virtually any dull, corroded, scratched up silver bicycle bit. This, of course, if you have some extra time for mindless self-indulgence.

https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/supplies/sanding-and-polishing/sandpaper-and-finishing-papers/micro-mesh-touch-up-stick/?msclkid=467ff275848f1903c48696eba1659477&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=CP%20%7C%20MF%20%7C%20BNG%20%7C%20SHOP%20%7C%20NBR%20%7C%20All%20Products&utm_term=4578572576575381&utm_content=All%20Products

BEST / Jock

[R Shannon]

Jock, 

Shame on me for not polishing my bell! Of course if you like patina. . . Thanks very much for the intro to Touch Up Sticks. No wonder your Spurcycle looks so good. And I thought Brasso was the brass cleaner of choice. It was when I was in the army a long, long time ago and had to keep my brass belt buckle shiny! 

Time for an upgrade! I’ll get right on it.

Thanks again.

 Best,

Rich in ATL

On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 8:50 PM, John Dewey <john...@gmail.com> wrote:

Looks really nice on your beautiful Mercian, Rich. BTW, y’all should look into Micro-Mesh Touch Up Sticks. You could polish your bell, Rich, and make it look like fine 24 karat gold jewelry. You can find them at Stew-Mac, a site selling luthier’s fine finishing tools. They’re the bee’s knees. You can quickly achieve a mirror-like finish on virtually any dull, corroded, scratched up silver bicycle bit. This, of course, you have some extra time for mindless self indulgence.

https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/supplies/sanding-and-polishing/sandpaper-and-finishing-papers/micro-mesh-touch-up-stick/?msclkid=467ff275848f1903c48696eba1659477&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=CP%20%7C%20MF%20%7C%20BNG%20%7C%20SHOP%20%7C%20NBR%20%7C%20All%20Products&utm_term=4578572576575381&utm_content=All%20Products

BEST / Jock

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[Tom Wyland]

I'm happy with my stem placement. It gets quite a workout on our local rail trail. I use pogies in the winter and I'm too lazy to move the bell during the seasons. 

 I do prefer the trigger-ring bell, but the temple bell works just fine.

Tom 

Reston, VA

[John Dewey]

Yikes, Tom. You are covered in the bell department. BTW, spares are always required of the good stuff these days for you never know when something you depend on goes away. Then you resort to searching eBay and risk being scalped 🤪

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[Mike Packard]

It's plastic but this is my favorite bell https://mirrycle.com/item/incredibell-jellibell/  <- sound effect on page

 

It has a cheerful little brring, not too loud, and clamps easily to a stem. I love the brass bells but find the little spring jimmies difficult to ring quickly without looking. On this bell you can just grab the whole thing and turn it.

Mike in Austin

[Steve]

Discreet bells?    Nah...no need to be discrete. Make a statement - wear your bell proudly!  They're the mark of a courteous rider.

[Bill Lindsay]

I indicated that I had bought a Crane ENE.  That one ended up under the top tube on my Black Mountain Monstercross: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/53021867018

BL in EC

[Eric Marth]

Tom: I love a stem-shifter-mounted bell, very cool that the thread pitches are the same. I've never run one myself but I have threaded a bell onto a stem shifter in my shop just to try it out. 

Another install I like is a Crane E-ne mounted to the downtube shifter boss, seen here on a Crust Romanceur with a one-by drivetrain. 

[James M]

Re Spurcycle price - they have a "Frankenbell" sale every fall where you can get a good deal on blems.  Mine looks perfect, couldn't ID any quality issues.

[Mackenzy Albright]

I usually place my bell on my stem - but was playing with fit so had my moose bars slammed. I like keeping hand positions open so don't like them on prime handlebar real estate. I am pretty certain I stole this one from Jan Heine somewhere - but it easily fit under my seat. It worked well enough - wasn't hard to reach. I moved it back to the stem eventually because I decided I didn't need my stem slammed and like to be able to use a saddle bag. I would consider this placement again on the right bike. 

[Eric Norris]

I’m intrigued by the assortment of items in your handlebar bag. Mobile hairdresser? Dog groomer? Other? Inquiring minds want to know ...

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[Mackenzy Albright]

Eric - I am a museum technician. I use my clementine to bring tools do the different gallery spaces I work in. The bag is a aerial tote with an assortment of tools I use for exhibition installations. Furthest left to right  is a Silky Pocket Boy saw, Snap-on Ratcheting screw driver, Svord pocket knife, occidental pouch with a flush cut pliers, small klien scissors, higonokami knife, pica pencil, and spot for the ratcheting screw driver. 

I have a bunch of other things in the bag like a 12v milwaukee drill, hammer, tape measure, pliers, various scrapers, square, etc etc etc. 

I've thought about building a bike with a Clydesdale and attaching a milwaukee packout kit to it. 

[Eric Norris]

Very cool bike … and job! Thanks!

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[Tom Wyland]

Mackenzy,

Wow, your bike belongs on the RivBike instagram/website/email somewhere. I love to see working bikes. I hope Will is reading.

Tom

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[Brian Turner]

This bike was already cool enough... but now, with the work-bike context it just sends it to another level.

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[Brian Turner]

I've been laughed at for my Pocket-Boy saw in my bikepacking kit... until you basically save the trip with it, then everyone suddenly realizes its worth.

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[Mackenzy Albright]

Thanks for the kind words all. I quite love the utilitarian versatility of the Clementine. 

I found a full sized silky biking and was convinced of their excellence. The Pocket boy is just as good! If you want another fun pocket-sized saw that is even smaller check out. It'd be great for cutting small kindling. 

https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/hand-tools/saws/japanese/69363-retractable-japanese-saw?item=60T2230

[rlti...@gmail.com]

I have a Silky Katanaboy that lives in my camper van. It’s ridiculous how quickly that cuts through medium sized logs. I also picked up a Silky Zubat for around the house. I may need to add a Pocket Boy for the bike now…

Robert Tilley

San Diego, CA

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Thanks for the kind words all. I quite love the utilitarian versatility of the Clementine. 

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[jaredwilson]

Big ups on the higonokami, always keep mine on me/my bike, an iBob must!

jared