Hey ~ Oh: Oh oh, just realized this is not the BOB list, sorry for the typo.
BTW, in case you were wondering, the dome of the Spur Cycle bell is made in CT by the oldest (1832) and only remaining bell manufacturer in the USofA. Keep ringing! BEST / Jock Dewey / Athens, GA On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 8:24:53 AM UTC-4, Jock Dewey wrote: > > Hey, BellBOBs: > > Indeed, you are correct sir -- SPUR CYCLE bells are the Campy Nuovo Record > of dingers. The joy is if you have a few bikes then you're helping keep > these guys going and that's a good thing. > > We bought our first one on the Kickstarter program several years ago and > once it came had to have them all around. It's a tiny jewel of engineering > and altho $$ for its size, the sound is BIG and BRIGHT and wakes you up. > Like the little wrens at our bird feeders, you simply can't believe such a > tiny object sings such a big beautiful song. > > The only discord they strike is this: I ride a lot with my son, and altho > he has them on his bikes, too, he cringes when I acknowledge our fellow > riders in passing. Being the cheerful chap I am, I just can't help ringing > and waving. One pal (affectionately I think) calls me the 'ice cream man'. > Why have the thing if you don't use it, right? > > BEST REGARDS / Jock Dewey / Athens, GA > > > > > On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 9:08:24 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> Crane bells are super cool and very classy. It's great they are made in >> Japan, and I love them. >> >> BUT >> >> Spur Cycle bells are by far the nicest bike bell I've ever seen. I >> bought one from Ocean Air Cycles, because Rob Perks is the man, and I was >> blown away at how nice this bell in. It's loud and pure and never makes a >> peep unless you want it to. I just picked up a second one from a tiny >> Berkeley Bike Boutique, just because they had it on the shelf, and I like >> buying local. Spur Cycle bells are MUSA and they kick butt. $50 for a >> bell may seem perverse to frugal riders, but when you can get the very best >> anything for $50, that's something. >> >> https://www.spurcycle.com/ >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
