I've have a quite a few bell encounters with my SpurCycles bell now and I am curious to see how the deeper and possibly louder tone of the Crane Rivenbell, which was supposed to arrive today but didn't, does in comparison. Observations and interactions so far:
-- Spur is heard far more easily far sooner by most people and the interactions are nearly all positive and people are already smiling by the time I am close enough to talk. Beats the finish off my previous bell I can't remember the name of. -- The tone is too high pitched for the comfort of my brain. While I can handle it, it is near piercing. The ease of interactions and passing people on near-town mountain trails in tourist season more than makes up for the brain energy lost to the tone, and, on a cognitive therapy note, my brain seems to be handling it better now than when I first started using it. -- One woman, hiking with another saw me, waved, and stepped aside. The woman she was hiking with saw me (direct eye contact), did not step aside, then was stunned when I "appeared" next to her. I must have looked like I was biking slower than a standstill. Sardonic grin. -- multiple families with kids and/or dogs saying a poignant and heartfelt thank yous for a friendly notice that I am there and coming and not running them over and being polite while doing so. How sad that that stands out, and yet it does. -- A gaggle of golden agers was spread out and shuffling up the trail. Hoping to give all 20+ plenty of time not to be startled out their loafers I began ringing early and often to no avail. Finally, when I was going nearly their speed three feet behind them and coming to a stop, a woman saw me and organized the move to the right track of the double single track. I said thank you loud and and clear, or so I thought, several acknowledged it and exchanged pleasantries, and then the matron of the group urged me to be polite and say thank you (she was all of five people in). "I just did, Ma'me." I said and continued to exchange pleasantries with the remaining folks who were, indeed, pleasant. -- I rang the bell descending to a blind series of turns, creek crossing, and climb to more turns, because there have been a lot of interesting encounters here. Doing this, I've had people waiting off the trail, smiling and waving as they watch me either make or almost make (to their great entertainment either way it seems) the 178˚ switchback into a steep climb. So the bell is so far a ringing success and I suspect I will be choosing the best among the great between this Spur and the Rivenbell. With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 7:08:24 PM UTC-6, 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.
