On Sunday, July 27, 2014 4:07:27 PM UTC-4, Peter M wrote:
Ah, I see. I am a semantics person too so I appreciate the clarification.
On Jul 27, 2014 4:06 PM, Steve Palincsar pali...@his.com javascript:
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On 07/27/2014 04:01 PM, Goshen Peter wrote:
So what does brass do, is just
The influence of the bell . . . on bike or off :) !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_MphtzCOEc
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It doesn't win any style points, but my favorite bell is this one:
http://www.mirrycle.com/road_bell.php
Because dinging and slowing down tend to coincide. But alas, they don't
work with my brake levers =(.
William
On Thursday, July 31, 2014 7:12:47 AM UTC-7, Garth wrote:
The influence
Me, too. More bike-bell!!
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[mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Montclair BobbyB
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Subject: [RBW] Re: Crane bell metals and quick reviews
My LBS wouldn't sell me a Crane when I picked up my Betty Foy, saying the
Crane mount wouldn't fit the Soma Oxford handlebars. So I ended up with a
Velo Orange
Brass Striker Bell.
I haven't compared it to the Crane, but MAN, does this thing have an
incredibly long sustained tone. It's so
I love my Spurcycle bell -- it has a sharp (but not unpleasant) piercing
ring that resonates for a decent amount of time (especially for its small
size), and it really gets people's attention.
Bob Ehrenbeck
Garwood, NJ
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Thanks, these are exceedingly cool in form and function. Simply could not
resist ordering one.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n2LeRyyUoM
The tone is very similar to a Incredibell Brass Duet :) Very loud for such
a small bell. The nice thing of these sort of bells is they are very
compact.
On Monday, July 28, 2014 5:12:17 PM UTC-4, Montclair BobbyB wrote:
I agree... the
Of Eunice Chang
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Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Crane bell metals and quick reviews. Forget frame metals
discussion. Lets talk bells!
First of all, thanks for the bell noise descriptions. That was very
enlightening!
Second- has
Sögreni stuff always looks to me to exist at the point where visual design
outruns common sense. It's always pretty, but the prettiness has reduced the
functionality.
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Spurcycle makes the best bell I have found. It is really nice, however it
does not have quite the classic look as a brass bell. It is stunning in
it's perfection and tooling. I have one on my Atlantis and have ordered
another for my mountain bike. Expensive for a bell, but worth it. Clay
I
That logo is huge on there. Are you sure it doesn't say CHANEL?
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro
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Sögreni stuff always looks to me to exist at the point where visual design
outruns common sense. It's always pretty, but the prettiness
I agree... the Spurcycle stainless bell looks awesome... But how does it sound?
BB
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A nice loud bing that carries a good distance.
On Monday, July 28, 2014 4:12:17 PM UTC-5, Montclair BobbyB wrote:
I agree... the Spurcycle stainless bell looks awesome... But how does it
sound?
BB
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I like the Karen bell best, both large and small sizes. The small size has
a better mount.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/700c/aP2050003.jpg
In fact, I used the mount from the small bell to mount the large bell here.
On Saturday, July 26, 2014 11:34:32 PM
Spot-on with the descriptions. That sustained Dingg.. of the
Crane brass bell is like the after-flavors of a good wine, the lingering
taste of a perfectly-brewed cup of Columbian coffee, the follow-through of
a beautiful golf swing or that precisely-placed Frisbee throw Funny,
Buy your proper sized one-inch headset spacer bell mounts from Velo Orange
LINK
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/bells/spacer-bell-mount.html
On Saturday, July 26, 2014 9:34:32 PM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
So I was in my LBS today, swapping some tubes for my wife's 700c,
Spurcycle makes the best bell I have found. It is really nice, however it
does not have quite the classic look as a brass bell. It is stunning in
it's perfection and tooling. I have one on my Atlantis and have ordered
another for my mountain bike. Expensive for a bell, but worth it.
Clay
On
Curious enough to look it up. Real nice, but yeah, kinda' spendy.
http://spurcycle.com/bell.html
Cheers,
David
it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 10:31 AM, 'Clayton' via RBW Owners Bunch
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Spurcycle makes
Beautiful but how it says they don't rust, one of the nice parts of a brass
bell is watching it age and oxidize, and the sound is so unique.
On Jul 27, 2014 2:11 PM, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote:
Curious enough to look it up. Real nice, but yeah, kinda' spendy.
Oh, *Bobby!* You're so *eloquent!*
Those were indeed perfect similes!
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com
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Spot-on with the descriptions. That sustained Dingg.. of the
Crane brass bell is like the after-flavors of a good wine, the
On 07/27/2014 02:17 PM, Goshen Peter wrote:
Beautiful but how it says they don't rust, one of the nice parts of a
brass bell is watching it age and oxidize, and the sound is so unique.
Not to be pedantic or anything (nobody would ever be pedantic on this
list) but since rust is iron
So what does brass do, is just called patina?
On Jul 27, 2014 4:01 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On 07/27/2014 02:17 PM, Goshen Peter wrote:
Beautiful but how it says they don't rust, one of the nice parts of a
brass bell is watching it age and oxidize, and the sound is so
On 07/27/2014 04:01 PM, Goshen Peter wrote:
So what does brass do, is just called patina?
corrosion
On Jul 27, 2014 4:01 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com
mailto:palin...@his.com wrote:
On 07/27/2014 02:17 PM, Goshen Peter wrote:
Beautiful but how it says they don't
Ah, I see. I am a semantics person too so I appreciate the clarification.
On Jul 27, 2014 4:06 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On 07/27/2014 04:01 PM, Goshen Peter wrote:
So what does brass do, is just called patina?
corrosion
On Jul 27, 2014 4:01 PM, Steve Palincsar
Oxidation?
Cheers,
David
it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Goshen Peter uscpeter11...@gmail.com
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Ah, I see. I am a semantics person too so I appreciate the clarification.
On Jul 27, 2014 4:06 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers — joined in the serious business
of keeping our food http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Food, shelter, clothing
and loved ones from combining with oxygen.
Kurt Vonnegut, who perhaps considered bells in the category of loved ones
On Sunday, July 27, 2014
brass grows a very nice patina in weathering exposure. You have to have
salts and build up of sludge to make brass corrode, and then you can't even
tell that it corroded because the normal mode is dealloying.
This fishing reel is 130 years old - where it was corroding is where
mildewed silk
I'm much more of a Honka Hoota guy than a ding-a-ling type.
http://youtu.be/urfTG1yFlYQ If you push hard they are loud but you can
give it little punches to be more expressive, kind of like a train engineer
does. I find it really gets attention and a lot of smiles. $7 at REI. And
it
Thank you, Sir Patrick for the flattery... but it's simply the truth...there's
just something about brass...
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First of all, thanks for the bell noise descriptions. That was very
enlightening!
Second- has anyone ever tried these bells? Pricey, but interesting
design/material...
http://sogrenibikes.com/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=1products_id=2
-E.
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Montclair
yes, my friend has the copper one on his Dahon to match copper fenders and
extensive copper plate trim. Barely audible - does not ring, kinda pings
On Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:23:55 PM UTC-5, Eunice Chang wrote:
First of all, thanks for the bell noise descriptions. That was very
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