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submitted 3 months ago by njordomir@lemmy.world to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

When we were kids, you may have had a honky-horn with a bulb on the end, perhaps you had bells with gears that strike multiple times as they unwind like one of those self-propelled matchbox cars. Maybe you unscrew your bell halfway so the cracks on the trail ring it as you weave through a crowd of other trail users. Or maybe you ride a folding bike through the airport with a little electric horn. Perhaps you're the best kind of DIY redneck and have fitted a literal tugboat horn to a bike trailor so you can scare the bejeezus out of a coalroller after they dump a load of black smoke on you.

Whatever it is, I want to know about it and why you chose it.

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[-] wintermute@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

I use a small and simple bell, mainly because of the size.

[-] njordomir@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Very reasonably sized. This looks like the exact bell that came on one of my two bikes. It works, the sound is okay, though I find the bell binds with the mounting sometimes and muffles the ring.

[-] AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

That is the one i have too, just not in fancy red. I like it.

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