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Submitted by
Ken Merkel
a Cross Country Rider
from Omaha, Nebraska
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Big Papio Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Trek Store - Omaha | | Strengths: | Nice, crisp, loud brass bell ring. Quite pleasant, melodic "ding-ding" sound. Easy to sort out that sound from the surrounding background noises. Recognizable as a bicycle bell and not something else. Pretty little bright shiny sucker. Quite LOUD for its size. | | Weaknesses: | Not much, unless you figure in the time my bike fell over and yep--it "landed" on the bell. I had to mess with the bell for a while to get it working again. Plus no exploded views of the bell found on the Web as a repair guide. Bell doesn't come apart anyhow. | | Similar Products Used: | "I Love My Bike" bicycle bell. American Flag bicycle bell.
[Both kinda crappy by comparison to Incredibell.]
"Coming up..Left Side...LEFT Side!!!!! Dammit..PICK ONE SIDE AND STAY THERE....PLEASE!!!!" | | Bike Setup: | '80s ["Vintage"] Cannondale Criterium Classic Powder Blue Shimano 105 [except Dura Ace left shifter handle] Mountain Bike Riser Bars 700X23C | | Bottom Line: | Women hear the bell well, because of the high-pitched "DING", which female ears pick up well.
Men often stop, turn around, look down on the ground for their dropped pocket change.
Kids often say, "Hey, Mom....The Ding-Ding Man. I want some ice cream."
The bell works better in the high wind than my voice. People walking the trail with earphones still hear the bell.
I like the bell a lot. I've just bought my third brass Incredibell. The one with the ratcheting dinger handle. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Novato, CA
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Pogonip | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Purchased At: | eBikestop | | Strengths: | Compact, sounds good. | | Weaknesses: | Cows do no heed its warning. | | Similar Products Used: | Retroactive "sorry" as I pick my bike out of the poison oak opposite the blind corner. | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper FSR 120:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pWYXYHVI0VnU437GQX-MOTw | | Bottom Line: | I got the brass duet, mounted upside-down just left of my rear brake lever. You can't see it from the front of my low riser bars. Nice "ding-ding" sound, easy to actuate, small, not too obnoxious. What else can one say - it's a bell. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cecivic
a Cross Country Rider
from Near Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Lynn Woods | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycleloft, Burlington, MA | | Strengths: | Loud, compact size, flexible mounting options | | Weaknesses: | none at all | | Similar Products Used: | clicking brake levers | | Bike Setup: | 2 wheels, handlebars | | Bottom Line: | Despite its small size, it's loud enough to get you noticed. I always use this, whether I'm on the trails or on the road. For me, it's a lot easier to use this than clicking my brake levers or to shout "on your left". I like that the dinger can be rotated 360 degrees, giving you many options on how and where to mount this bell. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ed
a Weekend Warrior
from Pasadena, CA
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Purchased At: | mirrycle.com | | Strengths: | Good looking, light, easy to use, works | | Weaknesses: | none really. | | Bottom Line: | I picked up the Incredibell Thumbdinger, which has a thumb gear rather than a tab. It doesn't look like it would be quite as user friendly as the original style Incredibell, but it is! It's a pleasure to use. The Thumbdinger actually looks to be a repackaged Japanese bell called "Tokyo Bell". It's lightweight, and feels pretty solid. I wonder if Mirrycle will ever go upmarket with their bells and start making fancy alloy ones. Not sure how long the plastic will hold up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Cross Country Rider
from Nowhere
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Minuteman Bikeway | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Strengths: | Loud, light, won't jingle | | Weaknesses: | Does not do windows, wash dishes. Not very good at talking the dog for a walk (but useful for calling it to dinner). | | Similar Products Used: | Crappy bells. | | Bike Setup: | Cheap bike for daily commuting. | | Bottom Line: | Buy it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan W
a Weekend Warrior
from Portland, OR USA
Date Reviewed: December 5, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | All of Oregon | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | River City | | Strengths: | More than loud enough for signaling peds and bikers. Light weight. Only takes up 1/4" of precious bar space. | | Weaknesses: | Not loud enough to signal drivers. | | Similar Products Used: | "On your left" "No, I'M on YOUR left!" | | Bike Setup: | 93 Fuji rigid 21sp MTB, 01 Bianchi Volpe 27sp cyclocross | | Bottom Line: | This bell is LOUD for what it is intended for, which is a good thing. Loud enough to force you to use it before you're bearing down on the ped (or you scare the cr8p out of them), which is good because it gives them time to react that way.
Buy it if: you share a road/path/lane with walkers & bikers. Which you do.
Don't buy it if: you're a doofus. Only reason not to have a bell. State law (here in OR) requires an audible warning when overtaking a pedestrian. That can be a vocal warning, but "on your left" or anything else just confuses people and can be antagonizing. So get a bell. This is the best one.
Also buy a loud horn if: you share a road with motor vehicles.
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Submitted by
Ken
a Weekend Warrior
from Hunterdon County, NJ
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Directly from Mirrycle | | Strengths: | Loud sound for its size. Very pleasant resonance. | | Weaknesses: | Not loud enough to effectively warn vehicles. | | Similar Products Used: | Collisions | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500 | | Bottom Line: | An excellent little bell, very loud and well resonating. More than enough for the trail, ok for warning pedestrians but not loud enough for vehicles. It's just fun to ring too. The XL gives a more solid sound than the original, and the duet is a much better version of the old spinner "brrring-brrring" bells. I purchased directly from the manufacturer (Mirrycle.com) and they were extremely pleasant and helpful. Wonderful people. I don't know what they were thinking when they made the one for the ends of the handlebar though, do they know the thumb is on the other side of the grip? How are you supposed to ring it? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Charles
a Cross Country Rider
from Strafford, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Planet Earth | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | It works and it's fun! | | Similar Products Used: | On your left! Little Room! Get out of the way! | | Bike Setup: | FSR Enduro with too many upgrades to mention. | | Bottom Line: | Of all the upgrades I've done to my bike, this one is the best in a long time. This thing makes riding even more fun than it was before! I feel like a kid again. Thinks I'll get some steamers and stuff them in the ends of my grips! Yippee!! Best of all, it gets peoples attention. Many people can't figure out what that sound is, but at least they look and see me coming. Has such a pleasant sound, that nobody get's offended, some people even get a kick out of it. Great way to get people happy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
FenderBender
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | Loud noise, simple. | | Weaknesses: | Not true that it "fits in the end of all types of handlebars and bar-ends." It didn't. | | Similar Products Used: | Cheap rip-offs. | | Bike Setup: | Newport K2 from REI. | | Bottom Line: | Not true that it "fits in the end of all types of handlebars and bar-ends." It didn't. Made a mistake in believing it will fit all handlebars, as advertised. I tore off the end of my handle grip, and it doesn't fit no matter how much I tried (too wide). Don't care so much about the bell price, which I got on sale, but now I've got an uncovered handlebar. Useless bell+torn grip=lost $. Our other bike has a knock-off that attaches to the handebar on top. Should have stuck with that kind. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mr Huck
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | - loud
- small
- light | | Weaknesses: | - doesn't work when it rains (or when it's muddy)
- I found it's not loud enough to alert the idiotic masses of my presence. I need more LOUDNESS!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | whistle (now there's trouble in the making) | | Bike Setup: | lots of bikes, same number of incredibells | | Bottom Line: | Great bell for off-roading, touring, or recreational riding. Living in Toronto, though, it's just not loud enough for the big city streets. I think an airhorn is the way to go... | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cdale
a Cross-Country Rider
from Stockton, CA
Date Reviewed: June 23, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Darrington Trail | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Loud- cool colors. Or cool, loud colors... | | Weaknesses: |
Hard to tighten so it won't rotate on the bars. Needs an extension for the thumbs. | | Similar Products Used: |
Farting. Yelling. | | Bike Setup: |
Does it matter? | | Bottom Line: | Cool bells. I've had one on the bike forever, and it's a sound that people can hear over noise. Recently, I got a new one cuz it matched the yellow decals on my Cdale. I was pleased to find the lever ratchets now, so it'll stay in the same place instead of revolving around the bell, and it's a different tone than my other bell. And now, with the two bells on my bike, I can play a Rush song and a couple of Primus songs w/ the two tones. Wheee!I think they should make an extension, or a longer lever so you don't have to move your hands in on the grips to ding 'em.Five flaming horses. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh
a Racer
from MD
Date Reviewed: June 22, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
I commute daily 40miles. 12 miles are on a wide multi purpose trail. In the early am I am passing joggers, rollerbladers etc. Some with radios in their ears!!! I have tried everything to get their attention and a loud bicycle bell is the best. The sounds is universally recognised. I like the incredibell becuase you can control the sound by giving a polite little ding or
an urgent sharp bell. It works. Good clamp, good product. | | Weaknesses: |
Zip, none. | | Similar Products Used: |
Shouting, cussing, clicking my brake levers. | | Bike Setup: |
All kinds, I have one on each bike (commuter, track, road, tandem) | | Bottom Line: | Use it to save yourself and others from injury. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bruce
a weekend warrior
from San Jose, CA
Date Reviewed: January 26, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
OK... I have to admit that I'm the only one in my family of four without this bell on my bike. My wife was the first to get one... Ding..Ding! Then my sons, 8 and 6 had to have one too... Ding...Ping...Ding...Ping! When we're on the trail it sounds like the circus is in town :o) Everyone smiles as we roll past. Believe me, we don't need a fourth bell. These guys have made enough money off me already. But I have to admit that if I were a kid, I'd have to have one too! Simple, sturdy, LOUD, and fun! Put one on your kid's bike, and watch him smile. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Roger Buchanan
a weekend warrior
from Winnipeg MB Canada
Date Reviewed: December 31, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Happy New Year...well, in a bit.I love the thing. A little ding let's people know that I'm coming up behind them. Sometimes they reach for their money, thinking that I'm an Ice Cream Truck.A big ding, and people scatter from places they shouldn't be.It looks a little goofy on a FS bike, but that's the cost of not running people over, or of not being run over. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a weekend warrior
from aliso viejo,ca
Date Reviewed: December 30, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
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Submitted by
Charles
a cross-country rider
from Pasadena,Ca
Date Reviewed: December 1, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Amazing product. Not only is this bell an ice-breaker on the trails with hikers, but it truly works. The $6.99 gadget is so small but yet so loud. I love using my bell out on the trails, ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding. Nothing is more fulfilling than going behind a slower rider on a narrow trail and ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding =) Great on warning deers too that tend to be awe strucked by my presence | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jimbeau
a cross-country rider
from California
Date Reviewed: October 14, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
A hardy little gizmo. It's withstood several crashes -- seems to know when to get outta the way. It's not loud enough to replace on-you-left, but helps....especially when you can barely breath, much less voice a warning. If nothing else, it gives the guys at the lift something to do while loading your bike. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rog
a cross-country rider
from Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 13, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I got one of the XL versions. XL? Geez, no kidding. I set the thing off inside and my wife clobbered me for making so much noise. That thing should be listed like I am, XXL. It only has to work once, and save me from one crash, and it is worth the price (not the $'s, the goofy looks factor)Anybody want to see pictures from next years Pan Am Games mountain bike race course??? | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mel S.
a weekend warrior
from Richmond, CA
Date Reviewed: March 24, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
The Incredibell is one of the best, functional chi-chi's you can get for your bike. It helps warn people and animals of your presence (just as you're about to blow by at 50 miles per-hour), and keeps people from calling you very bad names :)
Little, light, and loud! The Incredibell works. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Micah
a cross-country rider
from Pittsburgh
Date Reviewed: December 9, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
What could be more fun than getting behid your friend on a climb and dinging until they go insane?? Huh, huh? Well, mtbr said I had to write 50 words to get this posted so here goes. The thing works. It's great for announcing your presence and scaring(?) off all the bears, and it's only $7!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
masabo
a cross-country rider
from Cleve-Oh
Date Reviewed: November 28, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
A must-have!
I put one of these on all my bikes, they are best on those paved trails that are shared by everybody. Until you get the pedestrians trained, you can get a lot of laughs because most people upon hearing the bell think they've dropped their change. And yes, people with walkmen on really aren't paying attention to the world.
The only thing to watch out for, is they don't work too well in the rain, but
most people scatter first. I've gotten used to wiping off the bell before passing pedestrians in the rain.As stated below, buy the real incredibell, not a knockoff. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chucko
a weekend warrior
from Silicon Valley, USA
Date Reviewed: October 8, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I have the Incredibell XL on both my commuter and my REAL MTB. For the trail, it's great, except the ringer can squirm out of thumb's reach. And the bell gets a much better response than ON YOUR LEFT! ever did. For the road, it's not loud enough, but that's not Incredibell's fault. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Uncle
a cross-country rider
from Durango, CO
Date Reviewed: August 27, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Best $7 you can spend to support open trails. You'll get thanked by every hiker or walker you meet. Trails 2000 here in Durango gave out like 400 of them at its annual picnic. Warning: Dont' buy the Nashbar version, the clamp diameter only fits steel handlebars, and it's not nearly as loud. Go ahead and send your $20 to IMBA, but invest in your local trails with an Incredibell. They are great./. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
celly
a cross-country rider
from Calgary, AB, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 25, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Simple and effective. I'll bet ya that if these things were available in ti, more people would buy them. An important safety device on any bike and cheap too. (unless they decide on a ti model for those of you who don't think bells are cool). | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John B
a cross-country rider
from Los Angeles
Date Reviewed: August 25, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Don't laugh- this is the best accessory I ever bought! This little thing is
loud and works great to warn pedestrians or let people know you are around
a blind corner. It doesn't rattle or make any noise unless you want it to.
Note that the incredibell model works a lot better than Taiwanese knock-offs.
The imitation job I bought just didn't work like the original. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy M.
a cross-country rider
from Anchorage, AK
Date Reviewed: April 7, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
We use these up here to make bears aware of our presence in addition to warning other trail users that we're coming up behind them. I find that they don't work very well on city bike trails when the walker/jogger is wearing headphones, makes one wonder sometimes. Good addition to any bike, don't let anybody tell you that you're a geek if you have one. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tango Rose
a weekend warrior
from So-Cal
Date Reviewed: February 27, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Cool - Use it going into every blind corner !!!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan Glass
a weekend warrior
from CT
Date Reviewed: February 16, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
This bell is also perfect for kid's bikes. There is a handle bar mount model (as opposed to the end of the bar) and the ringer can be struck from any angle using either thumb or fore finger. It is loud but not obnoxious. It is small so it is less likely to get cought on cloths. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Roger M.
a cross-country rider
from Phoenix,AZ.
Date Reviewed: November 5, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
This puppy is one of the best upgrades I've made yet to my bike. It's a great way to notify other trail users of your presence and likewise for the street.ring-ring!It's fully adjustable and easy too reach from the bar. These should be standard on all new bikes.ring-ring!
Most importantly, it has returned some of that childhood fascination back to cycling.ring-ring!Whenever I find myself taking riding too seriously , I ring my bell and I'm reminded of why I ride a MTB.ring-ring!
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Submitted by
Luis Leon
a weekend warrior
from Bklyn, NY
Date Reviewed: October 22, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
I love my incredibell... It's a nice way of saying out of my way! It's by far my favorite accessory on the bike. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Blinkey
a weekend warrior
from Riverside, CA
Date Reviewed: October 17, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Loudest bell I have heard yet.Very small, can be rotated on bar to your liking.Did I say it was loud?$9.00 LBS | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Benz OuYang
a cross-country rider
from Berkeley, California
Date Reviewed: October 17, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
With so many other users on the trails around here, I can't understand why not a lot more people have this useful accessory. It's cheap, it's durable, it's light, it's small and it's LOUD. What more can one possibly ask for? Safetize yourself; get a Safety Bell! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lee
a weekend warrior
from California, USA
Date Reviewed: June 14, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Mirrycle Incredibell, handlebar mount version, bought in 1995.
Good:
It is easy to use, and is loud enough to cause others to notice
when you use it.
It is small and takes up little handlebar space.
Its dinger handle can be rotated to any direction, to allow use
on either side of the bar in any orientation.
Other:
Bells are useful at blind corners or when approaching others
from behind.
A bar end version is also available, but appears to be less
versatile in terms of mounting it where you can use it easily. | | Overall Rating: |
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