Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Have spent a week with this bell. For some background, I'm a casual road and mountain biker. My rides usually last 2 to 6 hours. I've always had a bell on my mountain and road bikes. I love the design of this bell, but it is just about useless to me. On road rides, cruising at 15 mph the bell is virtually inaudible to riders more than 8 feet away. I believe this is because the bell is lower frequency and does not have a punchy ring when hit with the striker This seems to cause the ring to get lost in background wind noise. Add to this the suspension of the bell itself is very springy. So much so that on a reasonably rough road surface the bell is constantly making a little ding.ding.ding.ding.ding noise. You also have to be very careful to keep your hand away from the bell because any contact will mute it almost completely. The cable relief in the band is a neat feature, and is one of the reasons I bought the OI brand. However, if your cables come out of the tape on the front of the bar instead of the bottom the bell striker will be rotated very far down on the bar. Due to the design this is fixed and cannot be adjusted on the bell... After noting the constant dinging on a semi-rough road I'm not even going to try it on the mountain bike.... Pros: Really slick look Cons: Not loud, Have to be careful where you touch it, Cable routing can cause bell to be forced into position where it is difficult to use, Minor vibrations cause bell to make noise.