🚲 Mountain Bike Bell - Timber! Quick Release Model Review

I was using a regular ringer that had to be dialed manually. The reaction you get on this call is completely different. It's not that this bell is louder than the other bells, it's not. But when hikers hear the continuous chime of this thing coming down the trail, they react like a fire engine is hurtling down the trail. Dogs and small children are being pulled out of the way far more frenetically than anyone has ever responded to the more conventional ring-to-ring. Nobody gets angry, they just

Has two modes: silent and ringing. It sounds every time you hit a bump. There are just enough rings to be annoying (that's the point) when cornering blind corners. You can then silence him when the path opens. I set it up so I can just toggle it with my thumb. The O-ring makes it easy to remove on race day. I like it a lot more than physically pushing a button. **Update** After riding it for a couple of weeks I'm really happy. I usually don't say anything but today as I approached the runner I…

Great solution when you have to deal with inattentive/inattentive/aloof tourists or totally indifferent to their surroundings staring at their feet/phones. The ringer is quite loud, and as you drift at high speed, the frequency of the 'ringtones' will increase, signaling greater urgency to both humans and non-humans you may encounter. In addition, the company supports its product. 2,000 km / 8 months. The instructions on their website said they would fix it for free within a year or charge $5…

There's something I love about this call but it broke after just a few rides. Also, it has a design flaw that I'm afraid might damage your bike. When mounted on a handlebar, it hangs low enough to hit the bike's top tube when the handlebars are rotated. This isn't usually a problem, but I fell once, not very hard, and the metal part of the bell hit the carbon fiber of the top tube with enough force to dislodge the bell from the base. I couldn't find any damage to my frame, but that kept me from

There's something I love about this call but it broke after just a few rides. Also, it has a design flaw that I'm afraid might damage your bike. When mounted on a handlebar, it hangs low enough to hit the bike's top tube when the handlebars are rotated. This isn't usually a problem, but I fell once, not very hard, and the metal part of the bell hit the carbon fiber of the top tube with enough force to dislodge the bell from the base. I couldn't find any damage to my frame, but that kept me from

After reading about the problems with "LOUD" I thought yes this would be the perfect call for my MTB. It's easier to turn down the volume than to turn it up louder. I'm a driver in Phoenix that can be made of MANY rocks, from sand to boulders, TONS of rocks. I sometimes ride in a miner's helmet, jk. Rocks aside, there are definitely some trails that I ride with blind turns, plus we share these trails with both tourists and more importantly, riders. After speaking to a rider about trail sharing…

My main purpose in purchasing this bell was to warn my husband when he was too far ahead of me and couldn't hear the bell and for that it works great. One trail we are on is mostly cinder and gravel and tire noise drowned out the bell and he couldn't hear me at 15ft. Our last ride on a dry single track was much better - he could hear me from about 50 feet away. You won't really be able to tell him I'm very far behind, but he'll probably hear it if I fall. :) The purpose of the bell is to warn…

Works great. I like the sound (Timber Bell timbre if you will ;> ) - First of all I mostly use it off road in Bear and Mountain Lion Country (Northern Sierra and Nevada) just like "I'm here". Watch out for wildlife as on long lonely climbs (from bumpy roads to rough rocky gravel surfaces) when I'm moving slowly but can't see the bushes and trees. - I use it on descents when I can't see around corners. Works great when getting close to hikers and joggers. they hear it and step aside happily…

We know our bikes should have a bell. In some states it is even the law. But it's stupid, isn't it? We can just say something, apologize, or bleep in our best Roadrunner voice. Or the Royal Cycling Team "to your left” and watch as pedestrians, confused like squirrels in a city park, try to figure out what this information means to them. We're frustrated when we hit the brakes, or maybe we're amused that we almost missed the result. Want a happily safer alternative? It's right here. This bell is