> I can’t even think about what the cowbell must sound like when it’s up on your roof rack. Hahaha. These comments are funny. It's not a cowbell, that was just

> I can’t even think about what the cowbell must sound like when it’s up on your roof rack. Hahaha. These comments are funny. It's not a cowbell, that was just an analogy. It's a bike bell with an off switch. https://www.google.com/search?q=timber+bell https://www.google.com/search?q=timber+bell It's not "noise pollution" in any meaningful sense, except to the rider while it's on. :) But it is a good safety measure and is kind to other people on the trail. A loud hub isn't a particularly good replacement for me since I'm running into other riders and hikers just as often while pedaling as while free-wheeling or downhilling. Maybe even less often downhilling since we're getting more and more one-way trails these days. I even watched my friend who has a loud hub have a slow mostly harmless head-on with a climber coming around a blind corner last season. Climber got angry but hadn't made any attempt to be noticed whatsoever, it would have been completely avoided had he made any noise, like, you know, had a bell... My positive experience with it is very similar to what this guy describes, multiple people on the trail thanking me for using a bell. I've never once had a complaint about the noise, but occasionally I want it quieter for me. And I also found his 'secret' trick for keeping it slightly quieter, in addition to aiming it downward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD63c5pgHcU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD63c5pgHcU