I used to be doing a little private procuring right this moment, and bumped into one thing on the Soma Fabrications store website, aptly known as the Soma Fab Store, that I assumed a few of you guys may take an curiosity in. It’s a bell known as the E-Ne SBR Bell. It’s supplied by iconic Japanese bell producer, Crane Bell Co. and it seems prefer it’s drop bar-specific and fairly distinctive in its utility.
You want a bell.
At the least I’m fairly positive you do. I can’t actually communicate to driving in many various locations, however I can say driving round in Orange County, California may be fairly harmful, to say the least. Our automobile tradition right here is powerful, entrenched, and stocked stuffed with entitled motorists. Even driving on crowded bike-specific trails may be actually hazardous.
So, I’ve all the time used a bell.
I take advantage of a bell on each considered one of my bicycles, as I discover it a brilliant important piece of drugs when increase a motorcycle. As you might or might not know, my bell of alternative is the Spurcycle Unique. Nevertheless, on drop bars, my fingers are hardly ever in a spot the place it’s intuitive to make use of. However this one…
The E-Ne SBR Bell
The brand new E-Ne SBR bell places the bell near the shifters making it simpler to function whereas driving on the hoods. Which suggests your fingers can keep close to the brakes, which is vital when driving close to sufficient to folks that you simply’d wish to use your bell.
It’s additionally well-built, one thing we’ve come to count on from Crane Bell Co. The E-Ne SBR Bell’s clamp is manufactured from aluminum, not plastic. Soma says it’s brass bell’s ring high quality is nice, even on the Stealth Black model.
Pricing and Availability
It is available in 5 completely different colours – Brass, Copper, All Chrome Plate, Chrome Plate, and All Black.
The E-Ne SBR Bell is out there now on the Soma Fab Store, hyperlink beneath. It retails for a scant $39.95 and consists of two units of bolts, to suit completely different bar tape thicknesses.
Go get it.
