Knog Oi Luxe Cycling Bell

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  I really wanted to like this product! I love how it looks and the size! But unfortunately the performance is very poor compared to even a cheap bell! The video is all the info you need!

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  tl;dr The large luxe version is plenty loud with a pure, cutting tone. I love it!The one to get is definitely the large luxe. I've read professional reviews indicating that the small luxe bell suffers from a design flaw, that the striker will bounce and dampen the resonance. The result is an unimpressive thunk! sound. The classic bells, both small and large, use a plastic striker that doesn't peal as strongly as a metal strike, nor is it as durable. Customer reviews on Amazon tend to align with these pro reviewers, as the more unfavorable reviews tend to correspond to the classic and the small luxe. Best to sick with large luxe only.In any case I have two other cheapo bells, both with plastic strikers. The Oi Luxe is louder with a longer ring than both.Before receiving my Oi I watched Knog's promo video in which installation was demonstrated. The video warns against driving the screw so far that the top and bottom of the ring meet. Space must be left to allow the top of the ring to resonate. In order to achieve this gap with a firm mount on my 25.4 mm handlebars, I used both the plastic shim and the adhesive rubber strip (both included), even though the instructions only demanded the rubber strip for 23.8 mm bars. I will not be contained! *rips shirt off*

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 lookCons: 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.

If a bell rings on the trail and nobody hears it, does it make a sound?I really wanted to love this bell. It's elegant and appears to be well designed at first glance. The tone is very pleasing, almost melodic. However, its whisper-like volume is nearly useless for warning other people. This bell would be ideal attached to a library cart for the purpose of warning other readers. All it needs is a stronger spring. I'm going to see if I can I modify mine to make it work.Save your money and buy a Crane or Spurcycle.

Sunday riders who feel they need the sonic power of a church bell may not like this little baby. I do. I commute via bike 14+ miles 5 days a week. NYC law requires a bell, so I wanted something light and sleek. I hardly ever touched the last bell I had. I find my voice to be far more effective. The only time I use this polite solo xylophone is when I'm overtaking another cyclist and we're both riding slowly. When I'm going 25-30 mph by the Navy yard I'll give an unaware pedestrian a "yo" at 30 yards. No bell is as good as the voice when you're really moving. Even at 15-20 mph pedestrians who love to stand or suddenly step in front of one in the bike lane seem to respond better to a voice. This little bell is a sweet piece of design though. I approve. As for those who say it chimes inadvertently, I find it only tinkles a bit over railroad tracks, grated drawbridges, and the occasional pothole or steel road plate.

This thing is beautiful! Unfortunately, I need something that will actually alert people as to my presence BEFORE I get there, and this does not do that. I tested this on a very quiet rail trail near me, and people didn't seem to notice it at all. After comparing it to a proper "standard" good quality bell, it is very clear that this is at least 10 times quieter, and maintains the ring for about half or less of the duration of the ring. Some other notes:The lever is flimsy, but we're adults and can handle it.The ring sounds like something is touching the aluminum ringer, severely muffling the ring and introducing other sounds (not a "pure" ring as in the video)The quality of the plastic is VERY good, and seems very durable, as is the clamping mechanism, and does not have to be very tight to hold firmly.Did I say that it's pretty? I really wanted this as I do not like the look of a bell shaped tumor on my handlebars...I compared this to: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018J4EIQU (same pitch but without all of the above caveats)Buy this if you care 90% bout looks and 10% about volume

I ordered this bell for my Cannondale Synapse road bike, as I found myself occasionally cycling on a section of paved bike path which is frequented by pedestrians with strollers and little kids on bikes. I learned that pedestrians weren't hearing my call, "On your left!", so I decided to try a bell instead. I like the design of this product in that it is sleek and unassuming. It doesn't take up a ton of room on the handlebars, and even has a nice cut-out for routing cables underneath it. The bell mounted quickly and easily, and seems to be loud enough for my purposes.

Schon nach dem ersten Test war ein Abdruck des Klöppels auf dem Klangkörper klar sichtbar.Bei der ersten Ausfahrt war wohl das Kopfsteinpflaster ein Problem und irgendetwas hat sich gelockert, sodass der Klöppel nun völlig lose ist und bei jeder Bodenwelle anschlägt. Die Klingel war also nach der 1. Ausfahrt kaputt.Wenn ich das ~20fache des Materialpreises für ein Produkt bezahle, hat es hochwertig und makellos zu sein.Punkt 1 ist ägerlich. Punkt 2 darf einfach nicht passieren.

Buy something else, seriously.The bell rattles, leading to a constant tinkling background noise that get incredibly frustrating after mere seconds of riding. The bell itself isn't particularly loud, completely unable to cut through the hubbub of a mothers-meeting blocking a cycle path and leading me to have to whistle to get their attention.The clapper lasted less than a week. The spring is of poor quality in the first place, only held in place with a dab of epoxy, and once used a few times it bends back away from the bell as to be rendered completely useless. If you manage to snag it on anything, it comes apart. The spring irrevocably stretches and the epoxy comes unstuck from the absolutely tiny plastic clip meant to keep it in place.Avoid at all costs other than aesthetics, and buy anything else that serves the same function.

The purpose of this is to go 'ding' when it is pinged. It looks lovely and I like the ergonomics - it can fit right next to the grip so can be pinged with a small movement of the thumb. So far so good.The problem is the 'ding'. When it works it's a bit, well, discreet. Kind of hard to hear. Which, sonorous though it may be, makes it sub-optimal when it comes to attracting attention and warning people you're approaching.Worse than that, the thing you ping (the dinger) is a bit of a dud. It gets brushed and bumped quite easily and when it does it has a bad habit of getting stuck in a funny position. So when you ping the dinger what comes out is a bit of a donk.So, great design and I want it to work. But it needs to be louder and dinger needs to be up to the job of being pinged...

This is an expensive bell, but it has a unique and practical form factor. I was able to fit the narrow design in the small space between my grip and the brake lever bracket which would not have been possible with any other design and made good use of remaining space on my handlebar. Ring seems loud enough and build quality seems okay.** UPDATE: 3 months later **I have revised my review from 5 stars down to 2. Although, this bell has much going for it, there are some inherent flaws in the design as experienced by other reviewers. The hammer is attached only by the spring, and this is done with a minuscule amount of plastic deformation to pinch the spring. This breaks easily, and it is then very difficult to effect and adequate repair. Additionally, the spring is easily deformed, and I found that an errant thumb reaching for a gear shifter could bend the spring out of shape, increasing the distance between the hammer and the bell, making it harder to ring. Once deformed, it is not really possible to correct this by bending the opposite way, as the bell prevents this. I cannot imagine this lasting if used with any frequency and this is does not represent good value for money.

It's 3 times the price of any bell I've had before but given I already had a Knog lock and more than one set of Knog Frog lights and having been impressed by them I went for it. After all, I like to reward creativity and design where I can. The materials are nice and the bell is barely noticeable visually (black bell on black bars). Yes, the sound is pleasant but the bell receives two stars because it isn't very loud. I once got the hammer twisted in its guide by pulling it too far back in an effort to get it ring loud enough so as to be heard by a jogger with headphones in. The two of us had quite a falling out as he jumped out his skin as I passed. "You should have a bell!" He helpfully pointed out to me. Had it mounted for a 2 week trip and found it really hit or miss as to whether it was heard.