What better way to ring in the changes of a new year than a beautifully engineered titanium bicycle bell?
Unlike a traditional bicycle bell, the Oi bicycle bell wraps discreetly around the handlebar in a way that looks as good on a vintage ride as it does on a road bike.
As well as reexamining the way a traditional bicycle bell looks, Australian company Knog examined its sound. While the alloy used in the most basic models might be cheap to produce, the flimsy plastic used to strike the dome produces a tinny sound. The Oi bicycle bell uses a spring-loaded actuator to strike firm and fast, resulting in a good balance of volume and longevity of sound. The bell has several pitch tones – one core and several supportive higher tones.
Win the Oi bicycle bell
We have a top-of-the-range titanium Oi bicycle bell to giveaway. Leave us a message at the bottom of this page letting us know what bike you’d be fitting it to and we’ll pick a name.
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Your handlebars wear a bell as your wrist sports a watch. It may not be essential, but it’s useful and can look good, too. The bells fitted by law to all new bicycles are cheap and nasty looking – and almost always quickly removed once the bike leaves the shop. This is unfortunate because if you cycle on tracks and paths shared with others, they are a polite way of announcing your approach, especially if followed with a verbal greeting and request to pass.
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Bryn Jones
What innovative stylish engineering! In think bells should be compulsory, and maybe your bells doubly so.
KERRY CRIPPS
GIANT
India Latham
These are amazing – I think one of these would look perfect on Orpheus (my new Genesis).
Seriously though, cycling along the canal in London without a bell is treacherous so if you sent me one of these you would be improving many peoples quality of life! Anything is better than me weakly saying ‘scuse’ me’, as the angry tourists evilly glance at me sideways muttering to themselves.
Thanks,
India
S B
What a swell bell….pity Santa didn’t put one in his sack for me….must be better behaved for next Christmas…!
Graham Chadwick
A bell stylish enough to fit to a good bike and made from the right metal to go with my Omega Cyclone
Jen Cronin
Beautiful – I’d love one!
Stuart Lamb
This would go nicely on my Focus Mares, which goes by the name of Anakin, due to it being Skywalker blue 🙂
Robert Holland
Classic simplicity of design will be a perfect match for my Trek Domane.
Chris
Love it! Perfect for my Brompton.
Arun Venkatesan
If I win, I will be attaching the uber-cool black Oi bicycle Bell to my hot black and red Btwin Triban 540 bike!
Darrel Hier
“Oi , i `m coming past”, “Oi, excuse me please”, These are the words i sometimes utter to pass by people on my lovely de rosa road bike, It would be a dream to ding, one of your lovely Oi bells , to let people know i am about to overtake, and not ” Oi “at them with my voice. The bell would not only look beautiful on my bike, matching its streamline looks, but if i can play do re mi fa so la ti do, as well, i would be so happy.Also they would match my knog frog lights, after all safety comes first, and my winter ride would be complete.Great item by the way.
Peter Clark
I’d fit it to my Specialized Sirrus Comp hybrid for my commute
Jane
It would make a lovely replacement for my defunct King of the Road vintage bell, sitting purely ornamentally on my silver Bristol Bicycles’ Whiteladies model.
sara garside
I would love one please for my husbands giant defy , then he wouldn’t look at me with a “could you ring your bell please ” .
Sleek modern design that would look good on a road bike.
Fingers crossed !
Judith Da Silva
Well! You must have been picking up on my disappointment at my bike’s bell having just bust! I couldn’t think of a better replacement than your beautiful OI Bicyce Bell for my Dahon SP330 portable bike! I love the colours, the style and the idea of optional tones! Fantastic!
Rick Gregory
Perfect for my super simple steel singlespeed Bianchi.
Alex R
I’d put it on my Whyte Dorset. Then hopefully all those runners with headphones might hear me – don’t laugh but the most common reply when I end up hollering at them is ‘get a bell!’
Donald Payne
Truly beautiful! Don.
Don Thompson
My Titanium Lynskey is still waiting for a bell to be fitted although my usual warning is a any song that comes to mind or a Good morning!
Don
What a perfectly engineered piece of architecture that would look superb on my 1950’s Butchers Bike! The Old & the New in Harmony!
Joyce Edmond-Smith
I love riding my lovely Freego e-bike , if this bell can be heard by the ones walking in front of me listening to their music , that would be great and save my voice.
Fiona Hunt
I love this stylish bell; it would look great on my Trek FX hybrid. Hope I’m a winner!
Paul
The bell on my Gazelle Impala was damaged when I came off last year — one of these would look and sound wonderful as a replacement.
Peter Chisnall
I’d love to give a ringing endorsement if fitted to my powabyke.
Rob Lewis
Hope it’s loud enough to be heard by the semi-deaf walkers on the cycle paths around Bath!
George James
I just know that my matt black Cannondale Synapse would love to wear this elegant ring on her left handlbar. I’m virtually married to my bike already so about time she had a ring.
Jan Heatley
As a literal semi-deaf cyclist and walker (interestingly,from Bath) I know how important a good bicycle bell is. Do hope this design catches on.
Dave Clarke
Wow looks really cool, and would be a nice addition to my lovely green Brompton to make commuting just that bit safer!
Peggy Sparrow
I would love one for my mobility scooter. I sing as i go along the roads, also pass the time of day with those i pass.. I have a child’s bike bell, but that isn’t loud enough for folks to hear, hence my put of tune singing
Jen
A discreet bicycle bell at last ! And a great range of colours, I would love one !
peta sandison
Would look great on my Marin San Rafael and save me whistling badly at the tow path users in Oxford!
Bill
I’m sure one of these would look great on my Airnimal.
TheCyclist
I would fit it to my Roberts Roughstuff bicycle. It would add a fabulous touch to it, improve safety of others, as well as my own safety. No excuses any more – not with an OI bell.
Jane
I’d love one for my Falcon Explorer 12, please. It’s 25 years old and going strong!
Santa
Ding, dong! 😉
Inge
It would go on my trusty black Dawes Lady Galaxy from the late 70s! Thank you!
Andrew Harmsworth
I’d fit it to my wife’s ATB to replace her recently broken plastic/metal one!
Al Napp
Oi’d like one
phil Cooper
My Rhigos bike needs a new hi-tech bell to warn the horses and riders I encounter in the lanes.
And when I see their ears turn after a ring or two I’ll know they know I’m there.
Cheers
Malcolm Liddle
A black one will blend in on my all black Focus hybrid. Stealth dinging!!
Tim
I spent a small fortune on my new electric bike, which I love very much! Edinburgh is getting used to me – a musical bell would be a bit of real class!
Dave Mann
Oi’d like one to Defy Giants.
Chris Johnson
Even if I am lucky enough to win one I’ll still buy another, for my second bike.
Phil
Gis a bell!
Richard Scrase
Dingaling
Richard Scrase
This charming bell would be attached to my Cheltenham Pedersen
Mark B
Oi oi I’d love one of those!
David Twiss
This bell would do a wonderful vorsprung durch technik job on my Kalkhoff Agattu e-bike
Carl Hanratty
Ding ding. Giant Thrive
Carl Hanratty
Ding ding. Giant Thrive bike
Gordon Watt
Bellissima. It would add style and sophistication to my otherwise rugged silver and black Specialised Crosstrail
Laura Ashford
Perfect for my blue bobbin.
Fran Mclean
Would love one of these stylish bells for my much lived Trek Pilot.
Hilary
Ooh my bell’s just disintegrated. Would love one of these!
Mike Croker
Would go nicely on my black RoadRat (AKA Roland).
Ruth Shepherd
My trusty steed is a pale blue Claud(ette – it is a ladies’ frame) Butler. Route? Manchester’s newly-built cycle path along the Oxford Rd/Wilmslow Road corridor. A nightmare pedalling home through the Curry Mile – the cycle path is so handy for other travellers such as skateboarders, mobility scooter users, folk with pushchairs, shopping, I-pods and all in need of a gentle reminder that two wheels are good…..
Sue Bower
My bike certainly doesn’t match up to the bikes mentioned above in terms of glamour but my second hand Specialist is a dab hand at getting up and down the hills of Tyneside – with a little hep from its owner. This bell would certainly add a touch of glamour.
Dick Willis
Lush
Anne Joseph
This would look so cool on my much loved
LIV ADVANCED PRO 1. 😃
dave Conley
Looks great
Amanda morris
That super cool bell would feel right at home on my 50th birthday bicycle.
James Russell
It’ll go on my road bike, which I use for dry weather ‘how fast can I go’ commuting.
My touring bike gets the bulk of the commuting workload, but doesn’t fit the sleek and stylish concept of the Knog Oi bell.
Caroline Roques
This would be truly lovely on my Boardman Fi Hybrid commuting to work every day. Should help me warn people engrossed in their phones not to step out!
Peter Shirley
Ring my bell!
The next Lance
If I win it will be added to my Bianchi via Nirone, to match my Knog lights and Knog lock (all in turquoise of course, the nearest to Celeste).
Tim Earl
Nice, perfect for a minimalist.
Jane Collier
This ding-a-ling would look and sound wonderful on my faithful Whyte.
Bruce
Would love one for my daughter’s Trek tourer.
Jonathan Hunt
I’ve built up a steel ‘coffee/cream’ Planet X Kaffenback with an 11 Alfine hub gear and discs (and a special eccentric bb). I’ve used used retro brown saddle, leather tape, brown tyres and a gold chain. A modern/retro classic! This bell would round things off beautifully.
Francis Voon
Give me a bell!
Iain Maclennan
My ride is a trusty, rusty Dawes Mean Street, which has just passed its 25th birthday. I need a reliable bell that rings lustily every time, even when I have gloves on. Yes please.
Anne Hahlo
My daughter will spread the word of Oi around Amsterdam – the city of bikes – if she wins this
Christopher
Ting-a-ling!
Chris Selkirk
I would love to have an Oi bell. Its smooth curved outline would suit my classic Claud Butler Black Diamond touring bike.
Wesley Burrage
You can ring my bell.
Greg
ring a ding ding
I’m out for a spin
T Deave
Would look cool on any bike.
Andy Thorpe
Oi! Sorry to be abrupt, but can I have one of those please?
JungleJohn
I hear this is the bell that David Guetta wrote his song ‘titanium’ about.
I can’t confirm whether that is true or not, but I can confirm that I’d be putting the bell on my planet x pro carbon bike!
DINGDING!
Philip
I would be putting it on my Roux Etape tourer that I use for all-year-round commuting.
Anna Shakoor-Green
I use my bell a lot and would love one of these for my Dawes Galaxy touring bike. The Oi bell looks beautiful and I could admire it from time to time on long days of cycling and explore the different tones.
Helen Taylor-Carter
we’ll be ringing in the changes to the Rocky Mountain bars
Mi Gus
One of these on my road-going mobility scooter would have to be just fantastic. My ‘horn’ is so ineffective but this sounds as if it should sound great and it looks ultra-smart. Love to have one.
Lea Smith
These bells look amazing. I would love one for my Dawes Discovery commuting bike.
Brian
That looks amazing. A black one would be just the thing on my Matt black Fuji… please. 😄
Bevan Craddock
As the local Town Crier it would help me make people aware of me approaching on my Claude Butler. My handbell is too big and heavy and has to stay in my rucksack while cycling!
Jessie Nisbet
It will be stylish marriage – I really don’t need a carriage.
A new ‘Oi’ bell, will suit quite well,
On my Ridgeback I ride everyday…
Bill Day
This bell would be just the thing to draw attention to our Santana tandem
Austin
Would be a flash of cutting edge modernity to add to my 531 Evans frame hand-built at The Cut, Waterloo shop back in the day, with Shimano running gear from an 80s Dawes Mean Street, and set off the H+Sons Archetype wheels nicely.