MYBELL: Bicycle bell plays any sound at 100 dB

The sound of a traditional bicycle bell is inherently friendly and impossible to ring angrily in the way that car horns are blared, so to help cyclists make heard above the din of city streets, MYBELL is a new design of bicycle speaker that plays any sound you choose at over 100 dB.

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According to the makers of the £60 MYBELL, different sounds elicit different responses depending on geography and culture. A traditional bike bell might work in some areas if it can be heard, but sometimes your surroundings necessitate a different audible or visual signal. What works in Brooklyn might not work in Shanghai or London. The sound emitted by the speaker is limited only by what you can provide as a sound file; truck horn, favourite piece of music, string of expletives. The list goes on.

MYBELL can store two digital files. Tapping the button on top of the speaker plays the first sound and tapping it twice access the second digital file. The firt sound is intended to be used for imminent danger while the second as a gentler sound to provide a friendly heads up.

Win your own MYBELL

MYBELL is currently available via Kickstarter, and if the project makes its target, we have one to give away. To enter, leave a comment at the bottom of this page letting us know what sound you would upload to your MYBELL.

Ultimate bicycle horns

The bicycle bell is a much under-valued accessory. Although it is a legal requirement that bicycle start their lives with a bell fitted, the fashion is for them to be quickly removed.

Perhaps one reason for the absence of the bicycle bell on so many handlebars is that the sound doesn’t carry particularly well in traffic. It’s the reason that urban cyclists tend to shout warnings and bike couriers sometimes carry whistles. at over 100 dB, the sound of a MYBELL is certian to be heard amongst the traffic, but there are even louder bicycle horns in existence. Here at the ETA, we built the 178 dB Hornster in reaction to the danger of lorries in city centres.

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Cycle insurance

Every cycle insurance policy from the ETA includes new-for-old replacement if your bike is stolen, cover for accidental damage (race events included), £5m third party insurance (in the case of an accident you may need to seek compensation or even deal with a claim by someone else), personal accident cover and if you breakdown, we will even come out and recover you and your bike.