Trek’s electronic bike bell lets you customize how urgent it sounds
by Andrew Liszewski from The Verge - All Posts on (#6PTZ1)
Cyclists have quick access to two of eight selectable alert tones. | Image: Trek The quiet ding of many bike bells isn't always enough to alert pedestrians or vehicles of a cyclist's presence. Trek's new BellBeats is a compact Bluetooth speaker that can be mounted to a bike's handlebars giving cyclists a selection of eight quick-access alert tones that are either friendly or urgent.
Like a traditional bike bell, the alert tones on the BellBeats can be triggered while riding, using a thumb button. Cyclists can select two of eight tones - including a ringing metal bell, a subdued train horn, or an old-timey ahooga horn - that are activated with either a long or short press of the button.
Trek claims the BellBeats' alert tones are more noticeable than the sounds made by traditional bike bells because they encompass a...