So I was in my LBS today, swapping some tubes for my wife's 700c, Shraeder Raleigh.
I poked around and saw they had Crane Hammer Strike Suzu bells in stock : copper, brass, aluminum. I have been wanting a silver one to match my silver components on my Rivbikes. Here is what I discovered. *The brass goes :* bleeeeaaaannnggggg(sssiiiiiiiiinnnnggggaaarrrnnnggg) (rolling overtones in parenths) Crystal clear sonorous sound. Complex overtones. Low note, trolley sounding bell. I love the sound. The brass is beautiful and a rich looking color. *The Copper goes:* Diiiing. Not much in the way of overtones. Fundamental tone. Crystal clear and also nice. Higher tone if I remember than the brass. But the color is dull and not as pretty as pictured on websites. *The aluminium goes :* Plunk. Dull, muffled tone, like someone stuffed it with felt or something. I even looked inside to see if anything was dampening the sound. All three in stock were devoid of packaging material and were plunky toned. No packing in the dome. The silver color is dull and flat. So I guess I like the brass best. It sounds best to my ears, and is cool when it ages and gets all patina-ed up. I have one from RBW already and hope to get another in the next order. What would really be great is a *real* 1" headset spacer hammer bell. *Which of the crane suzu hammer striker bell metals do you like best?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
