RideBellChain.com - Do you have a Ridebell on your scoot?

MarkTur · Post by **MarkTur** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:22 pm

Hi all,

I wanted to let everyone know about our new site, http://www.RideBellChain.com

This is a urban-legend thing that is well known in the motorcycle community, and I found out about it after I bought my bike. It's really a cool concept.

In short, the legend says that there are "road gremlins" lurking in the cracks, crevices, and pot holes in roads, waiting to jump on to your bike or scoot and cause havoc with your motor and bad luck to you. A RideBell or Guardian(r) Bell on your bike acts somewhat like a magnet, and draws all the gremlins into the bell, and when it rings they fall off.

The luck of the bell only really works if it is given to you as a gift - it you buy one for yourself, it's only "half power".

When I found out about it, I posted that I didn't have one, and someone (a complete stranger!) bought me one and sent it to me. When I received mine, I wanted to send her money for it, but instead she said "Buy one for the next person who needs one."

Hmmm...OK, being that I am a software architect, a plan started forming in my mind, and the end result is our new site, http://www.RideBellChain.com.

Go there, click on the button to request a free bell. When you receive your bell, it's time for you to continue the chain (on the honor system). You can then pick out one of 20 different bells, and have it sent directly to the next person on the list, or you can specify someone specific to receive it (like if you want to send one specifically to YOUR friend, for example).

The site has been running for a few days now, and the system WORKS. So far, just about everyone I have met that rides (doesn't matter what) seem to be really nice people and they haven't broken the chain.

We are selling the bells for the same price as other web sites ($12) that sell Guardian(r) Bells - made in USA BTW - and then we take care of the shipping, tracking, etc. The cost is less than it would cost you to do this yourself!

What a nice thing you can do for a fellow rider!
Please let me know what you all think, and sorry for the really long post.

Thanks,
Mark

http://www.RideBellChain.com

JNV · Post by **JNV** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:52 pm

One was given to me by my brother in Law (of all people).

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:54 pm

I was under the impression that riders would put bells on their bikes so they could hear if any punk was trying to move it... the gremlin thing is prolly a joke they made up for all the noobs.

MarkTur · Post by **MarkTur** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:58 pm

Nice! Ride Safe.

Hey, since one was given to you, why not give one to someone else? Remember, you can choose who gets it, or it can go to the next person waiting on the list...

MarkTur · Post by **MarkTur** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:59 pm

KRUSTYburger wrote:I was under the impression that riders would put bells on their bikes so they could hear if any punk was trying to move it... the gremlin thing is prolly a joke they made up for all the noobs.

I had no idea why or what they were, but you can see the legend on many sites if you Google it.

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:02 pm

Yeah, I've heard the evil road spirit/gremlin story a number of times. Might as well be safe and prevent gremlins before its too late!

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:34 pm

Call me when someone starts making zombie bells.

bunny · Post by **bunny** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:37 pm

My OH & I bought bells for each other.

kneil67@yahoo.com · Post by **kneil67@yahoo.com** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:00 am

I like gremlins they are tasty gremlin fingers are my fav

ellen · Post by **ellen** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:04 am

I always heard them called Gremlin Bells www.gremlinbells.com
Here is mine

The story is, if someone GIVES them to you, they have twice the power.
So a few people on Scooter Diva started trading them.
http://www.scooterdiva.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2077

donkin · Post by **donkin** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:56 am

+1 for the Bells

But are they anything like the trunk monkey?

-Don

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:18 am

donkin wrote:+1 for the Bells

But are they anything like the trunk monkey?

-Don

I don't have a bell, but I have TWO trunk monkeys

eldoroddo · Post by **eldoroddo** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:07 am

If you get a karma bell, ya gotta dress like a pirate, wear assless chaps, and smoke American Spirit cigarettes.

You would look like a friggin' dork.

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:26 pm

Racenut wrote:
donkin wrote:+1 for the Bells

But are they anything like the trunk monkey?

-Don
I don't have a bell, but I have TWO trunk monkeys

I use the Trunk Monkey anti theft device. The capuchan model fits perfectly in the pet carrier!
http://www.trunkmonkey.com/content/view/44/1/

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:38 pm

I've never heard of this before, sounds like fun. In the world we live in today ANY good "mojo" is a benifit to us all, ride safe, be safe.

Wonder if this mojo will work for any other vehicle, and how BIG of a "gremlin bell" might be needed to send my son to put on his "Ambo" in Iraq????

MarkTur · Post by **MarkTur** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:48 pm

Not sure if size matters - OK, don't go there!

We do have a nice grenade bell as well as a Marine bell...I will be happy to ship it to him regardless of the extra cost for shipping.

Please let him know that we are PROUD of him. I am against the war, but I fully and unconditionally respect and have gratitude for our troops. As a dad, I can only imagine what you and the rest of your family are going through, and I wish him the very best.

Thanks
Mark
http://www.RideBellChain.com

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:17 pm

Thanks, Mark

I appriciate all your good words....... I as well do not believe in this war either, but as a parent I am extreamly proud of my kids, my son is my second to be deployed to Iraq as well as my son-in-law. All three are combat medics, their job is to make sure other peoples' kids, spouses and parents etc. make it home.
As a combat veteran myself I am prouder yet, as I owe my life therefore the actual existance of my son and daughter to a compentant Medic when I was serriously wounded in combat in the late 1970's.

alienmeatsack · Post by **alienmeatsack** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:30 pm

Cool idea. We did something similar with sweets on a site I used to frequent ages ago. It was fun because you never knew what you'd get and from whom.

I hope I am not sounding like a jerk, but $8.95 for shipping and handling seems awfully high. Why so much? Considering the size of the bells and their weight, even with a small box, etc I think $3-4 for priority mail sounds much better.

IMHO

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:55 pm

Bell shopping now........ My neighbor has had issues with his chineese scoot since the second week he's had it!!

rondothemidget · Post by **rondothemidget** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:04 am

Beware of defective biker bells. My brother worked at a Harley shop and every crashed Harley had a biker bell. He said the bells were made in China and that there should have been a recall.

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