No joke, Karoo as bicycle bell

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Henry

• August 02, 2024 11:09

In Germany, it is a rule that every bicycle must have a bell.
The sound of the Karoo is so loud, how about an icon that triggers a ringtone, perhaps even with a self-installable wav or mp3 file? Such a solution would be legal.
Then I could remove the ugly bicycle bell from my racing bike.

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  Michael

  • August 02, 2024 12:46

  No, would not comply with German regulations, bells have to be mechanical. But for a roadbike I wouldn't care to much about it. 
  Anyway, the Karoo cannot play mp3, it has only a beeper installed. In my opinion a beeping sound would be too irritating for pedestrians.  

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  Henry

  • August 02, 2024 13:11

  in Austria its allowed, the main reason for me because there the sheriff is much more critical than germans

   

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  Victor Perez

  • August 02, 2024 18:41

  CloseTheGap HideMyBell, the bike bell under the bike computer mount.
  Life can be so simple.

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  Valter C.

  • August 05, 2024 13:48

  This is already possible with a Di2 bike and Karoo 2. The Karoo beeper can kind of simulate a bell sound.

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  James Eastwood

  • August 05, 2024 16:52

  Has been added to the latest version. Maybe beta? Not sure but GPLAMA has added it to his insta story.

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  Francisco Javier Cejudo Barcience

  • August 10, 2024 16:00

  In Spain the police are beginning to sanction for not having a bell on bicycles. Legally, the mandatory one must be mechanical, but for now some agents are accepting the electronic one that is integrated into devices such as the Garmin Edge 1050. The sanctions for not wearing it are expensive, so we should consider installing a bell on our bikes, and better if it is mechanical.

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  Jim C

  • August 10, 2024 16:15

  Ki2 v7.1 has Bell option

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  Francisco Javier Cejudo Barcience

  • August 10, 2024 16:19
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  @Jim C, 

  It's a great improvement, but it's still not compatible with K3. 
  Anyway, I'd like to see how it sounds.
  Thank you.

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  Michael

  • September 13, 2024 18:39

  I used the Garmin 1050 for a while, which has a bell. It's OK but could be a lot louder.

  You can ring the bell with the Garmin remote control, works fine.

  Without a RC (like Karoo) a bell doesn't make much sense.

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  Łukasz Strzelecki

  • October 04, 2024 12:59

  I don't know if anyone noticed but when you disable sound alerts bike bell doesn't work anymore :(

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