I've been reading all the different responses about the bells and have seen them on several bikes that I've worked on. I've always heard that you should never buy one for yourself, someone is suppose to give you the bell as a gift.
I usually not a very superstious person, but I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to shame one of my buddies into giving me a bell in the very near future. I was also thinking it might be more of a regional ritual, maybe some can comment on that. What I mean is like where I'm from it's bad luck to give someone a knife without enclosing a coin in the box (that sort of thing). Anyway I don't think you should have to twist you friends, wife, girlfriend, etc. to get them to buy you a bell, but like allot of people have commented they don't know or understand this ritual.....
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