[Misc] Thingy on Bike Handlebar. What is it?

[Jack Straw]

Question from Mr. Thicko here;
What is the black round thing on my Trek hybrid bike handlebars? I've just bought the bike and noticed it after I got home! I thought I'd ask the experts on here rather than phoning the shop!
I welcome the usual comedy answers along with hopefully a sensible one or two as to what it actually is and does!!

 

[The Clamp]

It’s a bell.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

It’s a bell.

This !

 

[Normal Rob]

I'm assuming this is a joke!

 

[KZNSeagull]

It's a laser for firing at aggressive drivers

 

[nwgull]

It’s a bell.

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[Jack Straw]

I'm assuming this is a joke!

Absolutely not. There is a lever which you can slide around. It doesn't make any noise. It is not a bell!

 

[One Love]

It's a bell end

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Absolutely not. There is a lever which you can slide around. It doesn't make any noise. It is not a bell!

Is it a bat detector?

 

[Muzzman]

your crappy bell.

 

[Weststander]

A Trek bike! Fkn public sector pensions

 

[Muzzman]

Absolutely not. There is a lever which you can slide around. It doesn't make any noise. It is not a bell!

Flux capacitor? Don't go above 88mph.

 

[Happy Exile]

Assuming this isn't a joke, for transport they screw the bell right down. Unscrew the dome a bit and it'll ding delightfully when pinging the lever. Screwing and unscrewing the dome will change the pitch of the ding.

 

[hart's shirt]

It's probably just an alien symbiote.

Nothing to worry about.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Oh, there is a pic, bloody slow internet!

A bell of course.

 

[Fungus]

It operates the windscreen wipers.

 

[Brovion]

It operates the windscreen wipers.

.... and empties the ash tray.

 

[Jack Straw]

Problem solved. I thought it was something to do with the brakes.
The correct answer is indeed a bell! I've never had a bell that you operated upwards and downwards before, only horizontally!! Well done to all those that posted the correct answer.
I did say the question was from Mr. Thicko here!!!

 

[Mackenzie]

Problem solved. I thought it was something to do with the brakes.
The correct answer is indeed a bell! I've never had a bell that you operated upwards and downwards before, only horizontally!! Well done to all those that posted the correct answer.
I did say the question was from Mr. Thicko here!!!

Another one of life’s mysteries solved.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

It's an age thing the problem you're having with your dingaling!