We tooted the world’s loudest bike horn on the streets and no one gave a fuck

Ah, Amsterdam in Spring. The sunshine glitters across the canals, the streetside bars bustle and tourists trample all over the cycle lanes. Since its invention by John Richard Dedicoat in the late 1800s, the bicycle bell has been two-wheeler’s solution to pedestrians on paths, but surely in this modern era we have something better? Kicking out 140 decibels of screeching noise, the Hornit dB140 is described as the “loudest cycle horn on the market”. To put that into context, 130 decibels is equivalent to a military jet taking off and 150 decibels is loud enough to rupture eardrums. To see…

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