Mirrors on bicycles? - Page 2

But that's my point. It doesn't. The only contact ref I have ever seen is on the icebike site which gives an email address for the guy at Bike Peddlar but he seems to have sold the shop now. The only other sites are US resellers who want up USD100 shipping

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james

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james

I am interested. Especially if he would mail me one via USPS (it is hardly worth the cost of insurance/fedex etc for the value of the item). I heard someone on another list who claimed to have been offered a left handed mirror.

best wishes
james

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james

Some mirrors distort some don't The curved surface mirrors that give you a panoramic view with wide field of vision distort. The flatter mirrors that give you a narrow field of view don't. Now days I just use 3rd eyes on helmet or glasses. The glasses mounted one gives the more reliable view.

When I used to ride more street, less bike route, pre-helmet glasses, I used to mount the wide angle mirrors low and sticking out to the sides. I mounted the nondistorting mirrors high and inside. Best of both worlds.

For a few weeks now I've been riding with a rear view mirror...I couldnt find a decent one until I went to a bike shop in Pitman, NJ, run by an elderly couple..but they have all the bike things I've needed that no one else had!

Anyway the mirror really really reduces my phobias of being hit from behind. I read an article last month in Carbusters thay recommended a mirror,. and in my 30+ yrs of cycling I never thought to get one. I wish I'd done it sooner! It also enables me to keep an eye on my 9 yr old daughter who rides behind me, too.

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Consider trying helmet mounted or glasses frame mounted mirrors as well. I tried them all. Glasses mounted mirror works best for me. When I am ready to make a lane-wide move left, I always double check directly first, just to make sure nothing is in my blind spot.
David Ornee, Western Springs, IL USA

I used a handle bar mirror for a while. I found that I could hear cars coming a lot sooner than I could see them. Then I would swerve all over the road trying to see the car in my morror. I don't worry about it anymore. Maybe that's foolish but I don't. I don't see how a mirror is going to prevent being hit from behind by a car. It never helped when I drove cars, why would it help on a bike. I assume that some day I going to be hit and when I am I'll deal with it. Actually I have been hit twice. Both times were my fault and I was hit from the side and no damage was done. Lucky I guess.

I think It's a lot more important to be visable, ride with confidence and ride in a straight and predictable line.

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I have to throw my support in for a helmet mounted mirror. Since using one for about a month now, I feel more confident, and can be more aware of my surroundings, an important aspect of road cycling. Sure I can hear cars coming from behind, especially when they are right on my rear, but alot of times it is hard to tell where exactly they are. The rear site also lets them know I am watching them, especially so when slowing at a stop, or when in a traffic que. The mirror may not prevent any hits, but I think it may help to prepare the rider. If I am moving along keeping an eye behind me, and I see a quick approach onto my rear, I can signal for slow, or even brace for a hit (maybe directing myself to the curb side), who knows. I haven't been hit yet, but I feel more prepared, and less likely to get hit now, and defenitely more relaxed on the road.

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I bought a small mirror that attaches to my eyeglass frame.

The first time one of the senior stoic whiners at the Stop-N-Rob noticed it and asked I explained that it is a rearview mirrior. It has nothing to do with riding bicycles. It is to view ladies who walk past going in the opposite direction. Several geezers grinned vacantly.

Spot on! That's my primary use for the mirror -- to keep a close eye on the young'in when we're travelling in a pack. She feels more comfortable following me, and given her current level of traffic management skills, I'm thinking it's appropriate. But it's easy as an adult cyclist to get too far ahead, so I use the mirror continously to check her positioning. I can't imagine cycling with a child without one. It would be too nerve-wracking.

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I've used a helmet mirror for gosh, 26 years, I think it's more important than the helmet!

I have no blind spots; I just move my head a little bit and completely scan what's in back of me.

A few days ago one of my bikes fell over and the arm of the mirror bent. I tried riding with it anyway but it didnt work. I actually came home, grabbed my other bike and used that (both have the mirrors on them.)

Its AMAZING how I never used a mirror before, but now that I have used one, I won't even ride a bike without one (or without one that works right!)

BTW those stick on mirrors don't work for me because I have 3 speed bikes (from the 1970s/1980s)...for those I need the longarm mirrors, but the bike shop in Pitman, NJ sells them for 12 bucks. Couldnt find them anywhere else!

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I think it depends on the application .

My commuting bike is covered with reflectors and lights , but the most important thing is my mirror . I have got it fitted where the bar end plugs normally go . I think it is absolutely essential , and gives me forewarning of when a lorry is about to overtake me etc.

On my mountain bike - no lights , no mirror , only a water bottle and a bum bag . No lorries on the mountains !

Wow. that helmet with the mirror in is a great idea. anybody know where i can get one off the internet?

my rearview mirror fits on the frame of my eyeglasses.

I love it.

scroll down to see it.

http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/mirrors.shtml