Joseph wrote:
> Hello there
> Could anyone offer advice on the pros and cons of helmet rear view mirrors
> v handle bar mirrors.
I tried a helmet mounted mirror, for me it didn't work, maybe I should
have tried a few. From what I remember the feild of vision was too small
and I had trouble seeing the right area.
On my MTB I use a cat eye bar end mirror mounted on a cat eye mounting
clamp from a spare light. I'd be lost without it.
see
http://tinyurl.com/5m2c9/bike mirror 1.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/5m2c9/bike mirror 2.jpg
This mirror is meant to be mounted on the right side bar end with the
mirror above the bar. You can get right side and left side mirrors. If
you buy from an Aus. shop they'll probably have right side one, US shops
will have leftside ones. They differ in which side the wide part of the
mirror is on, you should have the wide side to the outside, in my case,
because I mount mine below the handle bar I should have a left side
mirror. In practice it makes little difference.
If you have standard barend's it will interfere with them.You can try
moving the mirror to below the bar which would alleviate the problem
somewhat. I have cane creek ergo II barends which dont have a "thru
hole", therefore I can't mount anything outside the barend.
I've got gripshifters, my mount wouldn't work with rapidfire shifter etc.
Addressing some of the previous posters concerns.
- Vibration: never noticed any.
- Limited range due to the convex mirror: I'm not too worried about
anything that far away.
- Damaged in parking: Not where I currently mount it. I did once have a
blackburn mirror that sort of strapped to the bar, that eventually broke
after "leaning" it against one to many solid objects.