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Can anyone recommend a bike mirror for a conventional 'racing bike' ie
dropped handlebars and ordinary brake levers. Have had 3 eye ops for a detached retina and until the 4th for a cataract op have effectively only one eye. It is the left eye that is affected - not so bad here as we ride on the left but will be going to France in May to pal's apartment for my annual visit and of course there they ride on the right, I am thinking that may be a bit too dangerous. |
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"archierob" wrote in message ... Can anyone recommend a bike mirror for a conventional 'racing bike' ie dropped handlebars and ordinary brake levers. Have had 3 eye ops for a detached retina and until the 4th for a cataract op have effectively only one eye. It is the left eye that is affected - not so bad here as we ride on the left but will be going to France in May to pal's apartment for my annual visit and of course there they ride on the right, I am thinking that may be a bit too dangerous. If you wear a helmet take a look at a Reflex Cycleaware mirror. I keep mine on the right when in France as it's fixed in relation to the eye you only have to turn your head a fraction to scan the view behind. If you do buy one fit a bit of fishing line between the mirror and the arm as the mirror can be knocked off when not wearing the helmet. http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-0...Mirror-687.htm Ken |
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On 01/04/2008 19:47, archierob said,
Can anyone recommend a bike mirror for a conventional 'racing bike' ie dropped handlebars and ordinary brake levers. Have had 3 eye ops for a detached retina and until the 4th for a cataract op have effectively only one eye. It is the left eye that is affected - not so bad here as we ride on the left but will be going to France in May to pal's apartment for my annual visit and of course there they ride on the right, I am thinking that may be a bit too dangerous. Don't listen to anything anyone else says :-) you want this one http://tinyurl.com/327t6g (links to SJSC) It fits over the brake hoods, but still allows you to ride on the hood in comfort. I happened to have a photo of it fitted, as you do: http://www.pbhome.myzen.co.uk/ebaypics/bb_mirror.jpg Oh - it fits on either side - in fact, technically it's designed to be fitted on the left hood because the writing is the right way up then :-) -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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archierob wrote:
Can anyone recommend a bike mirror for a conventional 'racing bike' ie dropped handlebars and ordinary brake levers. Have had 3 eye ops for a detached retina and until the 4th for a cataract op have effectively only one eye. It is the left eye that is affected - not so bad here as we ride on the left but will be going to France in May to pal's apartment for my annual visit and of course there they ride on the right, I am thinking that may be a bit too dangerous. If by "ordinary" brake levers you mean non-low-profile (i.e. the cable comes out of the top of the lever) then the legendary Mirrycle is THE mirror to get. It leaves your bars free of clutter and unlike most bar-end mirrors it can actually be positioned to show the view behind you rather than a close-up of your arm/leg/stomach. http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-0...evers)-685.htm - or just Google for "mirrycle". The only downside is that it requires a bit of faffing about to mount it, possibly including taking a Stanley knife to the top of the brake lever hood. |
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Paul Boyd writes:
On 01/04/2008 19:47, archierob said, Can anyone recommend a bike mirror for a conventional 'racing bike' ie dropped handlebars and ordinary brake levers. Have had 3 eye ops for a detached retina and until the 4th for a cataract op have effectively only one eye. It is the left eye that is affected - not so bad here as we ride on the left but will be going to France in May to pal's apartment for my annual visit and of course there they ride on the right, I am thinking that may be a bit too dangerous. Don't listen to anything anyone else says :-) you want this one http://tinyurl.com/327t6g (links to SJSC) It fits over the brake hoods, but still allows you to ride on the hood in comfort. I have one and will say it's better than nothing but it isn't a patch on the old Mirrycle Mirror that mounted on old fashioned brake levers (with the cable coming out the top). It's hard to get in the right position, and is next to useless if the road surface is anyway rough because it vibrates. On the other hand, it fits with a velcro attachment, so it is quite quick to switch to the left for riding in France, and there doesn't seem to be anything better for drop bars. If I were you I'd check out whether a helmet mirror set up for your good eye will work for both sides of the road. Brendan -- Brendan Halpin, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland Tel: w +353-61-213147 f +353-61-202569 h +353-61-338562; Room F2-025 x 3147 http://www.ul.ie/sociology/brendan.halpin.html |
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In message XbqdnTYTS7UjMG_anZ2dnUVZ8umdnZ2d@plusnet, Andy Key
writes archierob wrote: Can anyone recommend a bike mirror for a conventional 'racing bike' ie dropped handlebars and ordinary brake levers. Have had 3 eye ops for a detached retina and until the 4th for a cataract op have effectively only one eye. It is the left eye that is affected - not so bad here as we ride on the left but will be going to France in May to pal's apartment for my annual visit and of course there they ride on the right, I am thinking that may be a bit too dangerous. If by "ordinary" brake levers you mean non-low-profile (i.e. the cable comes out of the top of the lever) then the legendary Mirrycle is THE mirror to get. It leaves your bars free of clutter and unlike most bar-end mirrors it can actually be positioned to show the view behind you rather than a close-up of your arm/leg/stomach. http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-0...ror-for-drop-b ars-(mounts-on-NON-aero-brake-levers)-685.htm - or just Google for "mirrycle". Yeah that would be very much my preferred option. I don't like helmet/glasses mounted mirrors. I have heard that people have mounted Mirrycle on Aero levers by drilling the top of the levers. -- Chris French |
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Paul Boyd wrote:
On 01/04/2008 19:47, archierob said, Can anyone recommend a bike mirror for a conventional 'racing bike' ie dropped handlebars and ordinary brake levers. Have had 3 eye ops for a detached retina and until the 4th for a cataract op have effectively only one eye. It is the left eye that is affected - not so bad here as we ride on the left but will be going to France in May to pal's apartment for my annual visit and of course there they ride on the right, I am thinking that may be a bit too dangerous. Don't listen to anything anyone else says :-) you want this one http://tinyurl.com/327t6g (links to SJSC) It fits over the brake hoods, but still allows you to ride on the hood in comfort. I happened to have a photo of it fitted, as you do: http://www.pbhome.myzen.co.uk/ebaypics/bb_mirror.jpg Oh - it fits on either side - in fact, technically it's designed to be fitted on the left hood because the writing is the right way up then :-) We have one of these on the tandem and yes they are very good but you have to watch for the Velcroey bit slipping up the brake hoods and fouling the STI mechanism. This happened to us and I couldn't select gears properly and was all ready to take it to the LBS to be repaired ( we were on holiday at the time ) when The Stoker said " Are you sure it's not that bit of Velcro thingy catching in it........." "No dear of course its not" Red face!! Sam Salt --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080401-0, 01/04/2008 Tested on: 02/04/2008 09:49:27 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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Sam Salt said the following on 02/04/2008 09:49:
We have one of these on the tandem and yes they are very good but you have to watch for the Velcroey bit slipping up the brake hoods and fouling the STI mechanism. STI? Nothing that sophisticated on my commuter!! (Valid point though...) -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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On Apr 1, 7:47*pm, "archierob" wrote:
Can anyone recommend a bike mirror for a conventional 'racing bike' ie dropped handlebars and ordinary brake levers. Have had 3 eye ops for a detached retina and until the 4th for a cataract op have effectively only one eye. It is the left eye that is affected - not so bad here as we ride on the left but will be going to France in May to pal's apartment for my annual visit and of course there they ride on the right, I am thinking that may be a bit too dangerous. I've seen a few audaxers using bar end mirrors. You might want to consider something like this. http://shop.devercycles.co.uk/product/ 3574/Blackburn_Multi_mirror_bar_end I've no idea how good that particular shop is but it does have the advantage of not being Evans who come up first in the Google search. -- Dave... |
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"archierob" wrote in message ... Can anyone recommend a bike mirror for a conventional 'racing bike' ie dropped handlebars and ordinary brake levers. Dunno if it helps, but I use one of these http://www.bike-eye.com/. I came back to cycling last year after a long gap and in the intervening period my hearing deteriorated to a level where I now have to wear a hearing aid in each ear. My first time back on a bike scared me sh(w)itless because I couldn't judge properly what was coming up behind me. Hearing aids are great, but they do not fully replace the "depth" that natural hearing gives. I knew I had to sort out some kind of "see-back-o-scope", but I wasn't really happy about adding something to the handlebars which I could perceivably catch or knock off (the hearing loss has affected my coordination to a degree), so the bike eye seemed to fit the bill. In use, it's absolutely brilliant for me and I'd be lost without it. And no, I have stuff all to do with the company...in fact, I'd much rather not have to use a mirror at all, but needs must. HTH Kevin the Lurker |
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