[SDCBC] helmet-mounted mirror; new trick for an old dog

[Tom Lettington]

A mirror will tell you when you can't move but not when you 
can.  That's a real help and I never mount up without my 
"Take-A-Look".  The process now becomes: mirror, scan, signal, scan, move.

     - Tom

At 09:59 PM 8/19/2007, Serge Issakov wrote:
>Woo hoo!  Once you become "one" with the mirror, there is no going 
>back, and all kinds of traffic situations become much more natural.
>
>Having said that, there is no substitute to physically looking back 
>over  your shoulder before you move laterally, whether you have a 
>mirror or not.
>
>Serge
>
>
>On 8/19/07, John Eldon 
><<mailto:j.eldon at sbcglobal.net>j.eldon at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>I finally listened to Serge and got a rearview mirror, despite earlier very
>unsatisfactory experiences with two different eyeglass-mounted systems. Last
>night I glued my new CycleAware Reflex mirror to my Giro Xen (great helmet,
>by the way, albeit expensive), after cutting away some of the visor for
>clearance. This morning I rode a 20-mile loop through Leucadia, La Costa,
>and San Elijo Hills, choosing my mountain bike for its stability and general
>ease of use while I acclimated myself to the mirror and experimented with
>adjustments. It took me awhile to learn how to adjust the mirror optimally
>and to dip my left shoulder when I wanted to look rearward, but overall I
>think I really like the mirror. That's one small new trick for this old dog.
>
>John E.
>
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