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

[Gale Chan]

It's like car mirrors, indispensable but you still need to turn and look as well.

I found bike-mounted mirrors work better for me--when the sun is low and I'm
heading straight into or directly away from the sun, I couldn't see much
anything in the helmet-mounted mirror.  Too much contrast between the scene
in front of me and the scene in the mirror.

-- Gale Chan


--- Tom Lettington <tlettington at san.rr.com> wrote:

> 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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