New mirrors day

[Nvreloader]

Jeremy
I tried a couple of the end mounted bar mirrors, every one of them broke,
one type said it was unbreakable, the mirror part was unbreakable, but the attachment parts are.....yrmv
Tia

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Jeremy
I tried a couple of the end mounted bar mirrors, every one of them broke,
one type said it was unbreakable, the mirror part was unbreakable, but the attachment parts are.....yrmv
Tia

I've had very good luck with my Mirrycle bar-end mirror, and that's what I'll add on the right if and when the time comes. But my offroad riding generally doesn't involve the tight places and mirror-brush encounters yours do.

 

[Old-tool-guy]

Jeremy
I tried a couple of the end mounted bar mirrors, every one of them broke,
one type said it was unbreakable, the mirror part was unbreakable, but the attachment parts are.....yrmv
Tia

I bought mirrors from velotric for my Fold1 bike, they work well but i am really concerned with the little bitty stem between the mirror and the part that goes into the end of the bar.

 

[stompandgo]

@Jeremy McCreary, remind me to never go on a group ride with your group. In most instances, passing on the right is stupid and dangerous. If you are in a paceline and the wind is coming from the left, it's OK to peel off on the right and have others pass you.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

@Jeremy McCreary, remind me to never go on a group ride with your group. In most instances, passing on the right is stupid and dangerous. If you are in a paceline and the wind is coming from the left, it's OK to peel off on the right and have others pass you.

In fairness, it's more like they're coming alongside on the right in a peloton-like situation at low closing speed.

Many if not most of the guys and gals in this group are clearly lifelong roadies with decades of group experience. If it were up to me, we'd ride bike lanes in single file even when there's room for two abreast. Most in fact do that, but some apparently just can't.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I understand what Jeremy's saying.

On our big group gravel rides, we usually ride wide forest fire-roads in two or even three files (no traffic). As the speed of individual riders varies, a rider at the right can overtake on his side to avoid disrupting the left side file. We even have a system of hand signals to inform the riders behind to make space for an incoming cyclist, car or a pedestrian.

If I lead my group ride, the rider immediately behind me might be slightly at my right then he disappears from my view! In case I can eventually get a Mirrycle (even the payment to the U.S. is complicated now!) then I might move my tiny XLC mirror to the right hand side bar-end for improved visibility and more situational awareness.

A big group ride is worth living for!

 

[stompandgo]

Gravel rides, where you can take the whole road, is different. I'm referring to road rides with constant motor vehicle traffic on your left and a narrow shoulder.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Gravel rides, where you can take the whole road, is different. I'm referring to road rides with constant motor vehicle traffic on your left and a narrow shoulder.

Yes, the latter describes the group road rides I'm referring to. They never go offroad and rarely use protected bikeways.

The bike infrastructure's generally good to excellent here, but I view most of the bike lanes as single-file affairs. Not everyone agrees — including my friend, neighbor, and frequent riding buddy DB.

He LOVES to talk and doesn't mind encroaching on car lanes to do it. A few of the group ride guys are also like that. I've talked to DB about my discomfort with that, but old habits die hard.

So I often just solve the problem by staying ahead of him — which thankfully isn't hard to do. Not so easy on the group rides.

 

[PCeBiker]

Gravel rides, where you can take the whole road, is different. I'm referring to road rides with constant motor vehicle traffic on your left and a narrow shoulder.

My road hazards are different,..

 

[PCeBiker]

"New mirrors day"

I tried lots of mirrors, but not many could reach out far enough beside me to see past my jacket.

I started using a helmet mirror, and after a couple weeks of getting used to it, it's the best mirror that I've tried.

I can see around corners and up and down hills by moving my head side to side, up and down.

Stephan says that I'll poke my eye out when I crash, but I always wear goggles, and the mirror is light and just held on with Velcro

 

[tomjasz]

Two mirrors, both turned in. Works very well!.

 

[fooferdoggie]

My road hazards are different,..

that bridge is so narrow you cant even see it.

 

[PCeBiker]

Two mirrors, both turned in. Works very well!.

I couldn't see past my jacket with mirrors tucked in.

They needed to be 5-6" out beyond the end of my handlebars so that I could see behind me.

These worked best for me.
I had to mount them at the ends of my handlebars, but they were spring loaded so I could easily fold them out of the way to get through doorways.

I fell on them a few times and they didn't break, they just folded out of the way.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mK3rIZT

I managed to get my Hafny mirrors mounted in the same way, but they wouldn't fold out of the way without undoing the bar bolt every time.
That was a PITA.