New mirrors day

[PCeBiker]

And my Hafny mirror,..

I didn't use that mirror for long before I replaced it.
I'm sure it would have broken if I ever dropped the ebike.


This is one of the times my ebike fell over and the West Biking mirrors survived,..

 

[BlackHand]

Those failed twice for me - plastic is not durable and prone to cracking unfortunately. Great they work for you! They are nice mirrors.

Yeah, not sure why our experiences have been so different. I think our bikes and usage are pretty similar.

Glad the ones you switched to have held up.

 

[PCeBiker]

,.. E13 broken at the same exact place before switching to current metal ones.

Do your new metal ones have an adjustable pivot at the clamp?

My plastic version was locked in one position and I had to almost completely remove the bolt before the arm would rotate out of the way.

I would have glued a piece of an Allen key into the bolt head so I could loosen it easily, but not if it needed half a dozen full rotations to loosen it enough.

 

[ava1ar]

Do your new metal ones have an adjustable pivot at the clamp?

No. Those claps are re-used from my old Hafny mirrors and pretty much same as yours. So yes, adjustments are quite tedious to do, but I don't need to do them often. The clamps from my mirrors were very bulky to be used on my quite small and busy handlebars, so keeping the old clamps was reasonable compromise which worked.

 

[ava1ar]

Yeah, not sure why our experiences have been so different. I think our bikes and usage are pretty similar.

Glad the ones you switched to have held up.

Well, probably matter of terrain and distances. Do you ride outside of smooth pavement? How many miles you have with these mirrors so far?

New mirrors are all-metal, not much to break there. Main challenge was mounting and limited adjustment options.

 

[Gionnirocket]

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.


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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.

The way you have them set up... You're probably getting better range with an improved lift to drag ratio

But if you set them up more in board, there is no reason to fold them in repeatedly.

I much prefer bar end mount as my handlebars are crowded with accoutrement.
These fold out (or get whacked) out of the way without issue.

And if you only snug the adjustment screws they still hold firm but allow for easy adjustment on the fly.