| Re: End-Bar mirrors
Leo Lichtman wrote:
>
> "Alex88" wrote: (clip) the cyclop is convex, is a good or a bad thing?
> (clip)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Convex is a GOOD thing. It's not so much that it makes things appear
> smaller, which it does, but it increases your angle of view. With a flat
> mirror you would have to lean to various positions to scan the scene behind
> you, which would be difficult, and would never assure you that you have
> really taken in everything. In fact, I cannot recall ever seeing a flat
> bar-end mirror--I'll bet they are not even available.
I've got one. Rhode Gear, I think, and it has a rubber thing shoved
into the bar which I have replaced with a grommet. Unfortunately it
doesn't bend far enough inward, and it rotates in the bar way too easily
so whenever I want to use it I have to hold it with my hand. There
really ought to be a better design.
I hate convex mirrors -- I can HEAR that there's a car behind me, I just
want to know exactly how far away it is, and looking over my shoulder
shifts my balance in a way that might put me under the wheels of a
cement truck one day. No, if I haven't been able to avoid this after
15,000 miles I probably won't be able to do it next week either.
> A flat helmet mirror is OK, because, being close to your eye, it provides a
> larger angle of view. Also, you can scan by just turning or tilting your
> head.
I had one, but I kept knocking it off. The last time it escaped
permanently.
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Cheers, Bev
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