Rear View Mirror

After years of restraining pit bulls I have some neck mobility problems. For me mirrors are important because it lets me reduce the number of times I have to look over my shoulder. I use the Take a Look mirrors also, one on my sunglasses and one on some polycarbonate farm safety googles that are clear, but are also UV coated. Both my sunglasses and the googles have fairly thick temple pieces. I found that my wire frame bifocals were too light to use with the Take a Look. Both my sunglasses and the googles are also equipped with reading lenses that are attached with water (Optx20/20) so I can read a map while riding.

[QUOTE=SandyLS]I use this mirror with my road bike. After a small learning curve I love it and hate to ride without it. It is amazing how much you can see behind you with such a small thing.
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I have this mirror too and love it! It does take getting use to but after you do it's great! I feel so much safer and never ride without it :)

I have a mirror which is mounted on my helment and love it. I rode for many years without a mirror and having to glance over my shoulder to check traffic certainly provided me with some very scarey moments. With the helment mirror there is no more turning around to see what is behind me for all I have to do is glance into my mirror. I will admit it took awhile to get use to it and fine tune its adjustment for the best view behind me. I simply can't image riding without a mirror today. I commute to work 3 days a week and must travel a busy two lane road for much of the trip, the mirror allows me to see what is behind me at all times.

Hope this helps,
M.

I used the Take a Look mirror on my old helmet, and loved it. My old helmet had this little black visor thingy sticking out in front that the mirror hooked onto.

I just bought a new Giro Pneumo helmet, and I don't see any way to make the Take a Look Mirror work on this helmet- no visor.

Anybody use the Take a Look on a Giro type helmet? Am I missing something? I miss the mirror! I like seeing cars coming up behind me.

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Originally Posted by newrider

I used the Take a Look mirror on my old helmet, and loved it. My old helmet had this little black visor thingy sticking out in front that the mirror hooked onto.

I just bought a new Giro Pneumo helmet, and I don't see any way to make the Take a Look Mirror work on this helmet- no visor.

Anybody use the Take a Look on a Giro type helmet? Am I missing something? I miss the mirror! I like seeing cars coming up behind me.

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My last 2 Take a Look's came with a plastic patch to apply to the helmet for helmet mounting. I rumaged around on my desk and found one of them. If you want it PM me with a mailing address & I will stick in the mail for you.

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Originally Posted by newrider

Anybody use the Take a Look on a Giro type helmet? Am I missing something? I miss the mirror! I like seeing cars coming up behind me.

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Can you put it on your sunglasses (or regular glasses)? That's where I wear mine and love it there. I know it doesn't work with every single style of glasses frames, however.

Emily

I had one that mounted in my bar end and it ended up breaking because I kept bumping it with my hand. After that I just went to looking behind me, but miss a review mirror. I think it's good tho, that I'm getting a chance to practice the glance-behind tho. It's one of those skills that must be learned.