Questions about Mirrors

[sweetpotatopie]

I tried finding a thread about this but didn't see one. I hope I'm not asking a repeat question!

I'm still pretty new to cycling, but am looking into getting some kind of mirrors. DH and I have noticed we have problems riding straight when we turn to look behind us-- What are some of the pros/cons of eyeglass/helmet mounted ones and the kind you attach to the bike? Do you prefer one or the other (or both??)?

Thanks!

[PamNY]

I use the eyeglass-mounted Take a Look mirror and I love it. It takes some getting used to, but I love it and feel handicapped if I don't have it.

This is the only one I've used so I can't compare/contrast.

Pam

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Here are a few previous threads on mirrors, with lots of good information and recommendations:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...=helmet+mirror

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...=helmet+mirror

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...=helmet+mirror

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...=helmet+mirror

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...=helmet+mirror

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...=helmet+mirror

[Resi]

I use the eyeglass-mounted Take a Look mirror and I love it. It takes some getting used to, but I love it and feel handicapped if I don't have it.

This is the only one I've used so I can't compare/contrast.

Pam

Hi, I have the same and they are great.

Resi

[Pedal Wench]

I hate to say this, but get a mirror, but also learn to look behind you. It's an essential tool because the mirrors do not give your the entire road behind you. I just did my first ride with a mirror (the kind that slips into the bar-end of a drop bar) and I liked it, but would never trust my life on seeing a car in a blind spot.

[Grits]

Just to give a different perspective, I use the helmet mounted mirror and feel naked without it.

I have also used the mirrors that clip onto your sunglasses, and they work just as well as far as visibility goes, but I had a problem with the little things that clip onto the sunglasses breaking off eventually, and they also scratched up my sunglasses. Maybe I was just too rough with them. I also wore my sunglasses for other things than cycling so had to keep taking the mirror on and off. If you could leave it on, it wouldn't be a problem.

The only down side to the helmet mounted mirror is at first, with the adhesive that came with it, it would come off sometimes. One time when it came off, a friend let me use some adhesive things she had, and it has never come off again. Unfortunately, I don't know what particular adhesive she had.

[Biciclista]

i have the take a look mirror too. I only see out of one eye so i rejected it soundly when my husband mounted it on my helmet the first time because it gave me a blind spot. I tried again and again in desperation and finally got used to it. It gives me a lot more confidence on the road - now i feel naked without it.
As a matter of fact, recently I was walking and heard a car coming up behind me and i looked up expecting to see my little mirror, but alas, i was not wearing my helmet!