Mirrors!?!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I have the "Third Eye" mirror - but is it possible that the mirror may be too far in the front of my helmet? I find that no amount of tilting or adjusting brings the road into my field of vision. Do you have the pad closer to the front or the side of the helmet?

The pad should be placed near your left ear area, so that you see the mirror in the general area of the upper left most corner of your vision within your eyeglass left lens field of vision. The mirror will hang about an inch or two in front of your glasses, but to the side. Here is a picture of my mirror:
http://harmonias.com/LisaBike_4.jpg

Pull at the sticky and remove the whole mirror from your helmet. Put your helmet and glasses on and hold the mirror til you get it where you want it where you want it, then press the sticky to the INSIDE (not the outside) of your helmet edge, on the styrofoam, in such a way as to have the mirror in that upper left corner of your left eyeglass lens area. This muight be easier if you stand outside and try to see the rear mirror view as you locate where the sticky will go. Once you have it in a good position where you can see behind you, hold the sticky in place as you remove the helmet, then carefully put a dot of epoxy to re-inforce the weak/lame sticky they provide, and clamp or tape while it dries.
When dry, adjust your mirror so you just barely have the edge of your left ear show in the mirror, and play with getting it tilted to give you a good rear view of the road in back of you. You'll get really good at adjusting the mirror with practice.
The cheapo sticky stuff the mirror cam with sort of melted on me in the hot weather and now I always reinforce it with epoxy when I have to right spot picked out.
Hope this is helpful.

[b.moe]

Absolutely helpful - thanks a ton! I'll work on it this weekend.

[SnappyPix]

I use a bar end mirror, which is absolutely fantastic (it was actually on the recommendation of a TE lady!):



I've converted several other riders into getting one - it's discreet and has a very wide angle of view.
It's great for group riding, as you can intermittently check what's going on behind - and if you're at the front, you can check that your pace is ok.
Initially club riders laugh at the geekiness factor, but then start asking where I got it from!

I should point out, though, that the mirror doesn't just pop into the plug at the end of the drops, you need to partially unwrap the bar tape (but only partially).
It's also advisable to get someone to help you fit it (to tape up the mirror while you check the angle).

The mirror is available from a company called Aspire Velotech:
http://www.aspirevelotech.com/Mercha...ry_Code=MIRROR

The service is excellent - delivery was very speedy, even when I was living in New Zealand.

[Triskeliongirl]

I use the aspire velo tech mirror above and really like it. I like it keeps its position as you ride, but it only works on road bikes. I also noticed terry now sells a similar mirror that does pop on the end and doesn't require unwrapping the tape, but I don't know if it works as well as the aspire velotech one. I just tried to find you a link on the tery mirror but don't see it anymore. I never adjusted to helmet mirrors.

[Dianyla]

The cheapo sticky stuff the mirror cam with sort of melted on me in the hot weather and now I always reinforce it with epoxy when I have to right spot picked out.

Lisa, thanks to your handy suggestion I picked up some epoxy glue over the weekend and finally my mirror is firmly anchored to my helmet. Now it doesn't fall off randomly anytime I set my helmet down or bump it against anything.

You're a friggin' genius!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa, thanks to your handy suggestion I picked up some epoxy glue over the weekend and finally my mirror is firmly anchored to my helmet. Now it doesn't fall off randomly anytime I set my helmet down or bump it against anything.

You're a friggin' genius!

Wow, thanks! Who'd a' thunk it?- that's what glue is for!