Quote Originally Posted by Tri Girl View Post
go get 'em froglegs! Go hit those country roads and enjoy yourself.

I'm with sara- I always wear my mirror (and my neon blinding green safety vest). Sure I look dorky, but cars can see me and I can see them. I love my mirror, because I've found that if I ride in the tire place on the road, when a car is coming up behind me I move over and most cars are very appreciative that I've moved over for them. I rarely have been buzzed when doing this. When I first started riding, I never did that and got buzzed a lot more. I think it's because they see that I'm giving them room so they give me room. Don't know if that's the case or not, but it makes me feel better anyway.
I do that too, but I just use my eyes. Not a mirror. When I pass someone with a mirror, I admit I get a little nervous, because I know there are a ton of cars with mirrors who never see me -- the ones that pull out of parallel parking spaces into me or nearly door me. Sure, those drivers may not be using their mirrors. It's just that I expect a cyclist without a mirror to look behind before coming farther out in the road. One with a mirror may just check the mirror, and if they don't see me, well, that could really suck for my front wheel. I will say something to someone I'm passing who doesn't expect me there, but I generally don't start hollering at them from behind.

***flame suit on***

I'll look back, and if the car follows for a long time on a windy country road, when it's clear, I'll wave them by.