Bar end mirrors

[oldwheels]

This shows my Brompton with mirror which when the bike was folded tucked in nicely without any adjustment.

 

[presta]

I can vouch for how much that can hurt.

I just ended up on the roof of the car. Fortunately the occupants were too embarrassed about being parked on a double yellow line to ask how I got there.

What you time triallists need is a reverse version of these!

Why? Those buffers look as if they're on the right side already.

 

[UphillSlowly]

What you time triallists need is a reverse version of these!
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Unless you wore them upside down. There must be a market for that type of thing, too, with people working on jobs over their heads.
Perhaps there would be more danger from others losing control and colliding with you while laughing hysterically than there actually would be from yourselves with your head down, running into things.

The reverse of these exist already. They are called Belayers glasses. Climbers use them

 

[a.twiddler]

The reverse of these exist already. They are called Belayers glasses. Climbers use them
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That's excellent! Can get them with adjustable angles, too. so you can see past the edge of your UCI mandated helmet in a head down position. Next, someone will say that the UCI don't approve of stuff like that as it gives the rider an unfair advantage. If not dying from riding into something can be seen as an "advantage". Maybe appealing to snooker players? Just the thing when you have to change a ceiling light fitting if your neck is as creaky as mine.

 

[presta]

The reverse of these exist already. They are called Belayers glasses. Climbers use them
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Reminds me of these.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHMvEMy7B9k&t=1s

 

[a.twiddler]

Not quite the same thing, but shows how adaptable humans are.

 

[steveindenmark]

I use bar end mirrors on all my bikes. I ride a lot in the dark and as light travels a lot faster than sounds. I can see the cars behind far quicker than hearing them.

 

[Bristolian]

Having read this thread I fitted a pair of bar end mirrors to my bike today but haven't had a chance to head out and see how well they work.
Hopefully, if Storm Isha has blown itself out sufficiently I will get to try them tomorrow

EDIT to add: I've had the chance to try the mirrors on a couple of rides now and am quite pleased with them. I have a problem twisting my head to the right making looking back a rather painful experience. If a car is reasonably close and to my right I can see it's there but nothing else whereas the mirrors let me see stuff several hundred metres behind and gauge its closing speed. I feel much safer now when turning right or moving into the right hand lane approaching a roundabout.

 

[Arjimlad]

Another happy Zefal spy user here. I miss it when I forget to transfer it between bikes.