Do you use a Mirror ?
- Thread starter blackgoff
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Berk on a Bike
Veteran
- Location
- Yorkshire
Only when I shave or trim my nose hair, neither of which I do whilst on the bike. 
guitarpete247
Just about surviving
- Location
- Leicestershire
I once saw an ad for little mirror that clipped onto glasses. I'd like to try one of those some day.
beatlejuice
Gently does it...
- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Many years ago I went to Teeside Polytechnic to study mathematical & computer science. It wasn't a complete failure because I attended an RAC/AUC motorcycle training scheme and where they taught me to use hand signals and look over my shoulder.
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shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
Yes.
Oft explored and a rather polarising topic on here.
And apparently nobody on a bike has a bad neck!
Oft explored and a rather polarising topic on here.
And apparently nobody on a bike has a bad neck!
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Yep got one on both road bikes. Useful for seeing what's going on behind you when a full turn would be shall we say fraught with danger
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
same hereOnly when I shave or trim my nose hair, neither of which I do whilst on the bike.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
No, but I am developing a bad neck so I did contemplate getting a mirror. Overall though, I think trying to fix the neck problem would be a better solution!
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Yes road bike and trike
cd365
Guru
- Location
- Coventry, uk
No, I have a working neck!
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I have a bad neck, but it'd need to be really quite bad to stop me looking behind, probably enough that I'd be on a recumbent tricycle and need a mirror anyway, to see around the seat back.
The only time I feel like a mirror would be useful to me on an upright is when I'm guiding group rides and wanting to count that everyone's still following, but the tail-ender ought to send a message forwards if there's a split or problem anyway. It might be more useful on the road bike than the others (roadster, hybrid, MTB...) because the more leant-forwards position and twitchier steering reduce how long I can look back stably.
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
So have I. But filtering down the middle of the South Circular in a morning rush hour I find it better to keep watching the cars in front for idiots that may decide to switch lanes suddenly than keep swivelling around to check for motor bikes following me. Now I could just ignore the bikes and let them wait, I'd be perfectly within my rights after all but a mirror allows me to check for them and let them past making their day a little happier.
