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Old 07-08-14, 06:21 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions. So far, I'm liking that German mirror the best. I had a (cheap) bar-end mirror years ago and it was a PITA but like I said, it was a cheapo so maybe a higher quality version would work best.

I agree with the poster who mentioned rear visibility being the most vital component of riding in traffic.

Right now, I'm only riding the streets during low traffic periods and when possible, I'm just on them for short sections. Unfortunately, this part of the city is about as unfriendly to bike traffic as it is possible to be. No two subdivisions have entrances that are directly across from one another, which requires bicycles to actually ride on the busy streets. The only bright spot is that my part of the city is newly developed and the roads are being drastically improved into 4-lanes with continuous sidewalks on one or both side. Riding on the sidewalks is legal here and I plan to use them a lot when I see a stretch with no pedestrians present.
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