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vestarita
08-11-08, 05:16 PM
I wanted a handlebar-mounted mirror but the short handlebars on my Dahon Mariner don't leave a lot of room for extra equipment (I'll want to get an additional light in the future) and I didn't want to tear up my grips making a hole for a mirror, so I came up with this idea. The bell wasn't getting much use anyway since I started riding on the road instead of the sidewalk, but if I feel the need to use it again I'll turn it around so the switch is on the other side to make it more accessible. The mirror is a 2" blind spot mirror which fits perfectly on the bell.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2754310001_59100afc76_b.jpg

I anticipate having trouble seeing behind me around curves, but I'll get to test it out tomorrow to see if it really works for me.

2manybikes
08-11-08, 05:26 PM
I wanted a handlebar-mounted mirror but the short handlebars on my Dahon Mariner don't leave a lot of room for extra equipment (I'll want to get an additional light in the future) and I didn't want to tear up my grips making a hole for a mirror, so I came up with this idea. The bell wasn't getting much use anyway since I started riding on the road instead of the sidewalk, but if I feel the need to use it again I'll turn it around so the switch is on the other side to make it more accessible. The mirror is a 2" blind spot mirror which fits perfectly on the bell.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2754310001_59100afc76_b.jpg

I anticipate having trouble seeing behind me around curves, but I'll get to test it out tomorrow to see if it really works for me.

Is that so you can ring the bell at people behind you? :)
wils0nic
08-11-08, 06:58 PM
another great idea!
I have a metal bell...perhaps I could polish it up enough so it's reflective and I can see behind me? mhmmm...

10 Wheels
08-11-08, 08:45 PM
I anticipate having trouble seeing behind me around curves, but I'll get to test it out tomorrow to see if it really works for me.[/QUOTE]

I have never been able to see around curves in front of me.
Pasa09
08-11-08, 10:43 PM
Thanks. That's a good idea
randya
08-12-08, 12:21 AM
explain again why the bell is mounted backwards so it's hard to use?
cudak888
08-12-08, 01:22 AM
explain again why the bell is mounted backwards so it's hard to use?

Not to mention the fact that the bell's position requires that the rider obscure the mirror to his or her line of sight in order to ring it.

-Kurt
vestarita
08-12-08, 04:23 AM
explain again why the bell is mounted backwards so it's hard to use?

I thought it would be in my way.
vestarita
08-12-08, 05:08 AM
Not to mention the fact that the bell's position requires that the rider obscure the mirror to his or her line of sight in order to ring it.

-Kurt

This isn't a problem for me. I can reach over the top of the bell with my thumb and ring it that way.