Originally Posted by allgoo19
I think this thread possibly makes a good debate but con-mirrors are not making good arguments. They are avoiding serious conversation but only making fun of others.
Not even one serious comment. I feel like already won the debate.
The only con needed...one I stated before, but I'll do it again; they would be next to impossible to use. Try using a bar-end mirror to see one guy who could be anywhere behind you while A) climbing out of the saddle B) sprinting at full speed. If you can keep a little "20 gram" mirror still and in the proper location long enough to be able to see someone behind you, then you get a medal. The same thing goes for a mirror on your helmet. The energy and time required to look in your mirror while adjusting your head to just the right position while going all out would be ridiculous.
I don't mean to be rude, but I wonder if you've ever raced before? I can't imagine taking the time or energy to try to adjust a mirror to look behind me when it takes literally a second to turn my head to get a much better view of what is behind me than a little mirror could. When I am going all out, which is usually the only time I even care who is behind me, I don't want to take the time to try to look through a small aerodynamic mirror, when I can look behind me for an instant and be done with it.
I'm sorry but there is really no need for them, or any practical way to use them that would make them more efficient than a glance behind you.