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Old 02-24-14 | 11:40 AM
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From: Cedar Rapids, IA

Bikes: 1997 Rivendell Road Standard 650b conversion (tourer), 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10 (gravel/tour), 2013 Foundry Auger disc (CX/gravel), 2016 Cannondale Fat CAAD 2 (MTB/winter), 2011 Cannondale Flash 29er Lefty (trail MTB)

1. Yes. I use this http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/m5.htm. They call it the "german mirror"; it's made by D + D Oberlauda. Neither of my bikes can use a bar-end mirror; one has bar-end shifters and the other has rubber grips.

The "german mirror" can be mounted anywhere on a handlebar, on any handlebar, and even on the fork, rack, or frame. It has a huge mirror that shows a lot of what's behind you. It looks super dorky, like any mirror.

I don't like helmet mirrors because they're too small, get whacked out of alignment too easily, and I couldn't find one that doesn't vibrate itself out of alignment after a couple miles. I don't wear glasses and change out my sunglasses often, so glasses-mounted doesn't work for me either.

2. An arm-mounted mirror just sounds really sweaty to me. Gross. Plus it doesn't look like it's really in the field of view without turning your head.
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