Originally Posted by
gregf83
For riders with less flexibility in the neck mirrors are helpful. My suggestion would be to get a helmet or glass mount mirror. Every morning I climb a bridge with a narrow bike lane and passing riders with wide flatbars plus an extra 6" for mirror is awkward.
An observation: most of the riders I pass on the bridge who have mirrors don't appear to look in them as I always have to say something to get by.
Another con of bar mount mirrors is when you're on chipseal, you can't see anything in them.