Originally Posted by
genec
I cannot make these things work. I have long used a handlebar mirror... but I am doing lots of off road, and handlebar mirrors last about 2 seconds in the brush. Of course to get to the brush, I have to take some roadways, so I want a mirror.
But I just cannot seem to focus on a little quarter, 3-4 inches in front of my face. It just don't work.
Yes, I am nearsighted, and wear corrective lenses... but so do other folks, that DO use these things.
I found a couple of interesting alternative mirrors on the web:
The "Bike Eye" bike mirror mounts on the top tube.
https://road.cc/content/review/28706...ye-bike-mirror
https://www.bike-eye.com/
Or any sort of short bar mount that can sit closer to the head tube.
I use a take a look mirror, but if you get hit in the helmet or face by branches it is gonna get knocket out of alignment or knocked off. which once happened to me in a freak occurrence:
Found my take-a-look mirror later that day in the street, flattened but unharmed.