Chuck was surprisingly active and well known back in the day. Grant Petersen had one (or two) articles in his Rivendell Reader about Chuck, and one was written by Sheldon Brown. A very interesting guy!

His mirrors were all hand made, for better or worse. The bracket was made from an old spoke, and I think the mirror was made from old car mirrors. A person could make their own bracket from a spoke too, if they wanted to go to the trouble. The mirror is a bit more work, and I think it needs a spoke nipple to be epoxied to the back of the mirror, in order for the bracket to thread into it.

The mirrors from Hubbub Cyclery are very similar, but with better materials. I still prefer my old mirrors from Chuck, simply because the Hubbub Cyclery mirrors are larger than I like.

Here's a scan of Chuck's literature about his mirrors, fwiw...




Steve in Peoria