just ordered my Take a Look. Just ordered one to see how it works. If good, I will order another.

I have a couple of family bikes outfitted with the Ergon grip shift versions, and I happen to use a Mirrycle MTB mirror on all my bikes. The best position for viewing I've found is having the mirror stem angled upward and 30 to 45 degrees forward, with no issues of rear viewing blockage from my arms or body.

I have the same mirror and bar ends/extensions like these. If I position the bar ends to where they are the most comfortable to use, then install the mirror to where it offers the best field of view, I am unable to use the bar end. Attached is a crappy cell phone pic of basically where the bar ends are angled. No longer have a camera phone, nor have a proper camera to get a better shot. You can see that I did have the mirror installed at the time (folded in for transport- laid down on it's side in the back of a SUV). I just could never find a compromise position that would allow me to use both and still be comfortable.

For flat bar bikes my favorite mirror is the cat eye mirror. (Won't work well on drop bars.)

Over a lot of years, I have dropped bikes right on the bar end that it was mounted to. Usually it doesn't even break. When it does, I save the good parts. Either the stem or the plug end can break but with the spare parts it takes about a minute to replace.

found those little stick inside the glasses mirrors
need you to have eyes to be able to close focus,
to see the reflected image..

I'm too old, so mine don't.. anymore..
tried them a decade ago , DNF.

In a case like that, I might start looking into getting a wider bar, maybe just an inch or two wider on each end. I had a two extension set up complete with mirror, but I rarely used the extensions since I could never get comfortable having my one or both of my hands that far away from the brake levers due to my strictly urban commute.

Hahah, they're pretty convincing eh? I ordered one too!

GET A MIRROR! To my thinking it is just as important as lighting. I can't imagine being without it! Here's mine, on a bar-end:

It may take you a few days to get used to it. Don't give up after one ride. Also position the mirror just to the left of your field of view. So that you have to turn your head left as if you were in a car. If it is too close to sraight ahead it can be annoying and bother your eyes if you use it a lot.
It took me a few days to get used to mine, lots of riders around here use them and tell me the same thing, give it time.
Now for about a full second or so, I can use one eye to see forward and one to see back at the same time. I've been using mine for years. I can also move heaad around to see at any angle behind me,

a good starting point to aim a helmet or eyeglass mirror is so you can just see the edge of your ear in the mirror.

BigCircles: "Another vote for the Take A Look mirror... I've gotten so used to wearing some type of mirror on my helmet or glasses - I frequently find myself looking slightly to my left to see who is behind me as I walk down a hallway at work."

Thanks for posting that. I thought I was the only loon who did that!

Like #s 9,10,11, 12, .... I like a mirror and won't ride without it. I also start with the mirror to see just a little of my ear in the edge of the image. I can then adjust slightly if needed on the run. Mine require readjustment as it gets placed in a locker at work and is moved around at home and is bumped. Good luck and be as safe as possible.

I haven't had those problems, but I finally got around to getting a mirror and wonder how I did without it all this time. I tried the Mirrcycle bar end one for a while and I liked the view I got from it, but mine started getting loose and it always seemed to be in the way when I'd move my hands from the grips to the bar ends for a rest. I kept bumping it. Also, although I don't often squeeze between cars to get up to the bike box at lights, the bar end mirror made this more difficult as my handlebars were effectively wider. Getting in and out of my apartment and its elevator was more difficult too, as well as rolling up to crosswalk button on the opposite side of the street I have to press to make it across a busy intersection (light doesn't recognize bikes). In short, I wasn't a fan of having my handlebars be wider.

Lots of people swear by the Mirrcycle, and a couple of brands of ones that attach to helmet or glasses, but I was concerned with the small sight picture with the latter types. I eventually shelled out about 40 bucks for a Safe Zone mirror. I really like this one, I'm sure it might seem a little big to some folks, but I get a nice sight picture in it, with that being just above my left eye. I can turn my head to bring things into view that would be otherwise out of view with a mirror fixed to the handlebars too. This comes in especially handy when out of the saddle climbing. I bump it sometimes when I take my helmet off, but it is easy to re-orient and doesn't shift at all due to road vibration. It took a bit of force to assemble, but I'd be willing to bet that it is going to last a real long time, and I like the aesthetics of it.

I can't hear those stealthy electric cars and those _@)*%&% scare the daylights out of me. I purchased one of those Take a Look mirrors but it's been sitting on my kitchen counter for a couple of months. Shame on me. A mirror would be helpful. A mirror on the right would also be useful to see the cars behind me shooting down the on ramps on the 2 lane one way road with a speed limit of 40mph where cars go at least 50.

TakeALook++

I like my mirrcycle bar end mirror, works great for me.

Chuck Harris has been making eyeglass and helmet mirrors by hand, with recycled materials, for decades. I've had the same one for about 12 years. Works beautifully.

www.adventurecycling.org/resources/201104_MirrorMan_Siple.pdf