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Originally Posted by curly666 (Post 16540678)

…I wore a glasses mounted mirror, as I was riding home at 1 in the morning I noticed a pickup coming off a side street and it started following me. …I noticed a spot up ahead where I could pull in between parked cars and pulled in as it passed me. When it went by a guy was leaning out the window hanging onto the side mirror with a baseball bat in his hand. Luckily they just kept going.

I will never ride without a mirror.

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Originally Posted by bikeideas (Post 16542409)

Of all the "mirror stories" that I've read, which is quite a few, this one will definitely stick with me. Thanks curly666.

+10; thanks for that story. As much as I post advocating a mirror, I’ve never suggested that rationale. I have on occasion imagined the satisfaction, if someone was buzzing me, to avoid their pass and perhaps they would crash as I suddenly stopped; like the skateboard scene in Back to the Future.

I think that the malicious/psychotic fraction of motorists is really small, and likely correlates with location and/time of day. But under the circumstances described, I’m sure a rearview mirror affords an element of surprise unsuspected by an assailant. Otherwise we are pretty vulnerable.

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Originally Posted by Dahon.Steve (Post 16541921)

This is one thing the non-mirror users don't experience. You see a lot of them riding in the door zone hoping they won't get hit. Someone posted a study months ago how a significant number of serious injuries came from motorist coming from behind.

FWIW, my door zone rule is, "Like a gun, assume every stopped car (parked or at a traffic stop) is loaded, with an occupant ready to open the door." A rearview mirror promotes taking the lane.

I used the mirrycle until it broke off my shifter. Looking at that arm mirror. For now I have a bar end mirror on my drop bars.

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Originally Posted by g0tr00t (Post 16534888)

Well...after reading this thread and getting pretty tired of being surprised what shows up next to me, especially the electric cars (I don't hear them at all!)...I opted for this one. I am not sure how well a mirror on my head would work while riding through traffic. At least now, I am hoping I can mount this thing somewhere to help.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=366433

First commute with it and I LOVE IT! What was I thinking???? I put it on my drops (bar end) and would glance down to watch any movement behind me. Great stuff!