springs

Can you adjust the Italian mirror on the fly? When you move from the hoods to the drops is the image still "good"?

jdon

In a minor way yes although that is not the intent. Set them up before you wrap the bars then only minor adjustments are done afterwards. They are slightly convex and glass so the field of vision is actually quite large with a very clear image.

nmbikeboy

I'm another Italian road bike mirror fan --- although they aren't highly adjustable, they provide a fantastically clear image from all riding positions.

JohnJ80

Sometimes you have to move your head around a bit to see one side or the other, but that's what you have to do with a helmet mirror too.

J.

bruce19

Nice quality/image 'cause the mirror is glass.

bikeideas

I was unhappy with the design and size of the TAL, so I made my own eyeglass-mount mirror. Image posted here for you to pattern or follow my signature link.

B. Carfree

I always suspected that helmet/eyeglass mounted mirrors might create a blind spot in front, but discounted it as highly unlikely. Besides, most of us have two eyes, so even if something is blocked from view to one eye the other should pick it up. However, I recently had someone nearly ride right into me because I was blocked from his view by his mirror. He corrected course in response to my shouting just before I had to ride off into the ditch. I guess using a mirror takes a bit of practice for some folks.

JanMM

Evidently not everyone is up to visual multi-tasking.

Banded Krait

I bought the Safety Zone helmet bicycling mirror about a month ago. It has proven so helpful that I've decided I will never ride on a road again without a mirror. See a photo of this mirror on Amazon.com at https://tinyurl.com/6jozdqv . It is pricey, but worth it. It is much larger than many mirrors of this type, and it has a glass surface which privides an outstanding image.

WHOOOSSHHH...

If I'm looking behind me, then I'm not looking in front of me....

bruce19

+1

Agave

The only way I feel really safe.

Beverly

I have one of his mirrors and love it

He was at GOBA this year and had a different vehicle for hauling his wares. I miss his little Bug he previously drove.

JimTjr

Ok, I like the idea of mirrors since we ride on the road, and your supposed to ride with traffic. Is the helmet/eyeglass mirror, (Take a look) better than a bicycle mirror? If your handlebars are jiggling from road bumps, ect,, would a handlebar mirror be harder to see with? Also couldn't you move your head slightly to widen the view behind you with the others? Just trying to get opinions is all...

Thanks

teachme

I've got my Take a look mirror strapped on to my helmet and it works great. When I first got into cycling about 3 months ago I started with one of those mirrors that mounts onto the handle bars. Vision was very limited and I found myself getting surprised quite often by passing vehicles. With the Take a look I can get a panoramic view by turning my head slightly. No surprises when I have this mirror in play.

John_V 

I tried both eye glass and helmet mount mirrors and just couldn't get them adjusted to where I could see clearly with my bifocals. I have a road bike mirror that mounts under my STI shifter hood. Not exactly a fashion statement for road bikes, but it does the job.

ItsJustAHill

I have one of these, and I have to say I'm impressed by how well it works. Much easier to install than the Take A Look.

jfvogel

I have TAL now, but my coworker has one of these Safety Zone's and just looking at it is enough to sell me,
its WAY beefier looking and more easily adjustable. As you say, may cost a bit more but at my next upgrade
point I'm switching. I'd advise anyone just about to get a helmet-mount mirror to look carefully at this.

JohnJ80

You've got to be kidding! That thing is enormous.

J.

Wogster

This is an adjustment issue, the mirror itself can be tilted on the arm, there is another advantage to these mirrors though, by moving your head slightly you can change the view, without taking a hand off the bars. I have the helmet mounted version, although I regularly ride two different bikes, I use the same helmet, so I use one mirror, which is on the left, if I need to see directly behind, I turn my head slightly (there she is ). The problem with glasses mounted is that you will either forget to attach the mirror, or forget to take it off, and look stupid in public .

jfvogel

When I first bought the TAL I tried mounting them on a pair of sunglasses I had, but there's a problem I had you
didn't mention... they slip down my nose when I get hot and that throws off the view I finally decided to mount
them on the helmet and that has been working better.

billmc40

I have the take a look mirror, just now getting use to it. Finding if I turn my head a bit I can see a good view behind me. I think my problem is I want to st it up like the rear view mirror in the car.
BillMc

rideon7

I use the Sprintech handlebar mirror, as the take-a-look won't fit on my sunglasses. Started using the Sprintech about three weeks ago, after returning from a multi-day tour and realizing how much I needed a mirror. The Sprintech rocks!

goldfinch

I've been using this exceedingly unattractive mirror for about three months now. I feel like part of the Borg collective. But it is a fabulous mirror, especially for those of us riding with bifocals. There is plenty of mirror real estate to always have a good look. It adjust easily even when you are riding. Money well spent.

JohnJ80

I decided to take another look (pun intended) at helmet mirrors again. Not so much for my road riding, but for when I'm commuting in the city. I'd tried the TAL but didn't like it so much.

Then I came on this:

https://www.hubbubcustom.com/store/pr...sp?prod=helmir

The hubbub mirror. I like it a lot better than the TAL mirror.

The question I have is that when I helmet mount a mirror I seem to get a fair bit of shake. Is this the experience of others?

J.