Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread Rene Sterental
Absolutely! :-) On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Seth Vidal wrote: > Get the german mirror from riv. Use it for a month. If you don't like > it, I'll buy it off you. > > Fair? > > -sv > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To p

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread Seth Vidal
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Rene Sterental wrote: > It's those who ride with iPods that need mirrors the most! > I did that when commuting, but stopped out of concern. Still, I can > usually only hear a car behind me when it's right on top of me. With > my progressive glasses, turning my head

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread Rene Sterental
It's those who ride with iPods that need mirrors the most! I did that when commuting, but stopped out of concern. Still, I can usually only hear a car behind me when it's right on top of me. With my progressive glasses, turning my head is almost useless if I want to check for cars significantly beh

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 09:14 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Steve Palincsar > wrote: > > > > Answering my own question, the first ever World Naked Bike > Ride in > the Albuquerque/Santa Fe NM area will take plac

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > Answering my own question, the first ever World Naked Bike Ride in > the Albuquerque/Santa Fe NM area will take place at noon, June 12, 2010 > at a yet to be determined location in Santa Fe. > http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.ph

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > Some might point out the contrast between "cares about their safety" and > "not wearing glasses or helmet..." > > Not the elite. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. T

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread Timothy Whalen
I love the German mirror and use one for all my road riding.I really miss it when I take my mtn bike down a road to a trail head. I find it as easy and natural to use as my car mirrors and would no more ride without than I would drive without mirrors. (It fits well on drop bars. I have not u

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread Bill Gibson
I go forward and backward on mirrors, but lately one is on the visor of my helmet. And I duck to look behind constantly, too, but since I started wearing progressive multifocal eyeglasses my head-sideways and upside-down glances don't work as well as they used to, so the mirror helps me. I used to

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 09:29 -0400, Steve Palincsar wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 17:37 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > > > On Apr 7, 9:19 pm, happyriding wrote: > > > Mirrors: for or against? Handlebar or helmet mounted? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > >

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 17:37 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > On Apr 7, 9:19 pm, happyriding wrote: > > Mirrors: for or against? Handlebar or helmet mounted? > > > > Thanks. > > > Not against, but don't want, so in *that* sense against. That is par

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 21:20 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:17 PM, james black > wrote: > > > I use a helmet-mounted mirror, and absolutely recommend them > to anyone > who rides in traffic, cares about their safety and the qua

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-08 Thread james black
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 20:20, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > But ... not all who care greatly about the safety and quality and > anxiety-free quality of their very urban traffic riding choose to use > mirrors; not quarreling, just pointing out the fact. (Beside, not wearing > glasses or helmet, and findin

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-08 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:17 PM, james black wrote: > > > I use a helmet-mounted mirror, and absolutely recommend them to anyone > who rides in traffic, cares about their safety and the quality of > their riding, and wants every advantage they can get. > > But ... not all who care greatly about th

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-08 Thread james black
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:31, Jon Grant wrote: > I’m for it. Helmet visor mount. I can see lots more than with a h-bar > mounted one, just by turning my head a bit. Sometimes when I’m off the bike, > I find myself swiveling my head about to get a better look behind me, > wishing I had a rear-view

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-08 Thread PATRICK MOORE
> On Apr 7, 9:19 pm, happyriding wrote: > > Mirrors: for or against? Handlebar or helmet mounted? > > > > Thanks. > > Not against, but don't want, so in *that* sense against. That is part of my desire over the years to divest myself of cycling encumbrances (except multiple bikes): mirrors, helme

[RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-08 Thread Jon Grant
On Apr 7, 9:19 pm, happyriding wrote: > Mirrors: for or against?  Handlebar or helmet mounted? > > Thanks. --- I¹m for it. Helmet visor mount. I can see lots more than with a h-bar mounted one, just by turning my head a bit. Sometimes when I¹m off the bike, I find myself swiveling my head ab