Love it - the thing about the helmet mirror, it gives you a quick check for traffic, but you can also scan with it and learn a lot about what's behind you. Lights are important for dark, but blinkies are important for daylight traffic. I have cygolights front and back on both bikes, but I also have the Blackburn Flea front and rear on my helmet. In traffic, they're all blinking. Or at night I can run the cygo head and tail lights solid, and the helmet lights blinking. When I'm on the paved bike paths, I run just a solid head light, because it's kind of rude to blinkie at pedestrians. And Crane bell for sneaking up behind pedestrians.
I also carry a 10,000 mAh battery, which weighs 7 ounces, and I can use to charge any of my lights and/or my cell phone. On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:31:49 AM UTC-5, Doug Williams wrote: > > I admit that I am addicted to my helmet mirror as well. So much so, that > just a few days ago, I was pushing my shopping cart through the Costco > parking lot when I heard a car behind me. My first instinct was to glance > at my (non-existent) helmet mirror. Maybe I need to wear my helmet while > walking? Please help me! Is there a support group for mirror addiction? > > I really like my helmet mirror. It is the type that attaches to > eyeglasses, but I like it much more attached to my helmet visor. I am so > addicted to my mirror that I am stuck wearing my helmet whenever I am > riding near cars. Off road, I prefer my Tilley Hat, but on road, I need the > mirror. I know, I know…how un-Rivendell of me! The mirror used to fall off > until I lashed it onto the visor (Rivendell handlebar style) using hemp > twine that I bought from Riv. Of course, all this was a futile attempt to > assuage my guilt and “Riv my helmet” so I could tell myself that I’m not > really a geeky Fred. But truth be told, I am a geeky Fred; and no amount of > Rivendell hempen twine is going to fix that. > > Now I have a handlebar mount for my phone! Is there any hope for me? Can I > escape this gadget addiction? > > Doug > > > > *JimD* > > I wear a helmet as insurance. Besides it's where I mount my mirror. > > > > I'd ride without the helmet before I rode without the mirror but, as it > is, they are inextricably linked. > > > > Maybe we can have a 'discussion' about the use of mirrors? > > > > As to helmets and horses go watch the cross country portion of a 3 day > trials. Those folks wear helmets some of them still get killed. > > > > -JimD > > > > [image: > https://www.google.com/s2/photos/public/AIbEiAIAAABDCLSmj_6Ipu-PfSILdmNhcmRfcGhvdG8qKDc3NDljN2Q3NzlmZDA2NTE3MTVmY2Q5NDg0NmQ1OGI0ZDg3NTRkYjkwAfhM2l7isKQIScZs3e0snfxB_y9T?authuser=0&sz=34] > Ron > Mc > > I'm with you Jim, I can't ride without my mirror > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
