[RBW] Mounting D+D mirror to fork

2012-02-29 Thread Peter Pesce
I have the Bike Eye from Harris on my LHT (http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/mirrors.html) and it works pretty well. I wanted to avoid damage from parking in crowded public racks, and it has been successful in that regard. It is not ideal for reading license plates or checking out someone behind y

Re: [RBW] Mounting D+D mirror to fork

2012-02-29 Thread Rex Kerr
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Andrew wrote: > Has anyone found a good way to mount the German wide-angle mirror, that > RBW sells, to a fork in such a way that it's in a horizontal orientation, > instead of vertical? I've been experimenting with it this weekend, and > think I would get a bette

Re: [RBW] Mounting D+D mirror to fork

2012-02-29 Thread Andrew
Oh no... it can be set to give a nice view to the side, not straight back, even when mounted on the fork. I just think it would be a better view if the mirror were set in a generally horizontal (when viewed from above) orientation, as that would be even wider, and let me see cars both at my side, a

Re: [RBW] Mounting D+D mirror to fork

2012-02-29 Thread René Sterental
Am trying to figure out what you mean by mounting it on the fork... won't your leg block its view? René On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Andrew wrote: > Has anyone found a good way to mount the German wide-angle mirror, that > RBW sells, to a fork in such a way that it's in a horizontal orienta

[RBW] Mounting D+D mirror to fork

2012-02-26 Thread Andrew
Has anyone found a good way to mount the German wide-angle mirror, that RBW sells, to a fork in such a way that it's in a horizontal orientation, instead of vertical? I've been experimenting with it this weekend, and think I would get a better view of the traffic back there if it were horizontal. I