Cycling wing mirrors

[jack]

When I'm cycling, I find it difficult to look directly behind me. I'm not sure how much this is (a) glasses covering only middle field of vision (b) not being confident enough in my balance and (c) an inherent defect in non-owls.

I generally feel safe looking over my shoulder to see if there's a car about to overtake. But I can't see far enough to see that the road's completely clear behind me, and I don't feel confident seeing whether there's another cyclist there (so I can stop or do a u-turn).

Are wing-mirrors an actually sensible solution to this? Or should I practice turning safely more? Or something else?

Comments

[damerell]

A great many mirrors are made. I tried one, but my neck is pretty bendy and I found the mirror vibrated too much to be useful. If you wear glasses, some models attach to glasses frames; and vexingly, a lot of good models attach to magic foam hats. (In particular, the Reevu was an inspired design).

If I were going to try again I would start with the Busch und Muller products.

[jack]

Thank you!