Cycling wing mirrors
Oct. 15th, 2013 07:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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?
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?
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Date: 2013-10-16 11:12 am (UTC)If I were going to try again I would start with the Busch und Muller products.
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Date: 2013-10-16 11:29 am (UTC)