do you have one? or is it too dorky?

>>2037824 (OP)
this is better

A helmet? Fuck no
Way too dorky

I’m not paid to shill unfortunately- I just like the product

You could argue which is more useful, this or radar. I think both are even better so getting a Varia is next on the list for me

>>2037835
>having to look down in the middle of the traffic
>unusable off-trail
nah

>>2037835
what is the name of your wahoo mount

>>2037824 (OP)
no, i just ignore whatever's behind me

>>2037824 (OP)
Helmet mirrors are super handy. Looking back to check for traffic freaks drivers out. Most immediately brake and match your speed which is fucking annoying.

>glass disc next your eye during a crash

once you're over 50 you're allowed
-a gold watch
-combining wifebeaters with high waisted khakis
-guerlain heritage edp
-tassels on your loafers
-riser stems on your pinarello
-mirrors on your helmets
that's still a few years off for me, so none of that nonsense just yet

>>2037835
No it isn't.

>>2037870
Also known as sunglasses.

>>2037824 (OP)
i have a neck

it is proven that drivers react to people with mirrors with more care

>>2037824 (OP)
no

>>2037860
>Looking back to check for traffic freaks drivers out. Most immediately brake and match your speed which is fucking annoying.
working as intended

>>2037844
I bought one of these recently
pretty good, just turn your head a bit, and bam you can see behind you
much easier to keep up with traffic behind you, I ride to work on a road with some tight sections, so knowing a truck iw coming behind me is a blessing, lets me get off the road when needed

I absolutely love my cycling mirror. The kind that clips to glasses is the best in my experience

>>2037824 (OP)
Why would i need a mirror? I can just bike slow enough to know that there's always a car right behind me. Of course i take the whole lane, I'm considered a vehicle after all

mirror always breaks >:( I keep my head on a swivel

>>2038181
update, I almost got hit by a car
>riding an incline
>look back for a second to check for cars cus I dont want to be riding the edge of the road
>no cars behind me
>steer a bit to the left
>look up ahead
>retard decided to overtake car in opposing lane and is heading right towards me
>time slows down swerve back to the right
idk how I feel about what happened

>>2038242
eh just shit drivers, happens all the time

>>2037824 (OP)
You 100% deserve to get run over if you're too lazy or too old to use your neck and look around you. No one should feel bad about a retard killing themselves. If you use mirrors on a bicycle, you're in the same realm of retardedness as the faggots who get decapitated on their motorbikes because they lean over the middle line to take curves. Your accident was avoidable by not being a faggot.

>>2038283
post bike

>>2037844
I really like the idea of these but I like the shades i have already, i think it would be sick if there was some version of this that could clip onto whatever glasses you currently have, one more reason to get a 3d printer i guess
>>2038283
Post bike
Post roads you ride on

>>2038283
>turns neck to see what's behind
>gets neck snapped by incoming car in front
hehe *crack*

>>2037824 (OP)
I know the position, speed and course of every car around me without any mirrors. And generally without looking around. Just hearing sense and situational awareness. Don't concentrate on your new fancy gloves or music in your headphones, focus on your environment.
In a car I once saved my life because I noticed in advance that the _other_ guy is just making a mistake and I corrected for his error btw. On a bike one driver might have tried to kill me in an inventive way too - he indicated a turn on a crossroad so I just moved forward even though I would have to yield to him if he was driving straight instead of turning. He actually did drive straight despite his turning light blinking so he would have a solid claim that he was in the right driving over me. He didn't get me tho because I was still tracking him.

>>2038314
>once some retard indicated wrong
Thats a fuckin daily occurrence ngl
Anyway, at speed you can’t really hear anything but wind. Especially with the rise of electric cars
I honestly prefer riding at night because even around blind corners you’ll see the lights long before you hear the car or see it
Daytime is just a gamble, i sure do love sending it full speed through a narrow bend or under a bridge and it being a 50/50 chance of dying
Im not even joking i actually enjoy it cycling wouldn’t be fun if it wasn’t dangerous as shit

>>2038315
You often can't hear the engine but almost always I can hear the tires - especially at higher speeds. And sometimes I do look around just to be sure.

>>2038315
>cycling wouldn’t be fun if it wasn’t dangerous as shit
Based cyclopath, having the legs to go all out and move at car speeds supported by a near weightless object is one of the best feelings in the world, it's the closest feeling to human powered flight

>>2038323
This.
Did you ever have those semi lucid dreams where you were flying or like galloping along fast as fuck like a cheetah? Since becoming a cyclopath i have zoomy bike dreams instead

>>2038325
Lol same

>>2038327
I had one where I was somehow outrunning a fighter jet that was trying to strafe me and then i unclipped and took it down with a manpad or something i must have conveniently had in my jersey pocket

>>2038325
Blessedreams,,,wolvesclose, butiring., outpace thesebitchs,, , , ,

>>2038314
I started using mirror only a year ago and sometimes go without helmet aswell (which has a mirror on it) so I know what you mean but having the mirror is still a lot better. I can see cars before I hear them.

>>2037837
Literally me till last month, fucked My face up

I think they're a waste of time. I trust my eyes more and turning my head makes me 100% sure of what is behind or to the side of me when I ride.
I think those radar rear light things are stupid and overpriced too, I will continue to use my eyes and I do a ton of riding on roads with cars.

Better to just wear high visibility clothing / helmet so you can be seen.

>>2037882
>guerlain heritage edp
I'm only 24, and I've been spraying Guerlain Heritage all winter. Is it over for me?

>>2039512
>how to tell you never tried a thing without saying you didn't try it yet

>>2038214
Do you live in my town?

>>2037824 (OP)
I mean, if anyone else remembers their driver's ed class, and the little booklet the DMV gives you to study, before you change lanes, you check your rearview and side mirrors, then you shoulder check because there's blind spots, THEN you merge.
you still need to shoulder check. mirrors are convenient because if you see something, you aren't going to merge anyway so you skip the check. but you still have to check before you DO merge.
mirrors on bikes either require a helmet mount or they have to be huge and in the way.
I experimented putting a wide angle mirror down on the fork blade, which was out-of-the-way enough, but the field of view was negligible.
shoulder check wins.

>>2039851
I live in every town, every street, and every mind of every rager cager. Their frustration feeds my cyclopathy as I slow my roll

>>2037824 (OP)
i don't even wear a helmet because it is too dorky

>>2037824 (OP)
It's a slippery slope.
Rear view mirrors are the last stop before you go full retard and start mounting brake lights, blinkers, an air horn, and wrap reflective tape around your bike.

>>2041610
It's not full retard if you lightmax for bike rave

>>2037835
I was going to say like this...

But similar concept.

>>2041628
reminds me of some of the mad shit you used to see at critical mass

>>2038295