Agattu lights

[burncycle]

Yes I will be using a mirror.
In fact I was going to ask (in a future thread) but I may as well ask now....
Any good mirrors out there?
I've seen standard, wide angle, Helmet mirrors, mirrors that you attach to your glasses ???

 

[Sector]

Mirrycle

I've tried a variety of different types of mirror and the only one I really like is the Mirrycle bar-end mirror.

Mountain Mirrycle Bicycle Mirror - Mirrycle Corp.

The mirror seems to be glass, which might be regarded as a hazard, but the view of the road behind is so good that for me the advantages outweigh the risk.

Flat mirrors need to be huge to get a decent view, so I've ruled them out.

Many of the wide angle mirrors are too convex, and cars that are really quite close behind appear as an insignificant dot in the mirror. Initially it seems to be an attractive feature that you get all of the road in one view, but then you realise that you don't notice vehicles that are a hazard to you.

The plastic mirrors tend to be imperfectly made and distort the view. They are often tinted and give a dull image.

I find that the wide-angle of the Mirrycle is just about right. You don't see all of the road in one view, but you soon develop the habit of shifting slightly in your seat to expand the view.

The remaining problem is to fit a bar-end mirror to a dutch style handlebar. I don't have an Agattu but I do have an old Sparta non-electric bike, so I need to solve the problem. My first lash-up works but look awful.

 

[burncycle]

Thanks secot !
I mgetting the pro-connect so I really dont know what type of handlebar it has, or what a may be able to fit to it.

 

[flecc]

I'm a fan of the Cateye mirrors, the BM500G in particular. Both this and the one Sector recommends can easily be fitted in the bar end of the Kalkhoff.

BM500G
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[Citrus]

Hi Flecc,

I can't see how the Cateye or the mirror Sector mentions easily fits to the Agattu handlebars (dutch style). Do you have any pics demonstrating fitting?

 

[flecc]

Hi Flecc,

I can't see how the Cateye or the mirror Sector mentions easily fits to the Agattu handlebars (dutch style). Do you have any pics demonstrating fitting?

Burncycle is getting the pro-Connect which has straighter style bars, so no problem. The BM500G has a slim insert fitting, so it's ok even if the handle bars are thickwall alloy.

The BM500G does work ok on the swept back bars, and I had one on my Lafree for four years, aaannndddyyy from this forum now using it on that bike. The upward arm allows plenty of adjustment to cope, and you can just see it superimposed on a 4 x 4 in this photo of my Lafree doing some work.
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[Citrus]

Thanks Flecc

I see clearly now how it fits. I will order up one of the Cateye ones.

 

[musicbooks]

Burncycle is getting the pro-Connect which has straighter style bars, so no problem. The BM500G has a slim insert fitting, so it's ok even if the handle bars are thickwall alloy.

The BM500G does work ok on the swept back bars, and I had one on my Lafree for four years, aaannndddyyy from this forum now using it on that bike. The upward arm allows plenty of adjustment to cope, and you can just see it superimposed on a 4 x 4 in this photo of my Lafree doing some work.
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Where are you going with all that bubble wrap, Flecc? If you came off, they'd be a helluva poppin!

BW
musicbooks

 

[flecc]

I wasn't bubble wrap unfortunately, most of it was a very heavy and stiff plastic sheeting, which I think had been used as a damage resistant wrapping around large furniture units. I'd picked it up to take it to the Council Tip and recycling depot, I've no idea which resident dumped it on the common land in the first place. I've had many loads like that.

It's the way people are these days.
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[cliff]

I wasn't bubble wrap unfortunately, most of it was a very heavy and stiff plastic sheeting, which I think had been used as a damage resistant wrapping around large furniture units. I'd picked it up to take it to the Council Tip and recycling depot, I've no idea which resident dumped it on the common land in the first place. I've had many loads like that.

It's the way people are these days.
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Cycling and cogitating the other day I came to the conclusion that there are three types of people: those who drop litter, those who ignore it and those who pick it up - of which I suspect there's a higher percentage amongst cyclists. Recently acquired one of these type of things and have been practising swooping on unsuspecting carrier bags etc without slowing down. Provides no end of entertainment.
Initially felt a bit daft collecting litter, but a surprising number of folk do it on the quiet.

 

[flecc]

You're right Cliff, quite a few do pick up, though there can never be enough to outnumber the litter louts.

You could become famous for those bike acrobatics, I'll watch out for you on Harry Hill's show!

I'm well known for turning up at the tip at all sorts of times with odd items, the odd car spare wheel strapped on the carrier is a common one, picked up from where it's been dumped on a verge.
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