Help! Mirror for Carrera Crossfire

[Bethy12]

I’m looking for recommendations/suggestions for a mirror for my Carrera Crossfire e, preferably one that fits on the end of the handlebar. Just tried a Cateye BM-45 but it won’t fit due to the shape of the handlebars. Thanks.

 

[grldtnr]

Bicycle mirrors are expensive,and usually break in my experience.
But try some motorcycle ones, if you have a motorcycle factors close to you pop in and have a look, I bought some for my recumbent trike, they fit inboard ,as they would on a motorcycle handlebar, they are normally made from metal, and a pr should'nt cost more than £20.

 

[vfr400]

After trying loads of mirrors, I found the Zefal Cyclops to be the best at around £10. It has a double folding mechanism, so you can flip it out the way when you go through a gate and flip it back into the same position afterwards. Also, it'll flip if you crash, so not likely to get damaged.

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Even if you did break the fitting in a hard crash, you can buy a replacement for £3.99:

Cyclop Fittings

Features: Fittings for Cyclops Mirror

www.tritoncycles.co.uk

 

[jarob10]

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[egroover]

not cheap, but worth every penny in my view, the Mirrycle

Mirrors - Mountain Mirror

Mirrycle: The Mountain Mirrycle Mirror quickly attaches to almost any flat handlebar using the supplied wrench. Its convex mirror provides a wide field of view to help the cyclist see approaching traffic and the mirror head is fully adjustable Fits inside handlebars with 13.75mm - 22.5mm (.54"...

www.swinnertoncycles.co.uk

 

[John F]

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I have a bar end German one, whose name I forget but cost £15. It's basically useless as the area of the mirror is way too small so the field of view is tiny. I tried hard to adjust it to get the best result but failed. They had many alternatives, some with slightly bigger mirrors but I doubdt they would be any better. In addition witha big glove it partially obscures the thing anyway.l Waste of money.

 

[vfr400]

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They're terrible - better than nothing, but not much.

 

[Swizz]

I had a Decathlon Btwin mirror on my old recumbent that gave a great view behind, although cannot vouch for the bar end mounting as I hacked it to fit on top of the bars using a spare light mount. The ball/cup adjustment helped in a tumble & never broke.

They are no longer available unfortunately...a bit gutted as I want one for the eBike but don't want one mounted where it'll get clonked easily. Although the Zefal looks similar, the mounting is not. May give one a try.