Mirrycle MTB Bar End Mountain Bicycle Mirror
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Description of Mirrycle MTB Bar End Mountain Bicycle Mirror
Mounts onto bar end, installation wrench included Wide view convex mirror pivots to any viewing angleThe Mountain Bicycle Mirror from Mirrycle provides a wide view of the cars behind you, so that you don't have to turn your head as you bike. Designed to fit mountain bike style handlebars, the three-inch round mirror mounts on your handlebar's bar end in minutes with the included wrench. Thanks to its convex glass and pivoting design, the mirror offers a wide field of view to any viewing angle of the road behind you--so that you can remain focused on the road ahead.
Sports reviews of Mirrycle MTB Bar End Mountain Bicycle Mirror
Customer Review: Huge Piece of Mind
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Less than two years ago a car passed me and turned right directly in front of me. The result wasn't pretty. I had a mirror on my helmet at the time, but you go cross-eyed trying to use them. I have since put this on my handlebar on my flatbar commuter. It really gives a sense of security because when you hear noises, you don't have to turn around each time to see if you are in any kind of danger. It gives me so much more confidence in my riding. I wouldn't go out in traffic w/o one now. I even bought the "nerdy" Mirrycle Road STI Bicycle Mirror that attaches to a Shimano road shifter for my road bike. It is fantastic too. Helmet, mirror, bell, horn, gloves, shoes, lights -- you have to get them all to be safe out there. These devices are very well thought out and have all the adapters for different configurations. I suppose the only one they don't cover is if you had a certain type of bull-horn MTB ends that inserted inside your bar ends.Customer Review: Very well designed mirror
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I found this mirror extreemly well engineered with excellent instructions for the do it yourselfer. The vibration is minimal and the visibility of the road behind you is excellent. The only tool required to assemble and install the mirror is an allen key which is included in the package. I have a Giant Cypress bike which required getting out a box cutter to cut out the end of the hand grip. After removing that, I found another plug which requred some cutting and then pushing into the handle bar to make room for the mirror mount. From that point on, the installation went very smoothly. The one concern I had while assembling the mirror was that the screws seemed to be crossthreading into the brass inserts of each mating part. If I had read the istructions a little more thoroughly, I would have seen that this was to be expected. It was in bold type but I glossed over it. The brass inserts are designed to grip the screw tightly to prevent the screw from backing out due to road vibration. Again an example of a well engineered design.Customer Review: Best rear mirror I have used
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I bought one of these first to replace broken a bar end mirror I broke. I like that it lifts the mirror higher than the bar so it is easily visible. It is more stable than most mirrors I have tried, and easy to adjust in each desired dimension. I also use one on the left to hold a "Serfas Stop light" led light on the left bar end to provide a wider look to the bike when cars pass me at night. It turned out to be an easy way to mount the light. When I bought the second one for this purpose, I thought I'd have to glue the light to the back of the mirror, but I screwed the light mount to the mirror mount with only a little filing of plastic. The mirror is also mounted and I can use the mirror during the day, and the light at night. BUT the light is too heavy with the batteries in it, and it causes too much bouncing of the mirror to be useful. So I will remove the mirror and use the light only on the left. I still have a "plain" mirror on the right, and it works great.Customer Review: If it hits something, it just pivots, and the bike keeps going
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I see that there are plenty of well-deserved glowing reviews here about this mirror, but I wanted to comment on what I consider to be its main safety feature. My previous handlebar mirror had a very limited range of motion. If I had hit something with that mirror while riding, my handlebar would have moved with the mirror, and I would have immediately gone down, perhaps in front of a car. After a close encounter with a trailer, I decided that riding with no mirror was actually safer than riding with my old mirror. I removed it.
This mirror is different. I can precisely adjust the torque required to pivot the mirror. I just set it so it stays in place during normal riding, but it is still easy to pivot by hand. A car's rear view mirror could run directly into the Mirrycle MTB mirror while I was riding, and my mirror would just pivot toward the bike. My handlebar would barely move, if at all.
Hurray for good design!
Customer Review: Excellent Mirror
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I bought two of these for our hybrids. The packaging is simple but there are (in my opinion) a lot of parts so, be careful not to lose anything. The installation of the first mirror was a little challenging but that's mainly because I wasn't following the directions correctly. I dropped one of the little washers on the floor and had a heck of a time finding it. But I managed to get it installed. I really like the mechansism that is used to attach the stem inside the handle bars. It works REALLY well. When I installed the second mirror, I did it in about 5 minutes.
The quality of the parts appears to be very good, especially for the price. I would definately recommend this product.
If you are going to be riding in the rain from time to time, I recommend putting some kind of defogger/repellent on the mirror because it does fog up. I may try some RainX to see if it solves the problem.