Thursday, March 13, 2008

CAN YOU SPORT A SUNGLASSES MIRROR AND STILL BE COOL?






My poll question of the week. If you wear a mirror on your person, or hang one off your bike, can you still be in the "cool" bike racer club? I have a friend who has a trucker sized mirror on his otherwise beautiful Felt road bike. It looks out of place, and ruins the lines of the bike. But he swears by it, and feels much safer while riding with it on. So if you feel more comfortable with it, and it helps you ride your bike more, isn't that a good thing? I also began thinking, will this rearward looking appendage really make a difference when the pickup truck shoulder brushers come calling? Yes you'll know there coming, and when to flinch, but that's about it. This summer one of my goals is to ride more with my oldest son. So in an effort to be more aware of traffic, I bought a mirror that attaches to my glasses. On a few of our 2 up rides, I have used it, and was quite impressed as to how it worked. So much so that I have even used it on several of my solo rides. I have to admit that the "style factor" goes way down, and there is no way at all to make it look good. I will never be able to wear it in large groups. As my fragile ego would never hold up to the torment. So if you see me all decked out euro style pretending to be the player that i'm not, the reminder to you will be hanging from my glasses. The good news for most of you is that i'll probably never see you behind me in said mirror. But if I do..............Then chances are, you have one on too!!!!!! Ty

2 comments:

gman said...

Nice mirror. Add a big O to the mirror for cool factor.
If you wear the mirror on the Tuesday night world championships would you be
A)tourist B)racer wannabee)C)mirror driver aka NASCAR D)DORK E) fill in the blank

Have safe rides with son.
A day on your bike is a good day.

Gman

CyclingPanther said...

Whatever floats your boat is cool Ty. Besides, at your age it really doesn't matter cuz the chicks won't notice, but the dudes will enjoy the opportunity to crack a few jokes at your expense ("fogey" comes to mind). I always appreciate the "car back" announcement from group ride member who dons the rear view mirror. Good to hear you have your boy on the road. Happy "safe" training. Hope to see you on the road soon.