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[RBW] Re: Bike mirrors

2020-10-31 Thread dougP

Have you thought about mirrors that clip onto your glasses?  I see they now 
also have a helmet adapter.

https://takealookactive.com/gallery/

Personally I use a "beer-view mirror"  A friend makes these as a hobby.  He 
has common brands but the fun is give him a cap from some obscure beer or 
soft drink.  My current favorite is the Lost Coast brewery, and my wife 
(who's not a beer drinker) has one with the Brooklyn bridge; she's 
originally from Brooklyn.  The take-a-look is the most user friendly & 
easiest to adjust, but nowhere near as much fun.

dougP

On Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 8:39:09 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
wrote:
>
> I never had a mirror until 2012, which was when I got my Betty Foy and 
> discovered that mirrors existed. I bought the German mirror from Rivendell 
> and it’s all I’ve ever had since. But, I got a new bike now and I’m 
> wondering if there is anything else better than the mirror I got in 2012. I 
> don’t think I want one of those mirrors screwed into my bar end, because 
> it’s weird (like a contraption from a Dr. Seuss book). 
>
> Anyway, do I just use my old trusty German mirror? Or is there a more 
> sleek, modern, useful one I could snag for my Platypus? 
>
> Thanks! 
> Leah

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[RBW] Bike mirrors

2020-10-31 Thread Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!

I never had a mirror until 2012, which was when I got my Betty Foy and 
discovered that mirrors existed. I bought the German mirror from Rivendell and 
it’s all I’ve ever had since. But, I got a new bike now and I’m wondering if 
there is anything else better than the mirror I got in 2012. I don’t think I 
want one of those mirrors screwed into my bar end, because it’s weird (like a 
contraption from a Dr. Seuss book).

Anyway, do I just use my old trusty German mirror? Or is there a more sleek, 
modern, useful one I could snag for my Platypus? 

Thanks!
Leah

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I disagree with much that Grant asserts, but I agree with much else; at any
rate, we're both of us in the same ancient cohort (I think he's 1 year
older than I), and his music inserts often resonate. The lastest (Ode to
Billy Joe) made me think of other music favorites of our distant era.

One of my first (a year earlier: Sgt Pepper LP and Hey Jude/I Am The Walrus
45, not to mention, gawd 'elp us, The Ventures) popular music memories was
this one (link below) that I picked up from the local radio top 10, age 13;
and I picked it up in those pre-universal-connectivity days because for
Christmas my mother had sweetly bought me the crystal radio kit (yes, you
could still get them) that I had asked for. I built it and tuned it to the
local pops station, and heard this, over and over and over and over again.
One song of many*, but the one that has stuck in my mind.

Hardly racist, but perhaps sexist; to atone for the sexism, I append
another favorite from the era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyoMl-7QJSg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0

Bike content: *I* think that calypso goes perfectly with Just Ride. Also, I
was already customizing my late '60s Raleigh Sport with drop bar, rat trap
pedals, and top-tube "four on the floor" shifter with big black knob.

* The local pops culture was local but not entirely isolated from global
pop culture. For next birthday, #14, my very conservative (but hardly
unenlightened) father very indulgently went out to a local record (= vinyl
disc) store and bought me the latest "Let It Bleed" R Stones album.

Patrick "and then there's reggae" Moore

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Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

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