Third Eye Bar End Bicycle Mirror

I LOVE THIS MIRROR!!! I first put one on my Trek hybrid and was very pleased, so much that I bought a second one for my road bike. Being a truck driver I tend to place a lot of importance on mirrors. The quality of the glass, lack of distortion, and steadiness are very important to me. This mirror offers all of that, and better than any other I've tried. On the straight handbars it is located great, and sits out from the end of the bar grip enough that my hands don't interfere. I didn't think I''d like it on the road bike because of the location the mirror would end up in. I see many road bikes with the smaller streamlined mirrors, so I bought one of those but didn't like how small the mirror was. It made it difficult to really see what was coming up behind you, how close it actually was, and how fast it was coming. So I bought a second mirror that was round and bigger, and set out to the side of the handlebar end, only to have that one get in the way of my hands when down in the drop portion of the bar. Out of desperation I took this mirror off my hybrid because I needed something for a ride that day, and it works great. When I'm grabbing the end of the bar in the drops my forearm may block the mirror just a bit, but if I'm keeping my elbows in tight it's ok. Nice size allows me to see what is coming and how fast, how far behind me it is. Remains stable for a good clear view. Easy to mount, comes with 2 sizes of rubber knurled inserts. You choose which size best fits the inside of your bar end, tighten it up a little before inserting so that it slides in fully but offers a little resistance, and once pushed all the way in just rotate it by hand to tighten completely. You do need to make sure you tighten it completely, or it will shake around when you are on bumpy roads and possibly fall out. I noticed several negative reviews that mention vibration and falling out. It needs to be tightened completely or that will happen.

Living in Puerto Rico, where we have the most cars per square mile and drivers are reckless, cycling isn't very safe. So what if there was a device that would let you predict te future and prevent accidents from happening? Well, people, here it is, the Third Eye Bicycle Mirror. Even the name sounds magical. Indeed, it's like having a third eye looking at what's coming up behind you! Spies beware cuz we have your weakness! I've had this mirror for about 2 years now and it has saved my life many times. Measuring at only 3" in diameter might seem small but, gladly, the mirror is slightly convex making the field of view pretty wide. Our roads are worst than Minecraft with parallax mapping! Fuzzy reflection from road vibration, you ask? I've installed this mirror on 2 bikes now, a Voodoo Rada Racing geometry from the year 2000 and a 20" Dahon Mariner from 2003, and I haven't found this to be a problem. And mind you, we don't have the best roads here in P.R. It costs 1 cent to adjust the mirror. The installation is straight forward. Just twist it inside the bar-end of your handlebars. You can adjust the mirror to your liking by twisting it inside the bar-end for up and down and moving it back and forth on it's axis screw for left and right. Now, talking about this screw, this is the only complain I have with this mirror. The metal used to make the screw is very soft and using a flat head screwdriver to tighten it will definitely ruin it. A penny works great. The instructions on the packaging recommend a screw washer. This mirror won't tell us our deepest, most desperate desires of our hearts but... All in all this is a must have bike accessory. I would even dare to say it should be made obligatory to have one. Just keep in mind that a mirror is a mirror and it can break if you let your bike fall on it like mine did. No acrylic here! And as a warning note. Remember to look ahead! Having a mirror can make you spend more time looking behind you than paying attention at what's coming up in front of you. Thanks for reading!

Spouse's bike fell over on concrete and broke mirror. I had this type mirror on my bike and liked it so I replaced her broken mirror with this one. It is a real glass mirror with only a very modest curvature or possibly none at all... in any event, its gives a clear view of what is behind you. It mounts easily and does not vibrate when the bike is in motion. Its weight is negligible as far as I can tell.

I bought this mirror at the same time as purchasing a CatEye Road mirror and have been able to compare the two. See below for more details. This is nice mirror that is easy to install and very durable. I have had two of them on road bikes with drop bars. Visibility on drop bars is pretty limited. Since it sits just below the bar end, the view is significantly taken up with legs or luggage, and you have to move you head or eyes pretty far to look at it. COMPARED to the CatEye Road mirror (On drop road bars): Both my wife and I have used both types of mirrors extensively. I have the CatEye mirror on my commuter and the Third Eye mirror on our tandem. My wife had the Third Eye mirror on her commuter for a couple months, but we replaced it with the CatEye mirror when it was broken in minor crash (no fault of the mirror). All of the bikes we have used them on have drop bars. Visibility: The CatEye mirror is much easier to see in most riding positions and offers a better view past the body and any rear pannier bags due to sticking out to the side. It also has more adjustability since its position and angle can be adjusted separately. The Third Eye mirror is generally limited to one position and is closer in to the bike, often filling the view with mostly your leg or luggage. It is also lower since it sits slightly below the bar rather than beside it, meaning you have to move your eyes or head more to look at it. (Note: the view is not as much of a problem on my tandem since the bars are wider, but the CatEye would still be better) Durability: I have no doubt that the Third Eye mirror is more durable. It has metal and rubber expansion hardware to attach to the bar end and the body is a hard plastic. There are no long plastic arms or extensions and it seems very well made. The CatEye mirror has a plastic expander with a metal screw to attach it to the bar end and the plastic in general seems less tough. The extension arm looks like it could be broken easily, but I have found that it actually just knocked out of place and pivots rather than snapping. Overall, the Third Eye is simpler and tougher, but I haven't found the CatEye mirror to be too flimsy or breakable, either. Both have been secure and haven't shown signs of falling out of the bars. Vibration: Honestly, I have not had trouble with either of them vibrating too much to make out an image. They are pretty comparable in terms of vibration (i.e. they are fine). Stability: Third Eye wins this one, but not by a lot. The CatEye mirror, due to its somewhat flimsier construction, cannot be tightened down quite as much as the Third Eye. Also, the fact that the CatEye mirror is mounted on an extension arm makes it more prone to jostling. Overall, the Third Eye mirror is more stable, but the CatEye mirror has an acceptable level of stablility, only needing adjustment after I hit a particularly hard bump (e.g. a rough railroad crossing). Conclusion: The CatEye mirror, even though it is slightly less stable and durable, makes up for it in improved visibility. If you are mounting a mirror on the end of drop bars, I highly recommend the CatEye over the Third Eye. However, if you are using the mirror on the end of straight bars or some other setup, then the visibility is not as much of a factor and the Third Eye is the better choice.

I don't like riding in traffic without a mirror. Some people don't care for mirrors, but if you're one of them why bother reading these reviews? As a personal preference some people prefer helmet-mounted mirrors, but those don't work well with my particular type of contact lenses and are easily damaged or misaligned if you set your helmet down wrong, so I go for a handlebar mounted mirror. I've tried a lot of them, and IMO this one is the best: - Zefal is a decent one and I like the oblong shape. I've had several of them but they are fairly fragile and they've all broken after a year or two of use. I've sometimes managed to recombine broken ones together into newly functioning mirrors depending on what part broke, but finally ran out of spare parts. Also some adjustments require partial disassembly. - CatEye round cheapie is TOO convex. Everything appears too small, making it useless on rough pavement or in the rain. - Blackburn and Rhode Gear mirrors are too big and clunky IMO. The Third Eye barely consumes any space outside the handlebar other than the round shape itself, is easily adjusted, and requires no tools. Just choose the appropriate sized rubber "filler", tighten by hand until it's slightly snug in the handlebar, put it in the handlebar and crank "righty-tighty" until it's tight. From there you can still rotate it back and forth in the handlebar, and there's a separate adjustment to angle it inward or outward. The second adjustment can be done by hand, but there's a screw that adjusts the stiffness of that adjustment and it's a bit loose from the factory so you may have to tighten it once with a screwdriver. Unlike most mirrors it works on both flat (mountain) and drop (road) handlebars, and I use it on both. Your arm may block the view a bit on a drop handlebar, but you just tuck your arm in very slightly whenever you want to look back.

I just installed this mirror today on my Cannondale Quick 5 and it works like it suppose to do. The installation was kind of tough going into the handlebar ends with the. 2 rubber pieces. I tried using the smaller rubber pieces but it was too small and will not stay in. To solve the problem, I removed one of the rubber pieces and just used one instead of two. It went in with some twisting and turning but ended up flush. I turned the mirror a few times to tighten and all was secure. So my installation tip would be to just use one of the rubber pieces if it is hard getting into. I think with one, the removal would also be easier if you ever need to replace your grips. The mirror view is a very wide angle and things looks farther than it really is. I would suggest to get use to the distance of the cars before changing lanes. I'm glad this is installed and I feel a lot safer knowing if a car is coming up on the sided me. I rate it 5 STARS even with the rubber ends being a little too large, just use one piece instead of two and you'll be fine. The mirror is not going to fall out and is pretty much wedged in there after tightening up. I read another post sayingt that he threw the mirror away because he got frustrated wi the 2 rubber install. Hope this helps.

I have these on both handlebar ends of my 2 road bicycles =4 mirrors) that have drop bars. I have the mirrors themselves turned below the bar end centers. Reasonable rear views without the mirrors sticking out sideways. For me, indispensible! These are HIGH quality products. Very tough plastic, great clear mirrors. Note: If you have taped handlebars where your taping begins with a bit pushed into the open bar end it CAN be hard to get the mirror base to insert into the tape- interfered bar end. I suggest soaping the rubber inserts to lube them a bit. I have had these mirrors on bikes for probably 10-15 years with no wear & tear. When I recently retaped my old Fuji's Cinelli bars, and the cloth inside the bar end was definitely giving me a hard time trying to ram the mirror fitting into the bar end, I was pushing really hard on the mirror thing trying to force the rubber fittings in... hard enough to break any lesser material, I think. No problem. Tough nylon, I'd bet. In my photo you can see the 2 mirrors on the Cinelli drop bar ends.

I used a Third Eye mirror for several years on my flatbar road bike before the mirror fell off and broke. I had to constantly adjust the aim of the mirror as it often vibrated off-kilter while riding. I also found that, when swapping the mirror between several different bikes, that the 2 sizes of rubber "doughnuts" supplied with the mirror (to expand and friction-fit the insides of your handlebars) are sometime too large or not large enough, depending on the inside diameter of your bars, resulting in too tight or too loose a fit. Because of the crudeness of how it attaches to the bike and the aiming issues I wouldn't recommend this mirror at all. Unfortunately the review software forces a reviewer to rate a product at least 1 star, I'd otherwise give this 0 stars, its that shoddy. Now I have Mirrycycle brand mirrors on a recumbent and, while twice as expensive as the Third Eye, they are much better designed products as far as bike-mounted mirrors go. That said, I'll never buy another bike-mounted mirror after using my Take-A-Look eyeglass mounted mirror, there is no comparison to the ease of use and field of view available by simply moving your head.

Mirror is excellent. Good clear view - glass mirror so no fading or scratching. Sits in a good place on the bar end and is easy to install and adjust. Seems to hold its position well with no need to keep fiddling whilst riding (although I did tighten the pivot screw a little). I have used many different types of mirror over the years but this seems ideal. I used to buy "Mirrycle" mirrors - but they break too easily due to the need to keep re-tightening them again and again. Eventually the stem breaks. This one seems much less prone to vibration and wandering off view. Would definitely buy again if this one gets broken. Some people criticise mirrors for breaking when they drop the bike on its side. I am prepared to accept that 22 pounds of bike falling directly onto a mirror is going to break it. Take care not to drop your bike (duh!) - or drop it on the non-mirrored side - and it will last a long time I am sure.

Dieser Spiegel besteht aus einem konvexen Spiegelglas, das eine gute, etwas verkleinerte Wiedergabe garantiert, natürlich dem Rahmen drumrum, einem Einsatzstück mit einer gabelförmigen Halterung, zwei Schrauben von knapp M5 (wohl ein Zollmaß) und vier runden Gummis. Die Bewegung ein/auswärts geschieht mit der "Gabel" und der einen Schraube, die Bewegung auf und ab durch Verdrehen der Gummis im Lenker. Da kann auch nichts eingestellt und dann fixiert werden, die zweite Schraube wird festgehalten und der Spiegel gedreht, bis die Gummis im Lenkerende zu klemmen anfangen, und dann weiter gedreht, bis er nicht mehr aus dem Lenker herausfallen kann, und dann mit derselben Bewegung etwas mehr oder etwas weniger angezogen (rein/rausgedreht), bis er das gewünschte Blickfeld anzeigt. Dieses Minimalprinzip führt zu den Eigenschaften, die hier durchweg positiv rezensiert wurden. Da gibt es keinen Ausleger, der vibrieren könnte, kein Gelenk, das bei Schlaglöchern nach unten wandern würde usw. Ist das bisschen Material, weiche Schrauben plus Plastik (hoffentlich die schlagfeste Sorte) plus hoffentlich ein langlebiges Spiegelglas, den Kaufpreis wert? Hmm. Ist ein guter, vielleicht Unfälle verhindernder Rückspiegel das Geld wert? Ja, auf jeden Fall. An meinem Fahrrad kann ich den Spiegel aber leider nicht brauchen. Es ist ein Tourenrad mit einem bequemen breiten Lenker, dessen Handgriffe ca. um dreissig Grad nach hinten zeigen. Genau am Ende des Handgriffes ist der Spiegel, ohne Ausleger usw., und ich bin gerade so groß auf dem Fahrrad, daß meine Hand in der Sichtlinie zum Spiegel liegt - sodass er vom Handgelenk und dem Jackenärmel vollständig verdeckt wird. Würde ich mich tiefer ducken (Rennrad?), käme der Unterarm tiefer. Wäre der Lenker weniger breit, würde ich vermutlich am Handgelenk vorbei auf den Spiegel sehen. Für mich nicht brauchbar, er geht zurück. Trotzdem für den, bei dem's passt, fünf Sterne von mir, zumal er von dem von mir gewählten Lieferanten binnen drei Tagen eintreffend geliefert wurde.

Lo recibí correctamente.Es facil de colocar.Hay que tener cuidado de meter bien los tacos de goma en el tubo del manillar ,antes de girar el espejo,ya que si no se sale.

It provides a good view and can be installed or removed without any tools

Très déçu du résultat, ne tient pas et a pris beaucoup de temps à installer