RiderScan

[W79]

Just wondering if any of you have ever seen one of these:
the 'riderscan', a  >180° mirror, to be installed in the center of your windscreen.

Looks interesting...

[Paulcet]

Yeah, looks good.

[ThatOtherGuy]

Looks like a really good idea, executed very well.  I can see that being very useful riding in traffic and on group rides.

[wayne242]

I could see it reflected the sun right into your eyes also if angled wrong.

[adidasguy]

I could see it reflected the sun right into your eyes also if angled wrong.

I agree with that, though not much sun here in Seattle.
I wonder the real value. You can see to your side with peripheral vision and turning your head. So  in that regards, I see no advantage.
You can get stick-on small convex mirrors to stick on your existing mirror. I've seen those and they seem to work.

The main problem is seeing behind you and around your elbows - hence the need for mirror extensions. It does nothing for that.

[weedahoe]

Agreed, Im constantly tucking my elbows to get more of a visual behind me

[wayne242]

I just put my left hand on my left leg and then turn to look behind me.

[W79]

Not buying one yet, although I think it's a great product.

Three reasons:
- big help in heavy traffic (which I try to avoid) and on group rides (only ride with one mate, he takes point)
- can be distracting at first. New bike, only two years on two wheels: don't need distractions
- because I'm relatively new to riding, I don't want to get lazy and pick up bad habits, like skipping head checks.

[kml.krk]

I am not convinced. It may be useful in certain situations but I see few issues:

- you have to peel your eyes away from the road to look down at it, effectively making you blind to stuff happening in front of you
- there are too many things visible in one mirror = very confusing
- there are too many things visible in one mirror = very distracting
- there are too many, too little objects visible in one mirror = too much time and brain attention required to make sense of it
- seeing yourself in the mirror all the time seems useless and from that video it seems that at least a third of the mirror is occupied by your own image...

I would still try it if it was very cheap or received as gift. But without any research data to back it up or any reviews from actual users I would not spend more than $30 for it.

[rharding91]

I think this is awesome could totally replace my mirrors. Most mirrors on sportbikes are so tiny you cant see shaZam! anyways and this would be perfect to see if someone is directly next to you before lane change. Too bad my windscreen is smaller than that whole thing haha.

[skunkteeth]

If you have trouble seeing past elbows try bar end mirrors

[BockinBboy]

I personally like the idea. Something like this would be an accessory aid to know where to look and what to be aware of. It wouldn't replace shoulder checks or any regular safety habits. Just something to aid your safety habits.

Has anyone looked into the rear view helmet by reevu?  Kind of a similar safety idea there.
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/reevu-fsx1-rear-view-modular-helmet
They make them in modulars now too.

I'd like to see a rear view camera setup that you could mount on different bikes. Almost like a fish eye lens at the taillight or something similar with a screen mounted in front of dash area. It would be a lot to execute well, but again it would only be an aid to your regular safety habits.

- Bboy

[ThatOtherGuy]

there's already a rear view camera setup with lense for bicycles, basically because bikes just have no mirrors to begin with.  what I'd like is to see something like that with a loop recorder.

[ThatOtherGuy]

found the one I was thinking of:

http://www.bikerumor.com/2011/05/06/cerevellum-hindsight-video-cycling-computer-gets-funding-sees-red-lights-in-rearview/