Sprintech Swiss-Made Convex Chrome-Plated Bike Mirror for Drop Bars – Hand-Finished, Adjustable, Reflective Surface, Durable ABS Housing, Universal Fit for Enhanced Rear Visibility (Yellow, Pair)

Excellent clarity & quality . Glancing down to see what’s behind while keeping an eye on the road in front makes riding on the streets a lot safer. Really glad I bought one.

Naturally, this entire review is personal opinion, but I've tried several bikes and helmet mirrors for my road bike and never found any worth keeping before the Sprintech. Despite positive reviews I hesitated to buy it because so many bike mirrors just don't seem to work. Either their field of view is too narrow and you can't see approaching dangers, so wide that the danger is there but too small to see, or it takes so much effort to focus on the mirror that you're blind to what's ahead of you for too long. The Sprintech is different. It works just the way a road cyclist needs. You can QUICKLY glance down and see what's approaching from behind. For me its field of view is wide enough that it will reflect just about anything that's a danger, but narrow enough so that said danger isn't so small that it's nearly invisible. (Keep in mind there is some distortion like in any wide angle mirror, so objects are closer than they appear, but the important thing is you can see that approaching car.) Just like when driving you're going to want to glance over your shoulder before changing lanes just to be sure. At first I doubted that a mirror in that position, where the bar plug goes, would be useful. I was wrong. It's a well thought out piece of engineering. It's simple to install- requires only minutes, but does require a bit of muscle. This allows it to stay in place over incredibly bumpy roads without needing to readjust it. Last but not least are the aesthetics. Most road bikers don't like to kludge up their sleek machines or add anything that adds aerodynamic drag. The Sprintech is fairly small and looks good. It also comes in a left mirror only configuration Sprintech Left Drop Bar Mirror, Red Sprintech Road Bicycle Drop Bar Mirror . I only bought the pair because I have two road bikes and wanted a left side mirror on both. While it does mean my 'B' bike has a right side mirror on the left, it seems to work just fine.

I have a road bike and I do long rides. Initially it’s hard to see traffic in the mirror coming up from behind until it’s pretty close, but for me, this improves with use over several rides. The view Is best when down in the drops, since eyes are closer to the mirrors. Worst thing is, it’s easy to knock the mirrors out of the ball-and-socket joint, then they fall off the bike and get lost. This happens easily when mirrors touch an object that the bike is leaned up against. I lost one mirror already. The solution is to tie a string (a short lanyard) around the ball stem, and fasten the other end to the bar, where the mirror plug inserts into the bar end. With this precaution, when the mirror inevitably is knocked off, at least you won’t lose it. The mirrors are held securely enough by the ball-and-socket joint, in that they stay adjusted, even when riding over some rough pavement. The bad thing is, I’m rewarding the company for an inadequate joint design that enables the mirror to fall off. I’m purchasing another pair of these mirrors. On this set, I’ll secure the mirror with a short lanyard. So, when the mirror ball is knocked out of the socket joint, it will stay connected to the bike, for easy re-insertion of the ball back into the socket. The price is too high for what they are. Look at designs carefully. These mirrors are best for road bikes where the rider is down in the drops. Mountain bikes and heavy big box store bikes for casual riding can benefit from larger mirrors.

Used for the first time today. Easy to install and worked well riding with my group ride with lots of single file time.

Easy to install, gives good view of cars coming from behind and good value for the money!

I've been using this bike mirror for about two months. I was hoping I would get use to it and find it more useful than I initially experienced. The good: The install was very easy. I read the instructions to use a little bit of water as a lubricant to get the mirror to seat in the socket correctly. Using that tip I had no trouble getting the mirror to seat properly. I have just the left mirror installed on my dropbar handlebars. For the most part the mirror is out of the way. Occasionally I'll bump it with my knee unclipping or starting. The mirror is very easy to adjust on the go with one hand and is fairly sturdy once adjusted. It is very sleek and looks like natural on my road bike. The mediocre: The mirror ends up being very far away from me and provides a small area to look at. It takes more than a quick glance to determine if there is an object behind me. I use the term object because it takes even longer to determine if that object is a vehicle. I find it very difficult to determine if there is a vehicle approaching me in the same lane or is one of the vehicles that passed me going the opposite direction. It is much better for viewing objects close behind me. I could see this being more useful in a competition setting where other athletes are closer to you. Since the mirror is mounted on the handlebars, I must look down at the mirror, taking my eyes off the road to do so. This was expected but is a small issue considering how long it takes me to identify objects in the mirror. I don't have any other mirrors to compare my experience to. I have left it installed and plan to keep it installed. So good enough to use now that I have it but probably won't be replacing it if something were to happen.

Great, very clear to see what is coming from behind. It helped me a lot. A little bit difficult to install into the handlebar but finally, it is done.

This works way better than my helmet mounted mirror - much more stable. Installation was easy. I did have to use a rubber mallet to get the end piece (socket) fully inserted into the bar end. Once that was done, inserting the mirror (ball) into the bar end (socket) was easy. There is also enough friction to hold the mirror in place while riding. I only wish it wasn't so expensive!