Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏<p>[Edited. Kindly note: From helmets to mirrors, many have strong opinions on bike accessories. That makes sense, and we strive to respect varying viewpoints. Altho we don’t have bandwidth for online debating, we welcome phone calls.]</p><p>Using rearview mirror is far from a unanimous practice of people who bike. Curious? Equipmt requirements in Calif don’t require one: <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=21201.&lawCode=VEH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fac</span><span class="invisible">es/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=21201.&lawCode=VEH</span></a> </p><p>Living in a rural area where route from home to anywhere has hi-speed traffic, a mirror now makes us feel safer. That wasn’t always so. What changed? Increase in traffic (county’s pop. up 33% since we moved to this address); increase in EVs (great for reduced noise pollution, not for detecting car behind you); post-covid changes impacted physical flexibility.</p><p>Types incl handlebar-, helmet-, glasses-mounted & bar-end. This month we're trying TriEye—glasses w/mirror in lower corner of lens; allows seeing behind you with tilt of head. <a href="https://trieye.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">trieye.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrafficSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficSafety</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ActiveTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveTransport</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RearViewMirrorForBicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RearViewMirrorForBicycles</span></a></p>