A cycling mirror for glasses is a small adjustable mirror that attaches to the frame of your glasses. It lets you see traffic behind you with a glance, without turning your head or your shoulders. It is not the same as sunglasses with mirrored lenses: those only have a reflective coating on the outside.
Why on glasses
The mirror moves with your head. A small turn shows you a different part of the road behind you, which a mirror fixed to the handlebar cannot do. The mirror sits close to your eye, so a quick glance is enough.
What to look for
- Adjustment: you should be able to set both the position of the mirror and its angle to your eye.
- Weight: a heavy mirror pulls on the frame and shakes. Every gramme counts on a frame.
- A flat mirror: it shows cars at the same scale as the ones in front of you, so you judge distance without effort.
- Safety in a fall: the mirror should come off at the slightest impact and should not shatter.
- Fit to your frame: check that it works with the glasses you actually ride in.
How the Head-Zup mirror does it
The Head-Zup mirror clips to cycling glasses and can be fitted and removed in seconds. It weighs under 9 grammes, the mirror is optically flat polycarbonate, and it detaches at the slightest impact. The main adjustment of the wire structure is done once. Before each ride you only set the three mirror pivots. If the mirror will not stay on your glasses, send us pictures and we will find a solution.
Fitting it to your frame
Fitting takes three moves. First, grip the frame: adjust the three black fingers so that the glasses are held tightly next to the hinge and the mirror sits about 60 to 70 mm in front of your eye. Second, bend the stainless wire just above the first finger so that the mirror head is as high and as far to the left as possible while still visible to your left eye (to the right if you ride on the left). Third, with your glasses on, set the three pivot points, without bending, until you can just see the edge of your ear and your shoulder.
Expect a few adjustments on your first rides. Eye and brain need a while to get used to a mirror, and once it is set you will not want to ride without it.
See the Head-Zup Cycling Mirror or read the fitting instructions.