Rowing Accessories
Accessories and spare parts for our rowing eyewear
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The great advantage of these glasses is that the mirrors are protected from being displaced by wind or accidental bumping. The trade off is that you have to turn your head a small angle to get the same view as with the outside mirror. The way that I have them initially set, I need to turn my head to the left the same as if I were going to look directly at the brake hoods. It is not hard to adjust to that amount of turn. It might be an ongoing debate about which one prefers, but I am certain at this point that I will be opting for these over the outside mirrors. I bought these for rowing, but haven't been out on the water yet this year, and have only used them for cycling. I think they will be rated even higher for rowing since I used to use the outside bicycling mirror on the left for rowing. This double sided mirror will be great for rowing!
I’ve worn a helmet mirror and it worked fine..I looked goofy. But these glasses are spectacular! I was able to dial in my view pretty quickly. I was a little concerned the red lense was gonna be too dark on cloudy days but that wasn’t the case at all. I’ve worn them road cycling, gravel riding and mountain biking. I’ve even worn them walking the dog cuz I just like to know what’s going on behind me. I feel less vulnerable that way. I purchased the small frame and I think they look great!
View Sport Standard - Cycling Glasses with Mirror
As mentioned in many other reviews, it does take some time to get used to and optimally adjusted. Since the mirror is much closer to your eye, it does provide a much clearer view behind you than my previous bar end mounted mirror. However, being a small mirror on the glasses makes it sensitive to your head movement and positioning. That has been my biggest adjustment factor. There is no single mirror position adjustment that is optimal for the different positions on the bike. I have my mirror pretty dialed in for when I am on the hoods since that is the position I am in a majority of the time. When in the drops however, your head is angled down slightly so you just see the sky in the mirror. You have to raise your head intently to glance behind you.
To me they aren't the most stylish glasses, but I am more interested in the vision they provide than how I look.
The glasses are of high quality. I got the Black Smoke High Contrast lens (which I think just means Polarized) and the view through them is vivid.
Overall I like the glasses, they provide a better view behind me than the bar end mirror I had previously.
