Below Steering

I use a helmet mounted mirror and like that I can scan back
and forth, and look in directions you can't see with
handlebar mounted mirrors. This is good on the river trails
because I get traffic coming not only from left & right, but
from above and below (bridges and underpasses).

With ASS, bar cons and Lightning style drop bars, I find
that I move my hands all over the bars from the stem to the
tips, so there is no place to mount a mirror.

Almost all of my riding is urban.

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TheMilligans said:

I am soon to transfer back to San Diego from New Orleans
(where I

wouldn't

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dare ride!)...I am looking forward to riding again and
am considering purchasing a Recumbent for my commuting
to and from work. I've noticed

some

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have steering below rather than above...seems like it
would be difficult

to

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control in that manner....can anyone comment on the
benefits/drawbacks

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below steering? Thanks.

Most USS systems do not provide a very good place to mount
a mirror (a necessity on a recumbent) compared to OSS
systems. Unless one is comfortable using a helmet/glasses
mounted mirror in the desired riding conditions, this can
be a significant disadvantage of USS. (This is one of the
reasons I sold the USS bike I had, as I was not
comfortable riding in urban traffic with just a helmet
mirror, and there was no good place to mount a mirror).

--
Tom Sherman – Quad Cities (Illinois Side)

IMHO, the best mount for a mirror on a USS or ASS is a
mirror velcroed to the back of one's left hand glove.

Regards Chris

Tom Sherman said:

TheMilligans said:

I am soon to transfer back to San Diego from New Orleans
(where I wouldn't dare ride!)...I am looking forward to
riding again and am considering purchasing a Recumbent
for my commuting to and from work. I've noticed some have
steering below rather than above...seems like it would be
difficult to control in that manner....can anyone comment
on the benefits/drawbacks to below steering? Thanks.

Most USS systems do not provide a very good place to mount
a mirror (a necessity on a recumbent) compared to OSS
systems. Unless one is comfortable using a helmet/glasses
mounted mirror in the desired riding conditions, this can
be a significant disadvantage of USS. (This is one of the
reasons I sold the USS bike I had, as I was not
comfortable riding in urban traffic with just a helmet
mirror, and there was no good place to mount a mirror).

Curtis L. Russell said:

... Now that I am riding a DF again, I need to get his
name and see if I can get another one for the helmet I use
for commuting. The mount is not designed to be easily
moved or altered, so the angle is all wrong to ride on the
DF - and after Charlie's mirrors, no other will suffice.

The person that makes mirror from recycled spokes and other
parts is Chuck Harris. Contact information is below (I found
this with a web search and can not vouch for its accuracy).

Chuck Harris Ultra-light Touring Shop
P.O. Box 363 Gambier, OH 43022 740-427-3404

--
Tom Sherman – Quad Cities (Illinois Side)

Tom Sherman said:

The person that makes mirror from recycled spokes and other
parts is Chuck Harris. Contact information is below (I
found this with a web search and can not vouch for its
accuracy).

You did better than I. He also seems to provide the mirrors
through the Hubbub Cycling shop. Hope that's not the same as
Ultralight, just renamed, because they are out of stock...

Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on
two wheels...