Cyclometers & presbyopia

"foldedpath" wrote: That's a great "thinking outside the box" idea, but I
think I would need two mirrors to keep the numbers the right way
around(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I agree that this idea has great originality, and I would like to carry it
one step further, before I shoot it down. If you already have a rear view
mirror on your bike, helmet or glasses, you could make this the first of the
two mirrors in the sequence. Now, the fatal flaw: a mirror gives you a
very limited angle of view--two mirrors in sequence would require your head
to be in an exact position and angle to even see the cyclometer face.
Difficult to do while riding. It would be like trying to read through TWO
knotholes. BTW, your monicker, "Foldedpath" seems to be relevant to this
idea :-)

The fresnel lens idea seems most practical to me. The idea of affixing a
temporary plastic bifocal element also seems very do-able. I ride with
trifocals and have no difficulty at all.

"Leo Lichtman" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

"foldedpath" wrote: That's a great "thinking outside the box" idea,
but I think I would need two mirrors to keep the numbers the right
way around(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I agree that this idea has great originality, and I would like to
carry it one step further, before I shoot it down. If you already
have a rear view mirror on your bike, helmet or glasses, you could
make this the first of the two mirrors in the sequence.

Now, the
fatal flaw: a mirror gives you a very limited angle of view--two
mirrors in sequence would require your head to be in an exact position
and angle to even see the cyclometer face. Difficult to do while
riding. It would be like trying to read through TWO knotholes.

Yeah, this rules out the attractive idea of co-opting a road mirror you're
already using.

It's tempting to use the triangle arrangement of the frame as a way to
mount the cyclometer and two mirrors, if you could work it in around the
bottle mounts, and not interfere with your legs when pedaling. Did someone
say "Rube Goldberg?"

Quoted message said:

BTW,
your monicker, "Foldedpath" seems to be relevant to this idea :-)

Oh yes. That handle started in an amateur astronomy newsgroup. I like big
amateur Newtonian (folded light path) telescopes. 🙂 If you want to
research wacky multiple mirror setups, telescopes are where most of the
wacky ideas have been tried.

Quoted message said:

The fresnel lens idea seems most practical to me. The idea of
affixing a temporary plastic bifocal element also seems very do-able.
I ride with trifocals and have no difficulty at all.

Eventually I'll probably be forced to solve this at the eyeball end of
things, with prescription sunglasses or contacts. But I'm going to try a
few of these other ideas first. The fresnel idea sounds good. Not looking
at the computer until the end of the ride, also has some appeal.

--
Mike Barrs

foldedpath said:

BTW, thanks to everyone who jumped in with suggestions. There are a lot of
good ideas here, and I'll probably end up trying most of them. At some
point I may even try bifocal contact lenses, but I'm really trying to avoid
that.

Another probably silly idea: Take the mount from a helmet mirror, remove
the mirror and add the lens from reading glasses. To see the computer,
twist your head so the lens is between the computer and your eye.

David Johnson said:

foldedpath said:

BTW, thanks to everyone who jumped in with suggestions. There are a lot of
good ideas here, and I'll probably end up trying most of them. At some
point I may even try bifocal contact lenses, but I'm really trying to avoid
that.

Another probably silly idea: Take the mount from a helmet mirror, remove
the mirror and add the lens from reading glasses. To see the computer,
twist your head so the lens is between the computer and your eye.

Hi, for the OP, take a look at this, I think it was discussed, but not
located.
http://www.velotique.com/Eyewear%20Ryders.htm#NeoOptix%2020/20%20Stick-on%20Lens

Those are Canadian $ prices. If you try a set, let us know, how they
work out.

Life is Good!
Jeff

Jeff Starr <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

David Johnson said:

foldedpath said:

BTW, thanks to everyone who jumped in with suggestions. There
are a lot of good ideas here, and I'll probably end up trying
most of them. At some point I may even try bifocal contact
lenses, but I'm really trying to avoid that.

Another probably silly idea: Take the mount from a helmet mirror,
remove the mirror and add the lens from reading glasses. To see
the computer, twist your head so the lens is between the computer
and your eye.

Hi, for the OP, take a look at this, I think it was discussed, but
not located.
http://www.velotique.com/Eyewear%20Ryders.htm#NeoOptix%2020/20%20St
ick-on%20Lens

Those are Canadian $ prices. If you try a set, let us know, how
they work out.

Life is Good!
Jeff

I use them on my normal sunglasses and they work fine plus you can
cut them down if your riding glasses are smaller.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:40:11 GMT, Mike Latondresse

mikelat@no_spamshaw.ca said:

Jeff Starr <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

David Johnson said:

foldedpath wrote:

>
> BTW, thanks to everyone who jumped in with suggestions. There
> are a lot of good ideas here, and I'll probably end up trying
> most of them. At some point I may even try bifocal contact
> lenses, but I'm really trying to avoid that.

Another probably silly idea: Take the mount from a helmet mirror,
remove the mirror and add the lens from reading glasses. To see
the computer, twist your head so the lens is between the computer
and your eye.

Hi, for the OP, take a look at this, I think it was discussed, but
not located.
http://www.velotique.com/Eyewear%20Ryders.htm#NeoOptix%2020/20%20St
ick-on%20Lens

Those are Canadian $ prices. If you try a set, let us know, how
they work out.

Life is Good!
Jeff

I use them on my normal sunglasses and they work fine plus you can
cut them down if your riding glasses are smaller.

Dear Mike and Jeff,

These stick-on reading-glasses are just the thing for a
friend of mine--I couldn't find them at the REI sites.

Thanks,

Carl Fogel

[email hidden] wrote in news:k8r8f0ha7eiafmcakneplfpljg1ebf6br5@
4ax.com:

Quoted message said:

These stick-on reading-glasses are just the thing for a
friend of mine--I couldn't find them at the REI sites.

Thanks,

Carl Fogel

If you're still looking, I found them here at readingglasses.com:

http://tinyurl.com/4wlng

--
Mike Barrs

foldedpath said:

[email hidden] wrote in news:k8r8f0ha7eiafmcakneplfpljg1ebf6br5@
4ax.com:

Quoted message said:

These stick-on reading-glasses are just the thing for a
friend of mine--I couldn't find them at the REI sites.

Thanks,

Carl Fogel

If you're still looking, I found them here at readingglasses.com:

http://tinyurl.com/4wlng

Dear FP,

Thanks!

Carl Fogel