Utah Trikes Tip - Mirror Modification

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The first day of riding a trike in the streets with cars, it becomes very evident how much lower you sit in the trike. Instead of being able to see over small cars you are now at the height of their doors.

You'll also find that you can't always ride all the way in the shoulder due to the width of the trike, which means that you have to depend on the mirror a lot to see if there is anyone behind you.

The stock mirror that comes with the trike is nice, but it may not stick out far enough. Depending on your size, you may get a good view of your bicep, but not be able to see behind very well.

This was my case, so one of my first modifications was to extend my mirror out an extra inch. It took me about 1/2 hour at Home Depot to find the right parts, but I was able to tweak it for less than $3. I got a 2" machine screw to replace the 1" default screw and then I was able to find some 1/2" spacers that had the same outside diameter as the mirror rod. The inside diameter was two big to allow the assembly to be screwed together straightly, so I found two smaller spacers that fit inside the larger spacers. The whole thing screwed together nicely. The spacers were white though, so I used a black Sharpie pen and colored them in to make them match. The whole project worked out very well and made a huge difference. I now have a much better view of cars coming up behind me and I feel much safer now.

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I did roughly the same thing, if you used the nylon spacers you can also dye them black by boiling in dye for 20 min. And old RC car trick, for nylon parts.
Posted by BARD
12/09/2008 03:41:39 PM

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