Helmet mirror adapted to glasses
I'm fairly short sighted (-3.75 diopters in one eye, -4.15 in the other). After years of riding in ordinary wire frame glasses and getting sore eyes on windy days, I finally got around to having prescription lenses fitted in a pair of Bolle Naja wrap-around frames. The lenses are "Transition 3" UV coated, which are completely clear in low-light conditions and darken considerably when the Sun is shining.
The mirror is a standard helmet mounting mirror with the helmet mounting plate removed and a piece of heat-shrink tubing used to attach it to the glasses frame. It's attached to the right-hand side because we have right-hand drive in this country.
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Saddlebag
This is my present evolution of some twenty years of playing with making saddlebags and saddlebag mounts, with the aim of being able to carry a moderate amount of luggage without needing pannier racks on the bike.
The saddlebag is home-made from a polyester cotton blend canvas. The top is braced by a sheet of 4mm marine ply to which the two aluminium extrusions are pop riveted from the inside. The mounting clips are ordinary automotive tonneau cover clips that are pop riveted to the extrusions (metal for the main mounting clips and plastic for the shock-cord mounting clip). The bag attaches and detaches in a couple of seconds, and is completely stable in use. It has never come off accidentally in the ten years that I have been using it.
The mounting frame for the bag was made to my specification by a local framebuilder from 531 tubing and then chromed. When riding without the saddlebag, the rear portion of the mount can be removed by loosening the two adjusting allen bolts, leaving just the short piece mounted to the seatpost.
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