Today I was backing up my little truck rather preciselyand I realized that all the ways I used to look back didn’t work anymore. After I scratched off over the seat and open the driver’s door to look back, I realized how poorly the mirrors were.
I’m not much better at looking back on a bicycle.
B&W cameras are getting cheap. Less than $20 I think. I have trouble looking back even with a mirror. Has anyone mounted a camera on their bike to observe the rear?
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You know, if you’re getting that stiff, perhaps it’s time to consider taking up golf and getting yourself an Aston Martin!
Seriously, I have trouble enough keeping an eye on what’s up ahead without worrying about what’s going on behind me overly much. I tried a mirror and that worked pretty well for a couple of hours before it broke. Mirrors don’t need batteries…
I think a new product is in the works that does exactly this.
Here’s the link: http://www.cerevellum.com/
Interesting concept that Cerevellum. But if I were going to use it for “accident recording” I’d point the camera forward.* Waay more crashes involve vehicles coming from the front and side.
* But that would seem like such a waste of technology and batteries. In over 160,000 miles of cycling I’ve been slightly bumped once. Now, if I were a sidewalk cyclist….