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Reproduction ChuckHarris Mirrors
I read somewhere that someone is making reproductions of the Chuck Harris mirror that can be attached to the helmet-free painted liners that are currently fashionable as head decorations. All the mirrors in the bike shop are huge billboard things that would block forward vision. My Avenir helmet is old and ratty and I never liked it much in the first place. My new Specialized foam hat would be a more stable support for a mirror -- if there were some way I could attach a mirror to it. Are mirrors of the Chuck Harris design available, and if so, where? -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net |
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Joy Beeson wrote:
I read somewhere that someone is making reproductions of the Chuck Harris mirror that can be attached to the helmet-free painted liners that are currently fashionable as head decorations. All the mirrors in the bike shop are huge billboard things that would block forward vision. My Avenir helmet is old and ratty and I never liked it much in the first place. My new Specialized foam hat would be a more stable support for a mirror -- if there were some way I could attach a mirror to it. Are mirrors of the Chuck Harris design available, and if so, where? I'm sorry Joy. I misread what you wrote as "Chuck Norris mirror" and was trying to figure out what it would do. "You can't see anything when you look in the Chuck Norris mirror because light is afraid to bounce off if it." |
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On 11/14/2014 10:38 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
I read somewhere that someone is making reproductions of the Chuck Harris mirror that can be attached to the helmet-free painted liners that are currently fashionable as head decorations. All the mirrors in the bike shop are huge billboard things that would block forward vision. My Avenir helmet is old and ratty and I never liked it much in the first place. My new Specialized foam hat would be a more stable support for a mirror -- if there were some way I could attach a mirror to it. Are mirrors of the Chuck Harris design available, and if so, where? I don't know a source for Chuck Harris mirrors, but it's pretty easy to make one's own mirrors. Start with a plastic mirror, sold for camping or backpacking, plus some wire of suitable stiffness. A light gage butted spoke may work. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:38:50 -0400, Joy Beeson
wrote: I read somewhere that someone is making reproductions of the Chuck Harris mirror that can be attached to the helmet-free painted liners that are currently fashionable as head decorations. http://hubbubonline.com/?product=hubbub-helmet-mirror-3 http://flcycling.org/store/helmet-mirror/installing-the-mirror/ -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 11:01:01 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote: I don't know a source for Chuck Harris mirrors, but it's pretty easy to make one's own mirrors. Start with a plastic mirror, sold for camping or backpacking, plus some wire of suitable stiffness. A light gage butted spoke may work. But how do you attach it to an all-foam "helmet"? -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net |
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On 15/11/2014 3:44 PM, Ralph Barone wrote:
Joy Beeson wrote: I read somewhere that someone is making reproductions of the Chuck Harris mirror that can be attached to the helmet-free painted liners that are currently fashionable as head decorations. All the mirrors in the bike shop are huge billboard things that would block forward vision. My Avenir helmet is old and ratty and I never liked it much in the first place. My new Specialized foam hat would be a more stable support for a mirror -- if there were some way I could attach a mirror to it. Are mirrors of the Chuck Harris design available, and if so, where? I'm sorry Joy. I misread what you wrote as "Chuck Norris mirror" and was trying to figure out what it would do. "You can't see anything when you look in the Chuck Norris mirror because light is afraid to bounce off if it." You don't look into the Chuck Norris Mirror. It looks into you. I could not resist. Jeff L has already suggested http://hubbubonline.com/?product=hubbub-helmet-mirror-3 PH |
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'guaranteed for 5 years against breaking or any fading of the viewing surface' jus' sowing distrust... |
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On Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:16:13 PM UTC-5, wrote:
'guaranteed for 5 years against breaking or any fading of the viewing surface' jus' sowing distrust... 'I had to bend the wire pretty substantially to get the view just right' Langley cudda bent the wire till it broke counting the bends...with video. Imagine Langley et al discussed bending the beejeezus outta the wire but decided the wire wud break thus ruining the reason for Langley's writing about the mirror. more BM |
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But how do you attach it to an all-foam "helmet"? patients, resolve, intelligence, planning foam is tricky...there a times when you apply adhesive to foam n the foam melts. this isnot good and embarrassing. search for glues/adhesives for foam. try 3M and Loctite. Foam is usually Styrofoam and styro's take a specific glue. But there are other foams around..polyolefin maybe urethane ? there are web notes for IDing foams what you can do is find an adhesive for the mirror's end. then scrap around for a small patch/square/round/ovals are nice...aero you know...contrsting colors stat at Walmart and Home depot for container plastics. match the patch to the mirror end and glue that together with a CHO cleaned surface, tie the process down..I have a photo..allow to cure in warm place for 48 hours. the glue the patch to the foam helmet. or glue a surface to the foam then glue the mirror mated patch to the surface patch on the foam. possible in this method you arrive at the best possible bad gluing standards available. if the connections separate the foam stays intact due to greater surface area adhesion while the connection point is renewable. possible to buy plastic sheet patches but very expensive online. if you live in an urban area there may be an outlet but the outlet , unless you can find a jobber or fabricator, will sell only several rolls at one time. http://goo.gl/2VhbJQ |
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