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Reevu Helmet - Helmet with built in RearView mirror! (all 28 threads merged)

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sixtytwo said:
Still, having a fiber optic conduit from a rear lens into a front projector is advantageous because it takes much less space. This mirror system, while compact, still takes a lot of space - space that could be used for impact absorbing EPS foam.

Imagine having a smallish lens in the back of the helmet that feeds a fiber optic taper running to the front of the helmet. It achieves the same effect, but is much more compact.
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ok, i admit i don't know much about fiber optics but i googled "fiber optic taper" and they're certainly cool

how do you do it without violating the minimum bend radius of the fiber?

they also seem to have an intrinsic quality of magnifying whatever you're viewing, or making them smaller if you turn the taper around. With magnification would come an increase in light intensity which would be bad, and the converse would be true as well if the taper were reversed....

i'm just curious, drop some knowledge yo!

i'm pretty sure the short answer as to why fiber optics weren't used, other than being technically challenging, is they're just too expensive.
 
Wouldn't some sort of telescoping mirror stalks be the simplest solution to the modern sportbike mirror/elbow issue?
 
I'm wondering if you can legally pull the mirrors off your bike if you have a real mirror in you helmet.
 
 
Charlotte said:
I tried one of these on a couple of years ago. One of the Vampires had managed to get a hold of it. Aside from the helmet being too big for me, it worked great. The mirror wasn't obstructing my regular visor view, although I didn't road test it. It had a hefty price tag so I left it as a cool idea.
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Thanks for the feedback Charlotte. :thumbup

Fibre optic cable can easily bend around that curve of the helmet. I think you can go 360 degrees easily with 20" of fibre optics. A lot depends on the diameter. For 1/2" diameter cable the bend can be at ~6 inches for 90 degrees. :nerd

Another issue is getting the light into the fibre. I don't know if enough would be available for small lens collectors. At night this thing would be useless.

Anyone want to help design this thang?
 
All I can think of is the reasons I wouldn't want one. I'd have to see that image, to believe it's what I want to see. The little matter of when you turn your head, say to the right, because you want to see whats in front of you and to the right.

Now with mirrors as we know them, that point backwards, I can see to the right and include the right mirror lookin backwards.

This helmet mirror would be giving me a rear to the left image (wouldn't it?)

And would the image stay clear in nasty weather when you need all the help you can get from your mirrors? Or would this fail when you need it the most?

I don't expect the product makers to tell you the truth, only to present the best hype they can.
 
I don't see it working for me since I wear glasses and they don't go all the way up to where that mirror is. I'll just see something blurry.
 
maxandgrinch said:
By the company name in the YT text.

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All the way back to 2003, so if it is that good of a product, why aren't they here?
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Wow! This has obviously been discussed a bunch over the years and somehow I missed every one of those discussions. How pathetic is that.

And you've made a good point with your final question. You would think that if this is such a great idea it wouldn't take more than six years to start making them available to the public.
 
Meh. How often to people get rear ended? What's the situation that this avoids? While I'm normally all for advances in stuff like this, I have real issues justifying a purchase of a helmet like this.

My bikes have the mirrors visible in my lower peripheral vision. I wear helmets that don't restrict side views, have expansive viewports, and his claim that we've all got the vision of "80 year old men" for wearing full face helmets is just so much bullshit that it boggles the mind and hideously taints the legitimacy of anything else he says.

Honestly, if you can't focus enough to glance down at the mirrors at an appropriate times, it's probably a good idea for you to avoid on road motorcycle riding.

Again: What accidents does this stop? How does it make you safer? It's cliche, but as Raul Julia said in the Cannonball Run...what's behind me, doesn't matter.

Also, I look through the very top of the viewport when I ride aggressively. You can see it in my avatar, I look like I'm staring at the ground but I'm actually looking straight forward through the very top of my helmet. If this restricts that, I'm sacrificing forward vision for backwards vision. Not very productive.
 
I don't know an unrestricted view of the entire road behind you, or of your elbows?
I would definitely want to try it out before discounting it out of hand.
 
Human Ills said:
I don't know an unrestricted view of the entire road behind you, or of your elbows?
I would definitely want to try it out before discounting it out of hand.
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Honestly, though...what is going on behind you that is important? And correctly adjusted mirrors, or a quick elbow tuck, will usually show me what's behind me. I do it regularly while practicing panic braking, as that's the time that I could see this paying off, but how is it going to affect protection in the helmet? How much of my vision does it restrict? I buy my helmets specifically with viewport visibility in mind, cutting off even the top 10% of my vision seems like a very bad idea.
 
it looks like the kind of view you'd see in a video game (Grand Turismo, etc). would it help if they made it convex a bit?
 
OKAY IT'S OFFICIAL.

I want a radioactive hi-viz green flip-up helmet with fiber optic rear view, integrated sun visor (in front of the rear view in case the sun is behind me), headlamp, camera, intercom, and windshield wipers.

And LASERS.

Be sure to tell Santa for me if you see him. :teeth
 
Especially a camera, That baby better be rolling when the cop is talking to you (his is) and you need your side of the story to be presented in court. :cool
 
It's neat, but I'd rather have more forward viewing peripheral vision than rear view. Like was already said, "what's behind me doesn't matter."
 
Z3n said:
Honestly, though...what is going on behind you that is important? And correctly adjusted mirrors, or a quick elbow tuck, will usually show me what's behind me. I do it regularly while practicing panic braking, as that's the time that I could see this paying off, but how is it going to affect protection in the helmet? How much of my vision does it restrict? I buy my helmets specifically with viewport visibility in mind, cutting off even the top 10% of my vision seems like a very bad idea.
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You raise valid concerns, for sure. I wouldn't compromise forward vision for the device. And I'm not riding faster than the majority of road users these days, so I'm in my mirrors plenty.
 
Human Ills said:
You raise valid concerns, for sure. I wouldn't compromise forward vision for the device. And I'm not riding faster than the majority of road users these days, so I'm in my mirrors plenty.
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Don't get me wrong, I'd be curious to try one on...

But at the same time, I'm a long oval headshape, which means a lot of helmets don't really fit me very well. So unless they're making different shell shapes, it again kinda closes off a lot of the market. The attitude of a lot of helmet makers is kinda funny..."Here's this awesome set of pants but it only comes in a 32x36! Hope they fit!". :laughing

I'm in my mirrors quite a bit too, but I have never had a situation where they've saved my ass in a bad situation, or showed me anything that has really affected anything (except when I see the police :laughing). I still check them because situational awareness is good, but I'm not exactly dependent on my mirrors regularly for safety. I watch for guys coming up behind me and not stopping, but it hasn't happened yet...
 
insyder said:
It's neat, but I'd rather have more forward viewing peripheral vision than rear view. Like was already said, "what's behind me doesn't matter."
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I think it matters, just not as much. :teeth

I like the idea. One thing to remember, it doesn't see the rear of the bike, it sees the rear of you wherever you turn your head. I would use it in addition to the 2 mirrors on the bike.

I use bar-end mirrors on my bike, being a street-fighter style, they work great. I can actually see the tail of the bike from the riding position, no blind-spot right behind me.

Cool! :thumbup
 
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