Re: Another mirror comparison

Danny Colyer <danny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The TAL is harder than the 3rd Eye to adjust while riding, largely
> because one of the "pivot points" (the one at the glasses end of the
> stick) is pivoted by bending the wire, rather than by using a
> ball-and-socket joint as on the 3rd Eye.

Oh, and this sounds wrong to me. None of the adjustments involve bending
the wire - the pivoting works by rotating the wire inside a tube. Maybe
yours is sticking?

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Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting,
it has been found difficult and left untried."
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