Objects in mirror are less dorky than you appear

If there is something even less attractive than the under-saddle scrotal sac, it's the rearview mirror -- whether its mounted on the bar ends, on the brake levers, or at the end of a telescoping helmet antenna.

Granted, it does take a modicum of handling skills to be able to check your blind spots without veering into them at the same time. But nothing says "I file my taxes in January" quite like the bicycling rearview mirror. And this new epidemic of ingenious rearviews? Let's just hope this mirror fad doesn't take off the way it did with motorscooters after Quadrophenia.