Hello! I have lost my Specialized glasses with rose tinted lenses, which I used for overcast-days/woodland-riding. They never fitted that well anyway so I intend to look for another model to replace them. Got any recommendations for any good non-precription ride glasses for low-light to normal conditions? The more bargainous the better! Ideally not too spoddy as I'm still scarred from being laughed off the local bike trails a decade ago in my old clear Madisons!
I like the blue lenses in th dhb Triple lens set:
[url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/dhb_Triple_Lens_Sunglasses/5360021749/ ]dhb glasses[/url]
I reckon they look alright for on the bike but you may disagree!
Annoyingly, on getting that link I see they're a now a fair bit cheaper than when I got mine..
what ride glasses do I what ?????????????
I wear, I don't rock.
Pillock.
Wear/rock/sport/mince - whatever works for you?
Oakley (or other brand) High Definition Yellow
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yellow safety glasses
about £3
>Hello! I have lost my Specialized glasses with rose tinted lenses, which I used for overcast-days/woodland-riding. They never fitted that well anyway so I intend to look for another model to replace them.<
I just use my rose tinted spectacles for rides with lots of pushing & carrying. Then I can look back and tell myself they weren't so bad after all...
Aside from that I wear Decathlon yellow things @ £5.99 a pop - saves me from getting stressed when I scratch or stand on my 'Oakley or other high brand / high definition yellow' specs that others find so essential 😉
Clear Bolle safety glasses; about £7 on eBay.
Another 'rocking' the Bolle
I got a pair of cheap Oakley radar's (missing the O's so a substantially reduced price 😉 ) I want the yellow lenses for overcast days (I've borrowed a mate's to see what they're like) but the lenses cost more than I paid for the glasses!
I might have a look at the decathlon ones
+1 for the dhb blue lenses, they are fantastically versatile.
I just use safety glasses from work. The current ones we have are actually Bolle, and pretty good ones they are too. Cost = Free!
I try really hard to avoid 'rocking' my glasses. It scratches them. I often wear Oakley M Frames though!
I just use safety glasses from work
Me too, for that specialist look......well [i]special[/i] anyway
I tried some of those Bolle Contour safety glasses after a recommendation on here but the optics are terrible quality and really not comfortable to use for any length of time imho. Fine for free/£3 or whatever, but I value my eyesight & eventually splashed out on some Oakley Jawbones...persimmon lenses work for me. They cost the earth but ime only Oakley have that "oh crap I've lost my glasses, oh actually I'm wearing them" kind of feeling (or lack of).
I've got some Bloc glasses with orange lenses - they are great on overcast days as they really improve contrast.
They are still quite dark though, rendering me a bit blind when diving into wooded/foresty areas. I think you can get the same colour, but a lighter tint.
Oakley Radars with a G30 lense..
Many people seem to think it's a given that eye protection (other than UV) has to be worn. I never do and I wonder how much evidence of eye injury while riding there is ?
Aldi sport glasses with the clear lenses 🙂
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I palp Oakley Jawbones for cloudy days, M-Frames for blue skies, Rudy Project Rydon when i ride on the continent and Specialized ArcTerra Adaptalite for changeable conditions. E-wires for recovery rides and Half jackets when i want to get gnar.
yellow safety glassesabout £3
+1. Cheap as chips from Screwfix. Got some DeWalt's for sunny days too. Also wear the ESS desert sunnies that HM Lizzie gave me. They are very good in low light.
Many people seem to think it's a given that eye protection (other than UV) has to be worn. I never do and I wonder how much evidence of eye injury while riding there is ?
For years I thought the same, then got fed up with having bits of grit in my eyes for days after a particular ride. Only a matter of time before I did some damage I reckon.
simonfbarnes - Member
Many people seem to think it's a given that eye protection (other than UV) has to be worn. I never do and I wonder how much evidence of eye injury while riding there is ?
do you not find you get crap in your eyes? i can't ride without glasses at, just not a fan of dirt/spray messing with my vision.
i wear oakley jawbones, but they were given to me...don't think i'd pay that much for them, although they are awesome - much better fit than any of the £3 ebay safety specs i used to use and have far outlasted any of them too.
I'd say it's more all over protection, water/mud/grit hitting near my eyes is very off putting and on downhills I like to be concentrating on where I'm going. With the odd direct hit having to close one eye at speed is putting the rest of me in jeopardy 🙂I never do and I wonder how much evidence of eye injury while riding there is ?
do you not find you get crap in your eyes?
no, but I do have a front mudguard...
the nearest I ever came to an eye injury when riding was a branch coming in from the side which would have missed any glasses...
>I palp Oakley Jawbones for cloudy days, M-Frames for blue skies, Rudy Project Rydon when i ride on the continent and Specialized ArcTerra Adaptalite for changeable conditions. E-wires for recovery rides and Half jackets when i want to get gnar. ,
Congratulations - a veritable cornucopia of eyewear options
Clear for me. It's the colour our eyes are designed to work with.
Getting crud flicked painfully in your eyes spoils the enjoyment for flying downhill. A flap/guard + specs does the job.
M-frames with persimmon lenses here.
Many people seem to think it's a given that eye protection (other than UV) has to be worn. I never do and I wonder how much evidence of eye injury while riding there is ?
That's not the only reason to wear them. The wind gets behind my contacts and whips them out if I don't wear glasses.
Contact lenses seem to make the slightest bit of grit or dust feel like i've been stabbed in the eye, so never go out without some sort of glasses on. Hunting for a contact lens in long grass ruins my flow 😛
I use Radar's with yellow lenses most of the time, adding a downtube mounted Crud thing when it's muddy. I've also got some grey lenses that came with the glasses that make any shadey patches of woodland riding interesting, but are good for our on the road.
Specialized mtb adaptalites, they really do make a grey day more manageable
Tried some oakleys but the clarity wasn't as good as I expected
I've got some Rudy Project Syluro S-Wide ImpactX with photochromic clear lenses, bit of a mouthful but they're great glasses. Fit well, can barely feel them, and the lens tint changes quickly going from light to dark etc.
I bought them mainly for road riding as was getting fed up with picking flies out of my eyes - for MTB I'd rather blink and clear my eyes than keep having to stop to wipe my glasses - but have used them MTB'ing too. You can get loads of different coloured lenses for them but the ones I have are fine, used them MTB'ing in the Sierra Nevada and never felt dazzled.
Wow, just had a look and seen how much they are now, I bought mine a few years ago and thought they were expensive then.
Edit to add: The ImpactX lenses are apparently made from the same material they use for windscreens on Apache helicopters so they're pretty indestructible, although I've not been shot in the eye while wearing them so couldn't vouch for that.
The wind gets behind my contacts and whips them out if I don't wear glasses.
I always wear contacts when riding and that has never happened to me! I do wonder at the point of wearing contacts if you have to wear glasses anyway to protect them...
Merlin cycles had a sale for glasses last week?
made from the same material they use for windscreens on Apache helicopters so they're pretty indestructible
They all say that, but a bit irrelevant as I doubt apaches use 2mm thick windscreens!
simonfbarnes - Member
Many people seem to think it's a given that eye protection (other than UV) has to be worn. I never do and I wonder how much evidence of eye injury while riding there is ?
My glasses have protected me more than my helmet - Riding in woodland trails I often get branches flick back and hit me in the face after the rider in front has gone through. I've have my cheek cut open where a branch had whipped back dragging down my glaces then cheek. I also had to take a friend to A&E after he didn't see and branch on a night ride and it did similar but he needed several stiches which was much better than a skewered eye.
So yes eye protection when riding in the woods is important to me and is lso pretty handy for keeping mud out of my eyes on other trails, and wind and flies out of my eyes when on the road.
I always wear contacts when riding and that has never happened to me! I do wonder at the point of wearing contacts if you have to wear glasses anyway to protect them...
What sort do you use?
I find my gas permiable lenses to be more suseptable to dirt and wind than daily disposables, but the vision to be better than glasses with both. In fact the last time I tried to ride in normal glasses it seemed to change my depth perception and peripheral vision slightly, which did seem a bit wierd for the first couple of miles. Could be my -6.5 prescription though?
Can't say I'm keen to go out without dog egg protection either.
I never do and I wonder how much evidence of eye injury while riding there is ?
Well on my stag do i came off at Glentress landing head and face first , my Oakleys took some impact as the next day i had a lens shaped bruise round my eye. It was easy to work out what the impact was as i had a triangular whole in my cheek and a bump on my cheek bone .Smack in the center of the oakley lens was a triangular mark. They also keep the routine muck out of the eye . I got contact lenses so that i could wear sunglasses when ridding.I looked a right sight for the wedding but at least i had my sight.
I always wear contacts when riding and that has never happened to me! I do wonder at the point of wearing contacts if you have to wear glasses anyway to protect them...
Hmm. Prescription glasses cost plenty and even minor scratches to the lens are a major pain if you wear your specs all the time...
Cheap riding glasses or better £3 safety specs plus disposable contacts is no pain and an inexpensive solution. It also means i make some effort to provide protection to my eyes as i can't buy replacements.
Oh yeah just remembered, riding in spain I went passed some proper nasty bramble type stuff with Huuuuge thorns, growing on the bank at the side of the trail. One thorn scraped along one lens and then ripped into my cheek. Was pretty glad to have my sunnies on that day!
Many people seem to think it's a given that eye protection (other than UV) has to be worn. I never do and I wonder how much evidence of eye injury while riding there is ?
Flies and eyes do not mix well...
Re branches whipping you in the face - do you not watch what's going on infront of you? 🙂
Safety specs - better than a twig in the eye!
I'm sure Oakleys are good but they're too expensive to allow for care free use. Not bargainous!
I always wear contacts when riding and that has never happened to me! I do wonder at the point of wearing contacts if you have to wear glasses anyway to protect them...
I have a slight astigmatism in one eye which means the lense doesn't sit absolutely flat, hence it can dislodge. Not everyone does.
The possibility also exists that it doesn't happen to you as you're not travelling quite as fast as me 😉
I don't have to wear glasses, and I can take them off when it rains or they get steamy, options I wouldn't have if I wore 'scrips.
do you not watch what's going on infront of you?
I said it was at the [b]side[/b]!
I have a slight astigmatism in one eye which means the lense doesn't sit absolutely flat
I have quite severe astigmatism...
The possibility also exists that it doesn't happen to you as you're not travelling quite as fast as me
almost certainly 🙂
I don't have to wear glasses, and I can take them off when it rains or they get steamy, options I wouldn't have if I wore 'scrips.
I'm not sure how this contributes to the argument - you only wear glasses because you don't [b]have[/b] to ?
no, i wear glasses because i want to, the point i'm making is that there is a point to wearing both them and contact lenses as opposed to prescription glasses.
the point i'm making is that there is a point to wearing both them and contact lenses as opposed to prescription glasses.
so you can take them off when they get wet or steamed up ??
Rudy Project rydon with photochromic lenses, they're great all the way from sunny days to night rides
so you can take them off when they get wet or steamed up ??
yes - an option i wouldn't have if i was wearing 'scrips. glad you got there in the end.
no, I thought that was your reason for wearing them...
Bolle Contours in either clear or "esp". £6 from [url= http://www.safetysupplies.co.uk/trolleyed/3/ ]here[/url]
no, I thought that was your reason for wearing them...
the only reasons for thinking that are ;-
a) you think i am really stupid
b) you are really stupid
c) it's not something that you really believe in but it's a basis for futile internet arguing.
the only reasons for thinking that are ;-a) you think i am really stupid
b) you are really stupid
c) it's not something that you really believe in but it's a basis for futile internet arguing.
d) I have no idea how stupid either of us may be, but I don't understand the reasoning you have stated.