What are your favorite cycling glasses?
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby Too Tired » Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:54 pm
I saw these a few months ago and after posting earlier today I got notification they are one sale:
http://www.cyclingexpress.com/en/produc ... NW20.email
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby jemima » Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:52 pm
I finally bit the bullet and purchased something similar: Smith Pivlock V2 Max.Too Tired wrote:I'm in the market for some cycling glasses. Lost my last pair down La Perouse way.
I ride a tri bike and in the aero position I am looking through or over the top bar of most glasses. So something frameless and/or tall would work well. I tried on some Oakley Prizm Roads and they were good but at over $300 a bit on the expensive side.
I'm researching some of the options mentioned in this thread, Project Rudy Rydons and Tayos, but open to any other recommendations.
I did find a shop which had the regular depth frames and the Max, to compare fit/coverage.
Ended up purchasing through ebay, as the shop had very limited range.
Yes, they can be expensive but I'm very happy.
Note, that if you're chasing the Max photochromatic lense, you'll have to source it individually.
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby diventare » Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:56 pm
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby gorilla monsoon » Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:53 am
Because I was as broke as a Sao biscuit at the time and already had a pair of Osiris ride glasses from SpecSavers (their own brand) I went about my merry way but kept the notion of the other specs in mind.
Two weeks ago, with my regular glasses in need of replacement and my daggy brown Osiris specs set to get their fourth pair of script lenses in seven years, I casually mentioned the cool sunnies I had seen at the Melbourne bike show.
"Hang on," says the SpecSavers man, "I saw something like that the other day when I was cleaning-out the storeroom."
So off he trotted and five minutes later came back with a sexy pair of Puma wraparounds (in red and black to match my eyes) with interchangeable tinted lenses and the prescription lenses mounted in an easily removable separate frame.
The good news is they are comfortable, well made and, I think, quite robust. The bad news is they are now a discontinued line so anyone thinking of asking their optometrical supplier for a pair may be out of luck. Although there might well be other brands available.
The best news though is that because of the SpecSavers two-for-one policy they pretty much cost me nothing (technically at least) and that is really good for those who have to justify an expensive pair of sunnies to She Who Holds The Purse Strings.
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby bigfut » Wed Apr 13, 2016 6:35 pm
I run two lenses, either photochromic or polarised depending on the ride.
Good fit and lasting so far....
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby 2sharp » Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:57 pm
Agree. Ray's Outdoors here in Newcastle have clear & tinted Bolle safety glasses for $24.softy wrote:Don't under estimate the good old "safety glasses" yes this is what i use. I have found them to be superior for almost every application.
they have to meet specific clauses in Australian Standards, have a read it will blow your mind the criteria. Optical compliance as well as impact compliance. The ones that have foam to limit particles getting in have to meet other clauses. So what do safety glasses offer:
Lower cost
bifocals
impact ratings
elastic bands (so helmet doesn't pish on the arms)
Different tints
foam edging (prevents drafts coming over the glasses in the aero position)
Changable arms from elastic to plastic
anti flash
high visibility at night yellow lenses.
just take your pick from a fifth of the price.......
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby 2wheels_mond » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:22 am
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby MattyK » Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:20 pm
Went for clear/grey transition lenses, great for night time but they don't darken up much in the daylight; still, in use that isn't really an issue that you notice in use. (Next time I might go for the black iridium coating which goes from a mild reflective tint to a darker shade, but apparently still fine for night use.)
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby Wingz » Tue May 10, 2016 5:08 pm
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby mikgit » Tue May 10, 2016 5:47 pm
Also have some Racing Jacket in photocromatic that are great, that i got last year.
Also have some carbon plates and gassers, so a bit of an Oakley fanboy.
I used to have some Bolle Edges with the clip in lense, they were OK but terrible terrible fogsweat magnets
Also had razor blades...with old glasses lense blue tacked in to race DH...they actually work... poorly.
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby dontazame » Fri May 13, 2016 10:57 pm
Interesting, but wonder about fogging compared with vented Oakley EVs. Anyone?Too Tired wrote:ooo, these look like they could be good:
http://au.oakley.com/en/mens/sunglasses ... =OO9327-01
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby nsr0772 » Fri May 13, 2016 11:53 pm
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby WhingingPom » Sun May 29, 2016 8:42 pm
I'm now up to 3 pairs of "Radar EV". Genuine Oakley lenses fit them perfectly (I like my photochromics this time of year). No need to change ear socks/logos when I'm bored, now I just grab another pair from the cupboardfat and old wrote:Old mate bought me a pair of Foakleys ....jawbreaker style. Even has the paper to remind you to register them I can't tell the diff between them and my real ones
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Re: What are your favorite cycling glasses?
Postby roosta » Mon May 30, 2016 10:59 pm
Cheap, but look like most other cycling glasses (from a distance, anyway). I guess i'll find out how good they really are after my first crash.
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