Hi All
I hate not wearing a helmet but eyewear I just can't stand (for some god forsaken reason) but after fouling a set of doubles today because of sh&t in the eyes and numerous pull ups on the side of the trails I have decided that enough is enough and that I should get some good eye protecting ... I hate the Cateye style wrap round protection .... and need something like the Dragon Rakes (well I need to keep up apperances) but as it is coming up to winter (!!!) I need somethingI can use on night rides e.t.c e.t.c any ideas
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some oakleys or arnettes with yellow lenses
Dan
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 Oakley Pro M-Frames. The best riding glasses I've found.
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 If you don't have a house to re-mortgage, then Brikos might be worth a look as well.
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 Smith Sliders. Top glasses, look like regular shades, 3 sets of lenses, great customer support. Retail for about 80 quid but leisure lakes have had em for 50, as have some other shops.
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Eion is right. Oakley Pro M-Frames are fantastic.
I have a pair with a set of blue lenses when it's sunny and a set of clear lenses when it's dull or even at night.
Yeah, they're not cheap, but they protect your eyes and fit so well that you forget you're even wearing them.
The Pro M-Frames don't fold, the frame is a single molded piece. If you want them to fold go for the standard M-Frames, although the Pros can take a lot more abuse.
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 If you don't need glasses as a penis substitute then check out the glasses supplied by supercycles.
If you DO, then buy Oakleys or Smiths /8^O
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I only got my Pro M-Frames to replace the M-frames I had, which lasted over 6 years until I lost them. By comparison, my rx e-wires lasted less than 6 months before the frame needed replacing (but the lenses were still fine). Don't know about Smiths, not having used them personally, but they don't sound bad for £50 (given that a new standard Oakley lense costs £30 and iridium Oakley lenses cost £70 each).
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A.M, one word for you; optics. I used to use cheap glasses, but they had funky optics and made you feel you were 15 foot off the ground.
50 quid for what is effectively 3 pairs of stylish, optically correct glasses is pretty good value, especially when they send you a whole new set of glasses when you return your frames cos you snapped em and asked them to repair em...
Now Oakleys, they ARE overpriced ;-)
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That was tongue in cheek. I perfectly understand the desireability of non-distorting optics. It's just that paying £50+ for a stylist to mount a quids worth of unobtainium coated CR93 resin lenses irritates me.
The glasses that I've been wearing for the last 2 years (now due for renewal due to scratching) cost about 50 francs in Paris. They don't noticeably distort, while still offering plenty of protection. Cheapskate? Maybe.
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 Oakleys over priced.
Don't agree. My first M-frames lasted for ever, like eion I lost em and I have had them for about 9 years ish (getting old and the memory is not what it used to be) So thats great value for money.
I have a new pair of M-frames, I lost one of the arms and Oakley sent me a complete new frame F.O.C., plus they re-aligned my E-wires for free to.
Excellent Service, good lifetime = good value 4 money!
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 I've been pretty happy with my bloc stoats. Abot £35, fit my face well, don't let water in around them (unlike some of the wrap around design shades i've tried) The only problem is that my ones are too dark for night rides!
Are expensive shades really that much more scratch resistant? I seem to put big scratches in shades within 6 months of getting them, from all the flying rocks and gravel. I'm hesitant to buy an expensive pair of shades, cos (a) i'll lose them and (b)i'm worried i'll scratch them, which makes them pretty useless for riding.
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Dave FSR, Smiths scratch pretty easily, its their one negative (if you get the frames really mucky then grit gets in and as you remove a lens it gets scratched).
FWIW Brasso etc do a good job of removing scratches from shades, and watch faces.
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 Not trying to scaremonger or put business the way of the pricier manufacturers, but my safety glasses in my last job didn't "look like" they distorted either, but I got headaches all the time when I wore them. Optician said that it was the glasses - got a different brand, problem went away. You only get one pair of eyes, and eyestrain *hurts*...
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 The reason I went for oakleys was the great stuff I heard about the service. I'd rather pay £70 once (for fantastic lenses, too) than £20 five times.
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Caroline, I agree with you about headaches- especially from safety glasses. I usually find it's the fit of the frame - not the optics. Pressure in the wrong place.
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Yep, i have had problems with headaches from shades before, some old Madison wrap around jobbies. Fortunately they came with two different arm options. Unfortunately the ones that fit ok didn't fit with my helmet, a Giro Exodus. Bought some new shades in the end.
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 Oakley M frames. Try all the cheap shit then buy a pair, OR just buy a pair. Simple really.
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Basically, who has M-Frames who doesn't love them?
Quite.
Sunglasses for life (unless you're careless, stupid, and full of regret like me and you lose them).
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who has M frames and would ever admit they made a bad decision buying £115+ of shades? ;-)
Not that i think they aren't good, though! ;)
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