Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Pretty sweet glasses!

Just stumbled upon these and thought I'd pass the link along. It's a pretty sweet idea.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/21/cool-sunglasses-give-you-super-vision/

http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/hs_diagram_5601.jpg

NIKE=Gonna be expensive as all hell! Great idea that will eventually make it to the marketplace but so highly priced that only a small crowd will be able to afford them.

Those are pretty sweet looks like they aren't in production yet though, too bad.


Your bored out of your mind aren't you

that is pretty damn cool. would love to try them out.

Looks pretty neat

i'd gladly take some HD glasses over these any day.

Solution looking for a problem?

You don't need a problem in order for a product to be useful. My current field of view is not a problem, per se, but I would not object to adding another 25 degrees to it by any means.

I don't have contacts... :(

Edit: .........Yet.

i'd gladly take some HD glasses over these any day.


HD glasses! :roflmao2: Been out for years, they used to be called "Amber lenses" in the late 70s early 80s ;)

i dunno, but wouldn't it be annoying to see things in your Field of View getting warped and distorted as they move to the sides?

As if you could see your field of view clearly in your periphs anyways at speed.

As if you could see your field of view clearly in your periphs anyways at speed.

you misunderstand me. what i meant was as you move (or even if you turn your head), what you see in front as it moves towards your side (i.e. buildings, cars, intersections) gets squished as they move to your peripheral.

you misunderstand me. what i meant was as you move (or even if you turn your head), what you see in front as it moves towards your side (i.e. buildings, cars, intersections) gets squished as they move to your peripheral.

From what I can tell, it looks like the distortion does not occur in the entire field of vision. There is a clear point at which the distortion starts, and it is at the point in your peripheral where you are only seeing movement anyways.

pretty ugly IMO

yeah, i dunno about these. I bought a pair of Spy Glasses that let you see behind you from a garage sale here in October and then proceeded to ride away with them on...it was ****in scary! well, more like alarming. i was forced to view cars turning, in and out of my peripher field of vision, after i had already passed them in intersection. it was like more information than i could stand to process...too hard to keep straight.

Nike may have improved upon this design, but the idea did not work for me in practice.

great thread, guys.

I prefer these...

http://gadgets.3yen.com/wp-content/images/x-ray-spex.jpg

ummmm, http://ajoka.com/Spy_SunGlasses/AJ-007SG4.htm
not the ones i was thinking of, but the same idea. i remember seeing these in the 90's. marketed towards runners so they could see cars coming up behind them. nothing new, just Nike trying to charge a lot for an old product. and personally i don’t like the old Oakley "M" frame look. 90's retro= no retro.
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yeah, i dunno about these. I bought a pair of Spy Glasses that let you see behind you from a garage sale here in October and then proceeded to ride away with them on...it was ****in scary! well, more like alarming. i was forced to view cars turning, in and out of my peripher field of vision, after i had already passed them in intersection. it was like more information than i could stand to process...too hard to keep straight.
Nike may have improved upon this design, but the idea did not work for me in practice.
i must have missed this post to the thread. sorry

Oakley M Frames anyone?

I still use my M frames, mostly because I have a Rx lens nosepiece that can be switched among the different colored main lenses. They do look pretty tacky, but my eyes are well protected, never even feel any wind. Also, one time I snapped the frame in half so I contacted oakley, got a return #, sent the broken frames in, and a week later I had a brand new pair!

http://theskateshop.home.att.net/consignment/msp_oakly-glasses_sm.jpg Oakley "M" Frames

When I read "... expanding his awareness....." I don't think of glasses. Those marketing guys must've had the munchies.

yeah, i dunno about these. I bought a pair of Spy Glasses that let you see behind you from a garage sale here in October and then proceeded to ride away with them on...it was ****in scary! well, more like alarming. i was forced to view cars turning, in and out of my peripher field of vision, after i had already passed them in intersection. it was like more information than i could stand to process...too hard to keep straight.

Nike may have improved upon this design, but the idea did not work for me in practice.

The lenses are only supposed to enhance the peripherals, it would make movement and large objects more obvious. That's probably easier to deal with than having to deal with what you used.

that said, with time you would probably get used to the additional information coming at you, even with those funky spy glasses. kinda like jet fighters with their crazy helmets and viewfinders.

cool idea, but i already have a tool that expands my periphery that's free....my ears.

Nice evolution from this.

http://www.coloradocyclist.com/img/product/full/c/cylylw6u.jpg

^.. The peripheral vison might be a huge safety factor.. Anxious to check out the price tag.. I'd hope they'd offer a variety of color tints. Not big on orange.

i remember seeing these in the 90's. marketed towards runners so they could see cars coming up behind them. nothing new, just Nike trying to charge a lot for an old product.

here's a thought

maybe the 90's version failed because the implementation wasn't good

maybe these are an old idea that has finally been done right

I never wear glasses or sunglasses. They always mess with my depth perception and stuff. I feel like this would be even worse and mess with my head really bad.

I never wear glasses or sunglasses. They always mess with my depth perception and stuff. I feel like this would be even worse and mess with my head really bad.

ever tried a good pair of oakleys?

i never wore sunglasses till maybe 4-6 years ago. i'm super thankful that my eyesight has not deteriorated despite that fact. First week or so it was a little uncomfortable to my eyes, but now i wear em every time i drive.

sweet. lets totally buy some nike gear. they're not a huge corporation or anything. oakleys. hell yeah. thanks for advertising here.

This is a thread about cycling glasses. Very few people make their own glasses these days, so most of them will be manufactured by "huge corporations". Why don't you go into the pictures thread and whine about how we're all just shilling Leader, BD, IRO, Bianchi, Giant, etc.?

Learn to pick your battles, dude.

This is a thread about cycling glasses. Very few people make their own glasses these days, so most of them will be manufactured by "huge corporations". Why don't you go into the pictures thread and whine about how we're all just shilling Leader, BD, IRO, Bianchi, Giant, etc.?

Learn to pick your battles, dude.

Cool dude. Nike cycling glasses. Probably worth all the 300 dollars or so. You're right. Nike is a great company. There's no way I could ride my bike without my NIKE brand cycling glasses. God, life was hard. I couldn't ride my bike at all. ANd then lo, and behold, NIke came along. Now I can see an extra 25%. Totally. Awesome. I love my NIKES! HELL YES.

Even I heard the "woosh" when that went over your head.

Also, I would point out that nobody knows much these things cost because they're not on the market yet.

^ You realize that you're trying to convey an intelligent idea to someone who's username of choice is "ManlyDude69," right?

Cool dude. Nike cycling glasses. Probably worth all the 300 dollars or so. You're right. Nike is a great company. There's no way I could ride my bike without my NIKE brand cycling glasses. God, life was hard. I couldn't ride my bike at all. ANd then lo, and behold, NIke came along. Now I can see an extra 25%. Totally. Awesome. I love my NIKES! HELL YES.

I try and avoid big box where I can but listening to you makes me want to buy stock in walmart. Just stop dude

Cool dude. Nike cycling glasses. Probably worth all the 300 dollars or so. You're right. Nike is a great company. There's no way I could ride my bike without my NIKE brand cycling glasses. God, life was hard. I couldn't ride my bike at all. ANd then lo, and behold, NIke came along. Now I can see an extra 25%. Totally. Awesome. I love my NIKES! HELL YES.

So you must ride a bike, hand built, by someone in the US o' A, right?
:rolleyes:

So you must ride a bike, hand built, by someone in the US o' A, right?
:rolleyes:

oh since i buy some things it extends that i should buy everything? thats logically sound.

maybe i just have a problem with Nike cashing in on every trend and people lapping it up? maybe thats the issue? maybe because everyone here thinks theyre counterculture and then talk about Nike sunglasses? maybe that's it? maybe people who ride with sporty sunglasses look like ******s? maybe thats it?

Maybe you're an idiot.

Maybe you're an idiot.

I'm so real it scares you. That's whats going on here. :thumb:

I'm so real it scares you. That's whats going on here. :thumb:
dude, i loled for real

dude, i loled for real

:innocent:

:innocent:

can i lick your butt?

can i lick your butt?

if he were truly all about being a manly dude, 69-style, then he'd have to say yes.

if he were truly all about being a manly dude, 69-style, then he'd have to say yes.

I live in Chicago too.

-ManlyDude69

Yea. This is really cool. You'll probably see this tech working in cheap throw away glasses soon.

I live in Chicago too.

-ManlyDude69
How 'bout this weather tonight? I'm on my way to a holiday party in Humboldt Park, and it's going to be an interesting ride what with the snow and the -15 temperature and all.

Anyway, I think those glasses are neat, but I'm going to hold off until the generic $5 version comes out.

Nice evolution from this.
http://www.coloradocyclist.com/img/product/full/c/cylylw6u.jpg

In a way, yes. Actually a clip on mirror with a Fresnal profile would probably be super-effective and not stick out that much at all.

Remember... this is MY IDEA!!!

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens

The Fresnel lens reduces the amount of material required compared to a conventional spherical lens by breaking the lens into a set of concentric annular sections known as Fresnel zones.

In the first (and largest) variations of the lens, each of these zones was a different prism. Though a lens might look like a single piece of glass, closer examination reveals that it is many small pieces. It was not until modern computer-controlled milling equipment (CNC) could turn out large complex pieces that these lenses were single pieces of glass.

For each of these zones, the overall thickness of the lens is decreased, effectively chopping the continuous surface of a standard lens into a set of surfaces of the same curvature, with discontinuities between them. This allows a substantial reduction in thickness (and thus weight and volume of material) of the lens, at the expense of reducing the imaging quality of the lens.



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Fresnel_lens.svg/401px-Fresnel_lens.svg.png

How 'bout this weather tonight? I'm on my way to a holiday party in Humboldt Park, and it's going to be an interesting ride what with the snow and the -15 temperature and all.

Anyway, I think those glasses are neat, but I'm going to hold off until the generic $5 version comes out.

the weather is going to be horrible for the next five months. last year was bad but this year started out visciously. its going to be rough...

i dunno, but wouldn't it be annoying to see things in your Field of View getting warped and distorted as they move to the sides?

Yeah, it sounds like they could well trip you out when you're riding. You'd probably feel like you're going super fast whilst grannies are passing you in their little golf buggy things.

It's definitely an interesting idea though and I'd be curious to give em a try.