Wonder if faded sunglasses are available as such over the counter. Can't recall seeing such sunglasses on the rack.

I think the downside to buying just normal sunglasses is they may not provide adequate shatter protection. The thing I like about safety glasses is they also protect my eyes from rocks and other debris that can come from vehicles when sharing the road. I have a small wedge saddle bag under my seat that carries my glasses, lights and a multi-tool. The bag is out of the way and I have clear and tinted glasses with me all the time.

I use Yellow early morning before sun rise or at night, Dark lens for sunny daylight glare.

For General Purpose use, the Dark Grey/smoke lenses are the most popular. They do not distort colors, they reduce glare to provide day-long comfort, and reduce ultraviolet (UV) light to a safe level. If you go to an eye doctor for a sunglass prescription, he'll most likely recommend Dark Grey/smoke lenses for general purpose use. The Military has been using Dark Grey/smoke lenses for over 45 years. However some other lens colors can provide sports specific attributes.

Lens Tints and Coatings

Yellow Lens Tints: Improves contrast, reduces glare, perserves sharpness. High Intensity tint for maximum sight performance during low light driving. Excellent for Night riding, overcast, haze, or fog conditions. The brightness of this lens makes it the choice of many mountainbikers, shooters and cross-country skiers. Yellow enhances contrast by filtering out the somewhat scattered, out-of-focus blue light from the scene. Hunters, pilots, and tennis players find them helpful for this purpose.

Smoke, Gray and Gray-Green tints: The most common type of lens color. Transmits all colors evenly without changing value of color. Light enough not to impair vision, yet dark enough to provide overall protection from glare. Excellent for bright sunny days. Grey tint is best for bright light situations like water sports because it blocks out the brightest of the suns rays.

Dark Amber or Brown lens tints: A warmer, slightly brighter lens than the gray. Especially good at blocking the blue light commonly found in diffused light such as one might experience on a cloudy day. Brown/Amber can improve both contrast and depth perception, reduce glare and is a good all-around choice if you live in an area with changeable weather patterns. Brown is great for applications where distances need to be constantly judged, like tennis or golf or skiing or other sports requiring acute visual perception and contrast differentiation. Brown is also best for lower light situations, like fishing in the late afternoon or early morning. Brownish tint lens helps highlight the different contrasts in green colors and enhance visual acuity on the golf course

I have always preferred dark amber lenses over dark grey. The classifications above listed above give a pretty accurate account of what I look for in a lens.

(Yes, I realize that this is an old thread, but it contains useful information, and an update might help a fellow rider). During the short daylight days, I have come close to being stuck out at night, when Maui Jim Sport sunglasses are too dark. I wear contacts, cannot ride without wind protection, and have been looking for a solution, without spending $100 on a second pair of shades. Your suggestion led me to safetyglassesusa.com, and a pair of Bolle Contour safety glasses, with yellow anti-fog anti-scratch lenses, for less than $15 delivered. Thanks.

dang real old. $15 for some quality specs aint a bad deal at all.

My Oakleys are nice but the hydrophobic won't stop them from fogging up completely. It does make it easier to wipe the water off when they do fog or get wet. A quick wipe with the finger and its clear again unlike normal lenses that smear.

I use the Oakley "rose" lenses in my Half Jackets during the winter months. I guess they are more yellow/orange than rose colored. Cuts down on glare and seems to make better use of the visible light.

I have been wearing prescription, yellow tinted glasses now for about 15 years.

I bought a pair of Tifosi Pave' http://www.tifosioptics.com/products...Cycling%7cRun/ about 8 months ago since my commute started at about 4 am. I got tired of carry 2 pairs of glasses one for day and night. These glasses to me are more comfortable then overpriced oakley athough they might not be as hip to anybody 30 and under. I purchased them with a rose color lense that dims in the day and is perfectly clear at night. They are so comfortable I forget they are there and they have some holes at the top to keep the fogging down.

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And here I thought "I wear my sunglasses at night" was just words to a song.