Silvercivic27

Well, forget Cav. He's probably at the doctor's office getting his shoulder checked out or refilling a doping prescription. You need to think BIGGER, and I think you're onto something by going straight to Oakley. That way, most of the peloton can get faster, and frankly I like Marcel Kittel better anyway, mainly because of his hairstyle.

I think you should submit your designs along with Strava data showing the benefits to Oakley, Rudy Project and POC. I think your chances are probably best with POC. Good luck. Keep us posted.

timtak

Yes. You are right (except about the doping!). Cav has about a million followers on twitter so I am not really expecting a response from him. I did write to Oakley "customer experience" (which is not really appropriate) directly, but Thank You... I will google Rudy Project and POC and try and ask them too. My home made jobs are not at all durable. I'd pay through the nose for some well made specs of this type especially if they looked less gorky, which should be possible with some professional design. Should there be any response I will post again.

woodcraft

This was on the cx bike, so not that low of a position.

Works pretty well, but would take some getting used to (as it does while belaying- but you're not moving then). It's easy to look over the prisms while more upright.

You also get a nice view of the clouds.

timtak

Interesting and more radical than mine. A twin prismed version of the 277 USD product mentioned above. Did you make them yourself? Do you anticipate using them much while racing/touring? I am not sure how much seeing the clouds would distract but please would you share parts/product links?

Perhaps they'll catch on.

woodcraft

The link was in post #62 , & 71.

They are commercially available for rock climbing, so that you can see the climber above you while belaying, without neck strain.

I don't plan on actually using them for cycling, but if I did time trials, I might .

timtak

Ah, right. sorry. Thank you. I now see that they are the belay specs. I need prescription lenses so I would either have to wear them on top of glasses or attach prism to glasses. I may try out the latter route. I am finding that tall (goofy) specs are enough for me, but if I did time trials, I might try prisms too.

> This was on the cx bike, so not that low of a position.
I think you are lower on your cx bike than most on their road bike. You are thin so you can go low.

woodcraft

In the pictures, I'm wearing the belay glasses over regular glasses. They have spring metal ear pieces so stay in place pretty well.

timtak

Mine are for my short-sightedness, they are prescription lenses. I can get prescription lensed glasses from China from about 5 usd now but still not these. The frames that I get from the dollar store keep breaking so I have ordered some of these
2015 New Designer Reverse Half Rim Reading Glasses 1 1 5 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 | eBay
which can be purchased for about 10 usd and will have my local opition put my prescription in them for about 35USD.

BoSoxYacht

This thread just keeps on giving.

StanSeven

I can see that

Stucky

Wow! I'm glad that someone dredged-up this thread! These glasses are exactly what I need! Riding an aggressive position, I spend nearly all of my ride looking over the tops of my spectacles... Now the only qurstion is: Can they make glasses like this in my Coke-bottle prescription?

I <3 Robots

I see what you did there.

BlazingPedals

I wear contacts because my prescription is too strong to put in wraparounds. But, due to my advanced maturity, I can have problems reading the speedo. I may look into some self-stick reading inserts for my sunglasses. Non-spherical contacts are more expensive and the stick-ons would be cheap.

MikeyBoyAz

This thread rocks.

velociraptor

This thread is classic.

And I love how the OP resurrected it yesterday by replying to a post made in July – as if no time had elapsed. Like he'd just taken a nap for 8 months, lol.

surgeonstone

Yeah, that's not going to happen , not on me at least.
What I find effective is a position change, here is how i do it.
Start riding on hoods.
Consciously straighten back from normal curved position by rotating pelvis down!
Do this by imagining you are making your pelvis Rock forward and down.
This straightens the back at the cervicle level reducing the angle of occipital cervical juncture, opening up the vertebral facets and decreasing nerve impingement pain.
Really works well for me.

BoSoxYacht

Hopefully he'll post some new photos of his whacked riding position.

velociraptor

I think we need a quick rehash for newcomers – a 'Greatest Hits' of the thread, so to speak...











And really, my favorite; courtesy of woodcraft:

Yes, those are belaying glasses, used for rock-climbing.

MOAR. PLEASE.

BoSoxYacht

I love his sketches showing "goodly flex".

StanSeven

Did you have on funny looking glasses?

Up North

Has anyone suggested he drop his seat 1 ft and level out his bars he could see like the rest of us. Even Quasimodo couldn't ride that bike.

BoSoxYacht

Timtak could talk a hole into concrete defending his position.

surgeonstone

Wow, those photos. Just don't know what to say except, wow, just wow.

svtmike

I like his style. The world needs people who march to the beat of their own drum.

coolcamaro12

These could work