sunglasses?
 

mrRed tells me I'm not allowed to wear my $5 sunglasses while biking anymore... which makes sense cause shards of glass in my eyes sounds quite painful... but all the cycling sunglasses I've found aren't very attractive. Are there any stylish glasses out there that are safe for biking in? A friend of mine who works at sunglass hut said most designer glasses are also very shatter resistent, the material that they're made from just isn't tinted like cycling glasses are.. is this the case?

recommendations?

I think stylish is a pretty subjective term.... These are pretty stylish:
http://www.edgewear.com/Merchant2/ed.../OAK03-387.jpg

But I wear these because they are $25CAD and replacement lenses are only $6CAD:
http://images.mec.ca/media/Images/Pr...9830553522.jpg
found here


edit: haha nice Yoshi. Those ones are really old school
http://homepage.mac.com/bs7ueno/oakley/old/eyeshade.jpg

yeah.. those are exactly what i want to avoid.

Oakley Eyeshades with the built in brow pad!!!!!

you should get some that is polycarbonate and fits your face. Go to a sunglasshut or Paragon sports in the city and see what they have. I'm an Oakley fan myself but there are tons of other brands to look for.

What would Bootsy Collins do?

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/p..._bootsypic.jpg

Well then, figure out your price point, choose a pair you like the look of and stop wasting our time~! :D

http://www.nashbar.com/results.cfm?s...ice1&pagename=

notice that guy's jersey? soooo good but so racist!

i got some native dash XPs for a gift. they are actually really quite nice. four interchangeable lens colors, which is nice. generally i use the standard sunglass lenses, but i have also used the clear a lot for night riding. they are a bit spendy, but have a lifetime no-questions-asked replacement warranty.

Oh. I don't think you guys get what I'm asking, I want to know if there are non cycling style sunglasses that are safe for riding in.

So sunglasses with polycarbonate lenses are what you are looking for. Essentially ANY sports sunglasses you like the look of will do in that case.

thats the problem.. i don't like the look of any sports sunglasses. but i'm kinda weird. i like these:
http://raffaello-network.com/item_im...-c501-11-p.jpg

Dior all the way...
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/...V56910493_.jpg

I wear some 3d shiz I picked up at a movie recently, one side is a bit lighter than the other and sometimes I see things coming at me, but whatevs...

CHANEL is def a good choice...

fashion is the worst...

anti-fashion is fashion...

anything polycarbonate will work. Make sure the bridge is nice and smooth.
If you smack your face into the pavement, you might have other things to worry about.

I like Rudy Project sunglasses.

http://www.probikeoutlet.com/images/sn014744.jpg

- yes

- since i need reading glasses, but didn't want to pop for expensive 'scrip shades, i went with Elvex RX-200 and Elvex RX-300 with 3.0+diopters... $10 - $12 online (plus got free shipping)

- the shades look *exactly* like high-end cycling glasses, but are lightweight, cheap, and conform to ANSI safety specs (99% UV A/B protection, and impervious to 44 gram pointed weight dropped from six-foot height onto lens surface; lenses are polycarbs)...

p.s. Google is your friend...

http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photo...um/TI-PAVE.gif

You might not really like the looks of these.. but they are really nice.. and only $60 on nashbar...
I got a pair about 4 months ago.. they come with Clear, Grey, and Orange lenses.. and they are comfortable..

im sure she just said, for the 3rd time, that she doesnt want something that looks like cycling glasses.

I've googled, it didn't work out. The closest thing i've found to what I want are these:
http://www.sunglasshut.com/media/ima...r/165091_b.jpg

but the lenses are really smaller than what i want.

almost all major sunglass companies sell a sport line and a casual/street line. Check out Oakley, Smith Optics, Rudy Project, Ray Ban, Briko, just to name a few. Just make sure that the lenses are polycarbonate.

thanks, i'll check that out:)

http://mi.oakley.com/site/media/cach....png_0_0_0.jpg

thats the best i got.

bolle, oakley maui jim and smith are all good performance sunglass makers that have a bit more style. dunno if they have exactly what your looking for.

edit: just found this.

http://www.smithsport.com/products/s...eet_index.html

you're wearing $5 shades, but you want some chanels???

something's wrong with this picture...

ok let me clue you in on something if you find a cheap pair of shades that say impact resistant on them followed by ansi certified you can wear them on you bike they will withstand an impact from a bug or a rock kicked up by a car tire I have some sunglasses that were 5 bucks at a costume shop and look like the blues brothers kinda thing and they are ansi certified



good luck

my $5 sunglasses have PLASTIC lenses... not sure if i've ever run across any cheap ones that bother to work with glass. should the lens break it'll just snap, not shatter.

don't know why it would be a problem...