Eye protection at night
#28
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i've been rocking shop glasses-- they work well on cold-snappy nights when you're bombing down a hill and you don't want to tear up.
i recently came across a nice fitting pair-- but i think they have minor amounts of magnification... since they are shop glasses n' all.
i recently came across a nice fitting pair-- but i think they have minor amounts of magnification... since they are shop glasses n' all.
#31
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oakley has had some pretty cool transition sunglasses for a while now. i don't know if any at their lightest end is safe enough for night riding but it'd be worth checking out.
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I use the clear safety glasses from Lowe's. Good for riding at night, good for weed-whacking.
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And on the amber lenses: as someone else pointed out, they're not for night. They're best for low-light conditions like cloudy days or early morning, at least in my experience. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Yellow shooting glasses from xmart - I wear em in all light conditions.
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#38
Originally Posted by andypants
You should probably buy a better light. I also don't understand how your glasses just fly off your face at 20mph. It seems they would be blown farther onto your face, or something.
Why'd you bring up buying a better light? So I could wear sunglasses? That's ridiculous.
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#40
Originally Posted by blickblocks
How do you not understand? I get ejected from the bike, hit the ground and stop, and the glasses keep going.
Why'd you bring up buying a better light? So I could wear sunglasses? That's ridiculous.
Why'd you bring up buying a better light? So I could wear sunglasses? That's ridiculous.
#41
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Better light = seeing the things your hitting before hitting them 
At the same time... you are completely confused if you think an accident causes glasses to be pushed onto your face.... unless you are hitting the glasses on something directly.

At the same time... you are completely confused if you think an accident causes glasses to be pushed onto your face.... unless you are hitting the glasses on something directly.
#42
Originally Posted by chevy42083
you are completely confused if you think an accident causes glasses to be pushed onto your face....
Faceplant?
#43
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in this thread a rider was wearing glasses and when he fell they cut through his skin "down to the bone"
you might wanna go with rimmed glasses all the way around the lenses
you might wanna go with rimmed glasses all the way around the lenses
#44
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Originally Posted by dblock
in this thread a rider was wearing glasses and when he fell they cut through his skin "down to the bone"
you might wanna go with rimmed glasses all the way around the lenses
you might wanna go with rimmed glasses all the way around the lenses
i couldnt find where it said the victim in the op had rimless glasses on
#48
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i'm an ass couldn't help it.... but you may have gathered that when i was shouting nonsense at your friend on his s.s. last night...
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#49
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Originally Posted by hockeyteeth
Have you tried contact lenses? I like them much more than glasses because my vision is effing terrible (-9/20, no lie) and contacts allow me to have great peripheral vision. You really don't even notice them if you keep them clean.
sounds like my eyes. if i wear glasses (which i haven't for a while), i lose all peripheral vision because my eyes are just that bad. contacts are way better.
but you should still have glasses to give your eyes a break. i'm learning this the hard way, now that i've somehow acquired allergies and don't have any glasses to wear to give my eyes a rest.
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