Oakley radars - path or pitch

tunney

I am in need of new shades - what style radar lense is best?

TinyExplosions

tunney wrote: »

I am in need of new shades - what style radar lense is best?

How long's yer face? I use the Range, but have quite a long face (the sort that suits aviators). Dirk has the (shock horror) LiveStrong Paths and they suit his little girly face.

The Pitch don't look as nice as either of the other two, so don't get them.

Or, get the JawBones... now they are awesome!

(going on what I remember of your face, I'd say the Path)

Billy Whizz

I have the Pitch and they suit my face perfect. Path are pretty small but do suit most people, just didn't give me the coverage I wanted though. Range are just far too big unless you want to look like Andy Hampsten.

Limestone1

TinyExplosions wrote: »

How long's yer face? I use the Range, but have quite a long face (the sort that suits aviators).

Why the long face ?

TinyExplosions

Limestone1 wrote: »

Why the long face ?

Was waiting for someone to say that

Vélo

Limestone1 wrote: »

Why the long face ?

TinyExplosions

Aquinas73 wrote: »

Change your name back man, all these changes make my brain hurt!!!!

Vélo

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Change your name back man, all these changes make my brain hurt!!!!

Neigh my dear chap, neigh!

TinyExplosions

Vélo wrote: »

Neigh my dear chap, neigh!

Won't your old girlfriends get upset at you putting pics of them on the internet?

Vélo

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Won't your old girlfriends get upset at you putting pics of them on the internet?

by the way change your signature to

I won the race up the hill to the stop sign not the actual top of the hill boohoo!

TinyExplosions

Vélo wrote: »

by the way change your signature to

I won the race up the hill to the stop sign not the actual top of the hill boohoo!

Still closer to a win than you'll ever be!

Man, can we get much more off topic!

Nietzschean

slighly more ontopic , given the different shapes anyone know of a stockist of them in dublin so one could try the different kinds out?

Billy Whizz

Cyclesuperstore stock them, but you're better off buying them online.

Hungrycol

I have a pair of Livestrong Radar Paths and they're excellent. Even scored 9/10 in C+ cycling glasses review recently.

(aside - I think the Oakley jawbones are fugly)

TinyExplosions

Hungrycol wrote: »

(aside - I think the Oakley jawbones are fugly)

Agreed, but terribly Euro...

Sunglasses Hut have them, as well as a few of the opticians

Ghost Rider

I read your blog entry about the crash. Sounds horrific. Tell me: what sort of sunglasses were you wearing that the fragments required you to get 20+ stitches on your face?

Everybody should steer clear of that brand, by the sounds of it.

tunney wrote: »

I am in need of new shades - what style radar lense is best?

TinyExplosions

Ghost Rider wrote: »

I read your blog entry about the crash. Sounds horrific. Tell me: what sort of sunglasses were you wearing that the fragments required you to get 20+ stitches on your face?

Everybody should steer clear of that brand, by the sounds of it.

To be honest (and not looking for a flame war), I'd say a fair amount of the cheap ones would exhibit this behaviour. It's one of the differences between cheap plastic and expensive plastic.

Having said that, my expensive plastic glasses, while not shattering, did leave me with a nice gash on my eyebrow that required glueing after a spill...

Ghost Rider

I got a pair of these recently.

http://www.madison.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?&tier1=Helmets%2c+Eyewear+%26+Protection&tier2=Glasses&catref=CK6201

They're not expensive but I was told the following by someone from Madison: "They are constructed from shatterproof plastic and conform to the EN 1836:1997 safety standard."

DirkVoodoo

TinyExplosions wrote: »

To be honest (and not looking for a flame war), I'd say a fair amount of the cheap ones would exhibit this behaviour. It's one of the differences between cheap plastic and expensive plastic.

Having said that, my expensive plastic glasses, while not shattering, did leave me with a nice gash on my eyebrow that required glueing after a spill...

Yes, when I was talking to my friend the mountain biker about my glasses he said get another pair for mountain biking too as a branch in the eye is not funny. When I said I would get a cheap pair (I'm not made of money!) he said exactly the above.

Very happy with the Radar paths, was saying to the guys yesterday that I never wore sunglasses before, but reading about UV damage and getting lots of bugs in the eyes this summer I took the plunge. They are fantastic, feels like I'm wearing nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all.

sy

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Won't your old girlfriends get upset at you putting pics of them on the internet?

LOL

tunney

Ghost Rider wrote: »

I read your blog entry about the crash. Sounds horrific. Tell me: what sort of sunglasses were you wearing that the fragments required you to get 20+ stitches on your face?

Everybody should steer clear of that brand, by the sounds of it.

Not a cheap pair and a very well known cycling brand. Rudy projects. Nice pair - or so I thought.

Lumen

tunney wrote: »

Not a cheap pair and a very well known cycling brand. Rudy projects. Nice pair - or so I thought.

I assume they weren't of the ImpactX variety.

Rudy Project wrote:

GUARANTEED UNBREAKABLE FOR LIFE
ImpactX™ NXT® is stronger than any other lens material, guaranteed not to break or crack, even in complex rimless frame.

tunney

Lumen wrote: »

I assume they weren't of the ImpactX variety.

probably not

the 12 stitches above my eye are from the lense.
the 8 in my eye are from the arm of the glasses snapping and stabbing me in the ear hole.

lots of cuts that didn't need stitches as well around the face from the glasses as well.

TinyExplosions

Lumen wrote: »

I assume they weren't of the ImpactX variety.

If they were, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen!