glasses advice

lizzylad84

hey folks....me again looking for advice....
ok so i wear prescription glasses but wear normal sunglasses when cycling and im just wondering what the benefits of "interchangeable" lens glasses are?

cheers

cdaly_

You typically get clear, yellow and smoke/brown. Smoke/brown does your sunglasses job, clear keeps the rain/splashes out of your eyes and yellow improves contrast on a dull day (makes it feel sunnier). It tends to be a bit of a pain changing lenses so I end up with the yellow lenses fitted most of the time. Then I wait until it's painfully sunny before fitting the smoke. Then I wait until I can't see out of them to go back to the yellow.

t'bear

I have a pair of dhb (from wiggle) with different lenses, they allow you to adapt to the light conditions, dark ones for sunny days, clear ones for cloudy days and blue ones for ...erm....in between days

Got a set of Endura ones, these look cool too as they also have a yellow set of lenses. And the frame is robust but somehow flexible.

Cee-Jay-Cee

I have a cheap pair of aldi glasses with the interchangeable lens. I use them with the yellow lens and I have a pair of expensive €75 Avia sunglasses for brighter days.

I was out for a spin last night and it was very dull and wet. The yellow lens really do brighten everything up making debris, potholes etc on the roads easier to see especially when the roads are very wet.

lizzylad84

cheers folks. i was out for a cycle this evening, and suprise suprise, it was somewhat overcast adn drizzley...i think after tonights experiences id better invest in a decent pair of glasses so.

doozerie

Another option is to go for photochromic lenses, which darken as it gets brighter (they react to UV light and darken accordingly). They are available in a number of brands and models, and they are typically (but not always) clear lenses in their palest state. Depending on their range of transparency, and this varies between brands, the same lense can work from when it's quite dark to when it's quite bright, making them very versatile. They can be relatively pricey though, but on a par with a set of interchangeable lenses from the bigger brands.

I have a pair of Rudy Project Rydon photochromic glasses and I like them a lot, though if I'm heading out for a ride where I expect the conditions to be consistent throughout the ride I often opt for Oakleys with one of a set of lenses fitted. The Rudy Projects were cheaper than the Oakleys and if I'd bought them first I wouldn't have bought the Oakleys.