Sunglasses FOR THE ROAD!
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Sunglasses FOR THE ROAD!
Postby kunalraiker » Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:51 pm
Not another Sunglasses thread, but guys there are millions of sunglasses out there.
Just too hard to pick one.
The budget is the biggest factor, would like to stick to $25.00 if possible.
I would either like something photochromatic or atleast interchangeable glasses.
Thanks for the recommendations!
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Postby gassyndrome » Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:53 pm
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Postby LM324 » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:37 pm
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Postby WarbyD » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:39 pm
If your budget is really that tight, your best bet will be safety glasses or servo specials.. Don't expect anything flash at that price though. If you have a friend in construction or mining industry ask if they can get you a few pairs of safety glasses from work.
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Postby kunalraiker » Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:51 pm
If I do up my budget what would I be looking for and in what price range.
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Postby boss » Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:52 pm
For $25 you can get fake Oakley jawbones or radars. If nothing else it confirms that you like the shape and that there is worth forking out the big bucks.
I have a pair of fake jawbones ($60 from monton) and fake radars ($20 from eBay). The jawbones were a poor rip off (!!!!) as I was told they were indistinguishable from the real thing... Turns out they were very distinguishable. It also happened that I hated the frame shape, it created blind spots in my field of vision.
The radars were also a poor copy but at $20 I couldn't complain. The frame also doesn't intrude on my FOV.
So importantly I now know what works for me, and also see value in spending a bit of $$$ on shades.
When I have spare $200 radars will be on the shopping list.
Unfortunately I can't elaborate on the difference between $20 and $50 shades, although I suspect it would be like night and day.
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Postby pacra » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:36 pm
They meet Aust. standards. For the price they are pretty rugged yet cheap enough not to mourn if you lose them.
I got 2 sets 2 yrs ago and still using the first pair, some surface scratches etc but still presentable
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Postby hosko » Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:29 am
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Postby winstonw » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:31 am
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/pp/road-t ... asses/zgla" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
BBB's are good enough imho.
Friends have the best Rudy's and Oakleys, and they both look weathered and old after a year of riding...and the lenses do scratch.
I've lost or broken a few pairs of good glasses, so I reckon it's better to pay <$75, and budget to replace more often.
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Postby kunalraiker » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:46 am
hosko wrote:I got a set of Jetblack glasses from the LBS for about $40. Can recommend for a cheap set that work well.
I was looking at the Jetblack, will probably head down to the store to check them out.
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Postby foo on patrol » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:03 am
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Postby Abby » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:51 am
Cheers,
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Postby kunalraiker » Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:00 pm
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Postby Wal42 » Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:25 pm
Yep it's all over your limit of $25 but I reckon my Jawbones have outlasted 10 pairs of cheap glasses.
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Postby stinhambo » Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:58 pm
What did they cost you?Wal42 wrote:Just buy a pair of Oakley Jawbones, you can buy photochromic lenses from Walleva in the USA, they work terrific & are a fraction of the price of the Oakley ones.
Yep it's all over your limit of $25 but I reckon my Jawbones have outlasted 10 pairs of cheap glasses.
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Postby Wal42 » Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:28 pm
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Postby kunalraiker » Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:37 am
There aer way too many fakes out there, makes me very suspicious for purchasing them online, but that's where you get the fine pricesWal42 wrote:I think about $200 for the Jawbones & around $70 for the photochromic lenses, so all up $270, but I got 3 or 4 sets of lenses with the glasses, so it's not a bad buy when you consider the quality. I don't change out the photochromic lenses when I'm riding road, day, night, wet, it doesn't matter. I fit the amber ones when I'm riding the MTB.
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Postby Wal42 » Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:21 am
Buy from a reputable dealer, if you buy from the US you can pick them up for around $180 these days, I purchased mine from Livestrong (glad to make the donation & still happy to have done it), I've since changed the nose pieces, lower arms (something you can't do on the copies), the earsocks, mine are now pure black with the original yellow Oakley 'O' on one arm (not sure when the other fell off), I was wearing them for work (which was why they needed new nose pieces & earsocks), they are comfy enough to wear all day, every day.kunalraiker wrote: There aer way too many fakes out there, makes me very suspicious for purchasing them online, but that's where you get the fine prices
Yes I have noticed a few blindspots, but anything that protective you will find that (they are rated to handle a high velocity impact), I get supplied tinted safety glasses at work, while they do the job, you only have one set of eyes & they are very fragile in reality, I'm quite happy to spend a couple of hundred to ensure they are well protected.
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Postby kunalraiker » Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:39 pm
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Postby kunalraiker » Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:23 pm
Do polarised v/s non-polarised make much difference, as I'am getting another used pair for double this price but with one polarised lens.MarkG wrote:Yeah that's an average price to pay for 2nd hand.
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Postby kunalraiker » Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:52 pm
Thanks Mark, I think having started a thread with recommendations for $25.00, I should stick with something at $100.00 rather then $200.00MarkG wrote:While polarized lenses are good, I wouldn't necessarily make it the be all and end all.
If Polarized is not a nessasity.
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