Andy Kriger <
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> I'd like to have one pair of prescription glasses for day-to-day use that I can also use as
> cycling sunglasses. I know about glasses with inserts but that seems a bit dorky for day-to-day
> wear. Does anyone know if there are any cycling glasses that have interchangeable lenses that can
> be made as prescription lenses?
Y'know before Greg LeMond wore Oakleys in the TdF all of us cyclists got by quite well without
sunglasses or perhaps the dime-store variety. Now of course we all know that we need "radical eye
protection" to cycle at all.
I used to have a pair of Oakley Straight Jacket frames with perscription lenses (not inserts). They
were pretty good for cycling but as you pointed out they look pretty dorky everywhere else. I did
have some problems with them though. They were so dark that I could only comfortably wear them on
very bright days, with the thicker perscription lenses they could not be adjusted so that my
eyelashes didn't brush the lenses, and they sat high on my face which was great for cycling but
light snuck in underneath when I was doing activities other than cycling. Luckily last time I took
my car in to be washed one of the attendants stole them. Now I have a pair of $99 sunglasses from
Sams Wholesale Club that are working out much better for me. They work just fine for cycling and I
don't look like an extra-terrestrial when I'm not cycling, my eyelashes no longer brush the lenses
and I can wear them when it isn't so bright that I have flashbacks of the landing scene in Close
Encounters of the Third Kind.
If you really need interchangeable lenses than one of the systems with an optical insert is probably
your best bet. I find medium strength brown lenses work well for me everywhere. They are comfortable
for my eyes and they increase contrast a bit without drastically distorting colors.
Bruce
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Bruce Jackson - Sr. Systems Programmer - DMSP, a M/A/R/C Group company