Eye Protection
Hey fam, I'm strongly considering not picking bugs and dirt out of my eyes this riding season. What does everyone recommend for protecting my peepers when trail riding?
Posted Mar 14, 2017, 7:05 PM UTC
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I just ride with shop safety glasses.
like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RKS07I/
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Yup me too. I have yellow and clear, i know they wont shatter or lose a lens, if i break them im out next to nothing. Ill only wear my oakleys and such road riding.
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JTYYPYK/
Cheap, durable, attractive, light, adjustable nose and arms, interchangeable lenses included, and a nice case. The only way I could like them more is if the dark lenses were polarized.
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Those are good glasses. I usually recommend Tifosi for sunglasses because they hit a great spot for quality and price. Replacement parts and lenses are usually cheap and easy to find as well.
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"ANSI Z87.1 Safety Rated"
They're designed for motorsports and people who shoot. And if you think they're expensive, go price out some Oakleys. The only ones in this style that cost less are the Chinese no-brands that flood Amazon.
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Somehow didn't see that. You're right.
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I just picked up my glasses from Brett. He also designed his own line of MTB specific glasses.
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Yeah, they still recommend Rudy but I was in the shop and they showed them to me. I'll di sime digging and get back to you.
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Thanks guys! I have been looking for his for a while. I need some MTB Glasses. Destroyed my last frames with a combo of rock chips and helmet rub. Don't want to do it my new glasses.
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I'm doing the clear lens glasses thing with [these] (http://www.performancebike.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10052_10551_1157417_-1_400025__400025) this year. Make sure that whatever you get works with your helmet.
I fully recommend glasses that have fully wrapped lenses. A few years ago at a bike park we came across a dude face down and unconscious in the dirt. As he was coming too and trying to get up, you could see that his glasses had cut into his face. They were lodged in his cheek and he had an inch or so of skin hanging off the tip of his nose. The glasses basically skimmed off the top layer. It was nasty to understate it. Surely it was a fringe case, but it stuck with me.
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I use Smith PivLocks. You can find them for ~60$ with a little hunting and they are worth it. Smith does an amazing job with making distortion free lenses.
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I bought a case of these:
They cost like 6 bucks each. Sometimes you'll find a seller selling a case of 10 and the cost goes down even further.
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DeWalt safety lenses will do the job. I have gone all fancy currently, because I had a pair of RayBans laying around due to loathing the coloration of the lenses, and now have RayBan frames with transition lenses in them—great for Arizona since it's already time to start riding at dawn or dusk to beat the heat. (91 degrees here on Pi Day!)
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I have some cheap $25 Amazon cycling sunglasses that came with a clear, polarized black, yellow and rainbow lens that are all interchangeable.
Fo the cost they are excellent and have lasted two years.
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If you're looking for name brand stuff and you're an IMBA member, you can join experticity.com and get discounts on several optic companies. They're not going to be as cheap as the shop glasses, but they'll be name brands.
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Which companies on experticity? I might have to check it out and get something trail specific
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Cheap safety glasses are generally fine, as polycarbonate naturally gives UV protection. I strongly recommend full frame glasses rather than half frame ones though.
A friend of mine had two bad crashes wearing half frame glasses, and both times the bottom of the lens sliced her face open. After the second time she switched to full frame, and so did I.
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Smith Optics anything with ChromaPop lenses
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When it's sunny I rock sunglasses. Whatever lenses in my oakleys give me some nice contrast in the woods. If the canopy was more dense here that wouldn't work. I have shop glasses but I'd spend the money on nice ones because the cheapies I have suck so bad. The nicer pair I actually use at work are comfy and less prone to scratches
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I use Revision Sawfly's (they're my safety glasses for work) with the RX insert on them. If I'm wearing goggles I use the 100% Accuri goggles.
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I usually have Tifosi or Scanttante glasses, usually can get them really cheap. Last year a got a pair of Smith Arena Max on super sale and I really like them. Dont buy $100+ glasses, you will ruin them
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I use these Uvex glasses; they are realatively cheap, come in multiple colours and are safety glasses. For trail riding they are great. I wear contacts and these cut down the airflow so it doesn't feel like they are going to come out. For long downhills and DH trails I'll switch to goggles, usually the cheapest ski goggles I can find. (They should be on sale now, because the ski season is wrapping up.) With goggles my eyes don't water and mud gets nowhere near my eyes.
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I have a few different pairs of Ryders Antifog Photochromic glasses. They work fine. I can't say they're better than everything else because I haven't tried much else aside from cheapos, but they're definitely better than cheap safety glasses.
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Typically I use Oakley M Frames with clear lenses. When the sun actually comes out up here I switch to my other pairs of Oakleys. I know they are on the expensive side and a little cliché, but I have been wearing that brand for about 25 years and they always fit me well and work well no matter what I am doing.
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If you just want something with clear lenses, safety glasses can be picked up for cheap at lots of different stores.
I'm a bit optically challenged, so I wear glasses all the time, for my kids I bought sport safety glasses by Bollé. From memory they were around €10 each. Edit: Link to Amazon.de