Cycling Glasses..why so expensive?

[BigonaBianchi]

I said to theguy in th eLBS today .."what are th echeapest cycling glasses you have?"

he replies " £35"

Me...G U L P

...so I look online and find these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UV-400-Pr...A%2BFICS%2BUFI&otn=21&pmod=270811060953&ps=54


now I know you gets what you pays for but really.....£35!!

..what am I missing here?

 

[Peteaud]

i bought the ones from sports direct for £7.00

mind you they are utter crap

 

[smokeysmoo]

You said it yourself, you get what you pay for. While I'd agree designer glasses are stupidly expensive, 99p glasses from HK are almost guarenteed to not be UV400 lenses and to be of suspect build quality and not upto our safety standards. Then when they break who your going to complain to? Seller says yes ok, just return them to HK and we will inspect them, then says they never received them.
£35 for a decent set of multi-lens glasses may be ok depending what make they are.
Have a look here and you'll save ££'s http://www.wiggle.co.uk/performance-sunglasses/
While a good LBS is worth their weight in gold, sometimes the internet just can't be overlooked

 

[Peteaud]

£35 is cheap, i want these :-
http://www.immortal.co.uk/

 

[smokeysmoo]

£35 is cheap, i want these :-
http://www.immortal.co.uk/

200 of your hard earned £'s Another few weeks as a non-smoker and you'll be laughing P

 

[Cubist]

Also, many lookalike cheapies are just plain uncomfortable, with hard plastic nose pieces and brittle feel arms and frames.

I'd suggest £35 is a decent start point for something that isn't going to slide off 'cos it's sweaty, and won't give you a headache because the "lens" is distorted. Also think of impact protection. If you think cycling glasses are expensive, try shooting glasses
http://www.thegun-room.co.uk/decot-...edium=product_search&utm_source=google-simple

I have a set of those (a very generous gift...) and a mate has his in prescription lenses. King's ransom springs to mind!

 

[Peteaud]

200 of your hard earned £'s Another few weeks as a non-smoker and you'll be laughing P

I know but £200, ok it does include a video camera...

 

[Terry Kay]

I paid £10 for some Cat safety glasses on Amazon.. Look pretty good and really comfortable. I usually forget I'm wearing them unless its raining!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005EM9NUC

 

[Thomk]

I paid £10 for some Cat safety glasses on Amazon.. Look pretty good and really comfortable. I usually forget I'm wearing them unless its raining!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005EM9NUC

Talking about raining. Can you wear glasses in the rain? I know I can't wear mine

 

[Edge705]

Ive got a pair of clear rudy project photo chrono lenses they are supposed to give polarised vision in sunlight and dampen glare from car headlights in reality they do neither very well. Agree they do polarise light but only reasonable light any sun and they are not the best and at £135 Im not sure they are any better than a pair of ALDI glasses. My next pair are going to be apair of presription safety glasses (for clear) and a decent pair of sunglasses although I own a pair of 100 quid adidas sunglasses which are very good but insist on creeping down my face

 

[HLaB]

I've managed to get sun glasses fairly cheap in the past. My aldi pairs were just £1.99 iirc but they steam up a fair bit when I stop but I've got a PBK (£12 iirc) which don't and I got a pair of Rudy projects free with a C+ subscription. A while ago, before I had the PBK pair, I was needing a pair with interchangeable lenses in a hurry and ended up with a £32 pair out of a lbs that's the dearest I have paid.

 

[gaz]

£35 is peanuts, i paid over £200 for mine. Then again included prescription lenses.

 

[slowmotion]

Anybody who doesn't drop £306.99 on a pair of these can't be considered a proper cyclist.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/...le&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedKingdom

You simply have to read the blurb, BTW

 

[carolonabike]

Mr Carolonabike and I use Bolle saftey glasses, about £10 from ebay. They work really well and if you sit on them or lose them it's not the end of the world.

 

[HLaB]

One of our conversations in the cafe today was about sunglasses, I was amazed the amount of folk who had lost or broke theirs!