Prescription cycling glasses

[PK99]

I'm tired of getting to the lunchtime pub and ordering by guesswork, struggling to read my Garmin map and just generally struggling!

I'm looking at Adidas Evil Eye Pro with Rx insert.

Anyone use these - or similar - with Varifocal lenses?

Any other suggestions?

 

[vickster]

Optilabs get decent press and being in Croydon, their showroom is nice and close to SW19

 

[fossyant]

Other option is some of the Chinese Oakley copies with the RX inserts. Then just take the RX inserts to an optician for glazing.

I have a pair of these, but have used them with an existing RX insert I have.

 

[ianrauk]

Optilabs.
Great range of glasses and great service.

They will send you some frames out that you can try before you buy.

 

[Kies]

Normal prescription glasses with reactalite coating to make them go dark on sunny days. Work a treat all year round for me.

 

[Born2die]

I use Oakley flak jackets (changeable lenses) not the cheapest but mine are 3/4 years old and I have dark Polaroid lenses for riding etc and clear for when I come indoors. I use normal glasses at home though.

The things with oaks is the rubber on the arms the more you sweat the more it grips your head I can't fault them. (As a disclaimer I have quite bad scarring on the back of my eyes and I'm under orders to wear sunglasses outside at all times to stave off the effects of going blind )

 

[ufkacbln]

Yes....

I use Rudy Project Ketyum with an RX insert because:

I can change the lenses in the glasses to suit conditions
If the lenses get chipped or damaged, it is easier and cheaper to replace the glasses lens than a prescription one
I can change the prescription on the insert independently of the glasses and again this is cheaper

 

[Globalti]

Don't go for the sport glasses with inserts, there are four surfaces on which mist can form.

Get some wraparound sunglasses from TK Max or Decathlon, pop the lenses out and get your friendly local optician to glaze them in your prescription. They will moan about the thickness of the edges of the lenses but as long as the technician chamfers them off, it won't be a problem. Nobody is going to examine your eyewear as you whizz past and the clarity of vision and protection make it worth the effort.

These cost me £11.99 for the frames and £50 for the lenses: