Prescription cycling glasses

[ufkacbln]

I got my 'cycling glasses' from SpecSavers. (I was fed up with having to buy huge sun-glasses to go over my normal specs when riding my motorbike.) They have a Reactolite coating and I believe only coat me £40.

I used to use the Rudy Project Rx system and get the insert as one of the pairs

Unfortunately they now only "glaze" their own frames

 

[Jon George]

I am afraid my experience of the Specsavers chain was like many peoples experiences with branches of Halfords, Worse than useless !

Intriguing. I've been using them for years, and have only had one minor problem - and that was caused by miscommunication. Mind you, I've never ventured into varifocals, as with my prescription I'd need a bank loan to buy them.

 

[Randomnerd]

Infield Safety do prescription safety glasses, which I use for cycling and work. They're sourced in Germany and are very good for around £135, but only clear. I've also had Rudy Project direct glazed with swap-over photochromic lenses, but they were about £350 and not as robust (I'm a drystone waller so they have to stand up to some abuse).

 

[Blue Hills]

(I was fed up with having to buy huge sun-glasses to go over my normal specs when riding my motorbike.

Oh do treat us to a pic of this.

 

[Arjimlad]

Bill & Taylor in Teignmouth fitted me out with some Norville SRX specs which have a prescription insert and clear, yellow and dark lenses.

 

[Stinboy]

+1 for Optilabs. I'm -3 in both eyes and the lenses are thick so they do protrude from the frame slightly, but not so much that they look daft.

I went for the photochromatic too at £180, and I was impressed by the speed of delivery. One of the best bike related purchases I've made - I wish I'd done it sooner

 

[ianrauk]

+1 for Optilabs. I'm -3 in both eyes and the lenses are thick so they do protrude from the frame slightly, but not so much that they look daft.

I went for the photochromatic too at £180, and I was impressed by the speed of delivery. One of the best bike related purchases I've made - I wish I'd done it sooner

They do now offer thinner lenses for an extra £49

 

[Stinboy]

They do now offer thinner lenses for an extra £49

Yep I saw that, but decided against it as I'm tighter than a submarine door

 

[ianrauk]

Yep I saw that, but decided against it as I'm tighter than a submarine door

*cough* me too..

 

[Stinboy]

*cough* me too..

It took me 18 months to justify buying them, I trawled the interweb for discount codes, I even left it a month after getting the 'try before you buy' frame samples to see if they'd give me some money off. All to no avail.

My next trick is going to be to take a thermos into work and use their electicity to boil the kettle for brews at home

 

[Big T]

It took me 18 months to justify buying them, I trawled the interweb for discount codes, I even left it a month after getting the 'try before you buy' frame samples to see if they'd give me some money off. All to no avail.

My next trick is going to be to take a thermos into work and use their electicity to boil the kettle for brews at home

Optilabs often do a £20 off deal just before Christmas time. I took advantage of this the first time I ordered a pair, but the 2nd time I needed a pair PDQ, so just paid the full price.

 

[Blue Hills]

It took me 18 months to justify buying them, I trawled the interweb for discount codes, I even left it a month after getting the 'try before you buy' frame samples to see if they'd give me some money off. All to no avail.

My next trick is going to be to take a thermos into work and use their electicity to boil the kettle for brews at home

I think you should start a new thread on meanie/clever tips - seem to remember a semi jokey short book on such things a few years ago. And of course the "semi jokey" gives you a get out if anyone accuses you of being too mean.

 

[psmiffy]

Oakleys - my first pair were mind boggling expensive something like 18years ago

Battered, been super glued a few times single vision but served me well on a £s/use basis they ended up costing me nothing and I still use them - prescription is still more more or less what I have now for medium and distance - more than good enough for driving or as gash for water sports

However, they were getting on a bit and I really needed varifocal for map reading, gps etc - so

Expensive - but probably the last pair of cycling sunglasses I will buy - Absolutely excellent - varifocal - supposedly the lenses were stamped out individually for my prescription - only drawback I can find apart from the price is that they are polaroid which means that everytime I hold my camera up in a portrait sort of way I think the camera is not working

 

[toffee]

Oakleys - my first pair were mind boggling expensive something like 18years ago
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Battered, been super glued a few times single vision but served me well on a £s/use basis they ended up costing me nothing and I still use them - prescription is still more more or less what I have now for medium and distance - more than good enough for driving or as gash for water sports

However, they were getting on a bit and I really needed varifocal for map reading, gps etc - so

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Expensive - but probably the last pair of cycling sunglasses I will buy - Absolutely excellent - varifocal - supposedly the lenses were stamped out individually for my prescription - only drawback I can find apart from the price is that they are polaroid which means that everytime I hold my camera up in a portrait sort of way I think the camera is not working

Where did you get them from?

 

[psmiffy]

Where did you get them from?

A really posh opticians in Northampton - Sheinman Opticians