Sunglasses & eyelashes

dannygcp

I have recently bought some Tifosi Slip sunglasses http://www.tifosioptics.com/interchangeable/slip.html

While they definitely make me look extra cool on the bike, I find that they fit so close to my face that my eyelashes touch the lenses. I thought I could learn to live with it, but have had them for a few weeks now and still find it mildly irritating.

Is it inevitable that this will happen with close fitting wraparound glasses, or are some brands going to be better than others.

And has anyone got a solution for the problem - short of trimming my eyelashes!

jjojjascp

whaaaaaa !!! run away its a big eye lashed freak...[:D][:D]

Seriously.... I had a pair of spec that were the same and I just tried another pair and they are fine. My eye lashes aren't particuarly long, I think its more to do with the shape of my head not matching that particular pair of specs, and the glasses lying further into my eyes.[:)]
Jas

It'll be cheaper in the long run......honest

penugent

With normal glasses this problem can be cured by adjusting the nosepads. Try that, if there is any adjustment possible with these.

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Rigid Raider

....or curl your eyelashes? You'd look cute, I'm sure!

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Mark Alexander

I use the slips and find them ok I had a look at the nose rst and min arn't carbon but the e were rubbrised and didn't want to move. if you want someone to take them off your hands, let me know!![8D]

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Fnaar

Trim you lashes?
(While you're at it, shave off the eyebrows...it takes a while for peeps to work out while you look so wierd...not you, me, when I tried it 28years ago....[:D]

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Fab Foodie

I'm a long-eyelashed freak and have always suffered this problem, particularly with modern tight-fitting wrap-around shades.
For cycling I tend to use the more "stylish" safety-glasses that are now available as these tend to offer a bit more eyelash clearance. Other than that I've kept with my Ray-Ban Wayfarers [:I](they WILL be back in fashion)[8D]as these seem to give the necessary space.

BTW, my Blue-eyed girls have inherited my naturally long eye-lashes...just wait 'till they learn to use them[:0][:X]

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dannygcp

It never occured to me that I could be a long eyelash freak - I've always considered my eyelashes to be one of my best features[:I]

Anyway it is good to know that there are some fellow sufferers out there.

Does anyone know what the Revolution sunglasses from Edinbrough Cycle Co-op are like for eyelash clearance? They look like a cheap and chearful alternative.

domtyler

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It never occured to me that I could be a long eyelash freak - I've always considered my eyelashes to be one of my best features[:I]

Anyway it is good to know that there are some fellow sufferers out there.

Does anyone know what the Revolution sunglasses from Edinbrough Cycle Co-op are like for eyelash clearance? They look like a cheap and chearful alternative.


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The website quotes the eyelash clearance as 12.3 mm.

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dannygcp

Damn - mine are 12.31 mm

Bianchi Boy

I've had this problem. It's bad with some cheap dhb glasses. I can't adjust the nose fittings, and no matter how much I try to pull them away from my face they always seem to spring back. I've got some Rudy Project glasses as well, and the fit of these is a lot better.

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A Spokesperson

Don't bother with glasses, just wear tinted contacts and blink a lot to clear away those pesky insects... works for me (she lied)

hammerite

I'm another long eye lashed freak.

I've had the Dhb glasses from wiggle, eye lases were no problem. I just looked like a tit in them, so sent them back.

I got the Edinburgh cycle co-op revolution ones instead and they look a lot better on me, and I've not found my eyelashes to be a problem. Although I can't adjust the nose pads on them to make them fit my nose better!!

Actually perhaps I'm not a long eye lashed freak, just a freak!!

Jonathan Mcp

I'm another long lashed bod, and find Oakley m frames sit at the right position 7 angle to avoid lashes. For normal sunglasses i suually get ones with adjustable nose pads to allow for a better fit.

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