Does anyone use

VWsurfbum

Goggles for XC riding?
Got one or two eye infections last winter due to getting crap in the eyes, after ruining my Oakley 5's (perscription) in wales a few months back i only have my normal glasses so was looking at different options.
Apart from looks the goggles could be a winner, but would they be constantly steaming up like when snowboarding at a slow pace???

I'd just like to point out i cant wear contacts (tried last month and it just didnt work for me)

I was thinking of some of these cheaper pescription inserts type glasses to tide me over until i order some new oakleys (got to wait until after xmas to spend mega dollar again) but i quite fancy a DH style goggle??

Thoughts and Suggestions?

Danlube

Goggles are the safest option, get a cheap pair and carefully cut air holes around the lens to help with the misting. I also wear glasses but also wear contacts.

VWsurfbum

Danlube
Good idea about the air holes, like it.

VWsurfbum

just found these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290607299464? ... 500wt_1054

BigJimmyB

What about wrap-around safety bins?

http://www.safetyspecs.co.uk/?gclid=CPa ... fAodKkSIbw

And they look SO cool 8)

Northwind

I've worn my Oakley MXs over my glasses sometimes, but it's not ideal really.

You've probably heard this before, but very few people find they're happy with contacts immediately. I hated them, didn't like the idea and then didn't like the reality much either. First attempt was a disaster and I thought I'd never be able to do it. But it got better very quickly and now I wouldn't be without them for riding.

VWsurfbum

BigJimmyB
I'll have a look at those more closely. Cheers
Northwind
It wasn't the wearing of cotacts it was putting them in myself, when the optician put them in fine, I was too wussy myself , kept f'ing it up

Northwind

Aye, sounds familiar... I spent 30 minutes fecking it up and got so pissed off I wanted to punch someone But worked it out eventually, just taking it easy and doing it in short attempts to stop getting frustrated. It was worth it...

VWsurfbum

I may try again in Jan when my annual ass ripping, i mean eye appointment is due.
It makes sense for me because i have glasses for riding, work and during the winter night lenses.
When i had Oakley half jackets it was easy just swap lenses about, but on the 5's i had transition lenses, brilliant but too dark really for proper night time use.

Popped home ealier and did some searching on ebay, and if i get a chance later ill search around on the usual bike sites for goggles?

BigJimmyB

Don't know where you work but I saw some Safety goggles on a stall at Spitalfields market yesterday....

VWsurfbum

BigJimmyB
I'm going down the Oakley goggle route, plus i try not to go to spitalfields, it has a habbit of removing my money without even noticing

Thewaylander

So your problem with contacts was putting them in and out?

This is simple practice, its like a drilling discapline in Martial Arts you have to reapeat until your body gets used to doing something that is not totally natural. For some people this is hard as they never had to learn to do these sorts of things but a few months practice would get you there,

Saying you can't do it after a day is a bit silly. I couldn't do a jumping reverse kick in a day, but a while of practice i could because i didn;t turn around and just say i can't do that

VWsurfbum

Thewaybender
Its not the doing as such, its the thought of doing. Its like eating pickeld eels, they could taste wonderfull but the thought of doing it stops me!

I will try again, but not until January.

Plus i blame you for my scratched Oakleys anyway!

Thewaylander

What me? but im a good boy

I found it easy to learn but have ten years of martial arts doing as i was told or else kind of thing. Optician said to me at first the easiest people to teach were people in the army or with Martial training due to being follow instructions precisely. Thought that was interesting at the time lol

Ask for some trial dailies in your prescription to practice with at home, and practice just touching your eye, but make sure your hands are clean first

guy72277

Yep, try again with contacts, I put it of for ten years and put up with muddy, rainy, sandy misted-up glasses. It's the first few times that are tricky, especially if you have an astigmatism like me and the optician needs to find the lens that has the right orientation (which can only be tested after about an hour of wearing them. So happy when I changed over to them last year - well worth it.

I tried the goggles route too, but it's a bit of a hassle and I felt like a bit of a twit.

VWsurfbum

Thewaylander wrote:

What me? but im a good boy

I found it easy to learn but have ten years of martial arts doing as i was told or else kind of thing. Optician said to me at first the easiest people to teach were people in the army or with Martial training due to being follow instructions precisely. Thought that was interesting at the time lol

Ask for some trial dailies in your prescription to practice with at home, and practice just touching your eye, but make sure your hands are clean first

Strangely i did Judo for 14 years but i still cant touch my own eye properly *shudders*

Thewaylander

Judo is a sport

diy

I have actually switched from my endura sharks, to Lidl glasses, because the lidl ones have a foam insert that seals the glasses to your face.

I switched because my sharks kept sliding down my face, but the foam inserts really keep the crap out of your eyes.

Thewaylander

Got a picture or link to those?

DCR00

Endura do some shades that are £15 a pop.

They aren't the best you can buy, but they do the job and at £15 each, who gives a sh*t if you break them ?

I have two pairs

http://www.endura.co.uk/Product.aspx?de ... rod_id=225

VWsurfbum

DCR00
cant wear perscription glasses behind them

DCR00

ah right, sorry should have read that bit

contacts ? (only joking)

VWsurfbum

paul.skibum

I have a full face and goggle combo for riding in the bike park - grabbed them the other day to do a little downhill trail off the mountain road - its got some pedally sections and is quite enclosed - even before we really got onto the pedalling sections I was fogging up and overheating in the gogs - ended up running most of the route without the goggles.

I wouldnt want to ride any sort of uphill or even pedally flat section in them. With glasses on underneath I suspect the problem intensifies.

VWsurfbum

paul.skibum
What sort of temperatures?
Remember this will be the blighty winter

paul.skibum

Not hot - coolish late afternoon - maybe 15 degrees?

The full face obviously adds to the problem but goggles under an xc lid will be a difficult fit too.

felix.london

My Oakley goggles fit perfectly with my The F-14 (open face) helmet

Not sure which Oakleys they are but they were my first snowboarding goggles so they're pretty old now but as with all Oakleys - amazing lenses & ventilation and great fit

They haven't steamed up at all (even when stopping to replace tubes) - been riding in temperatures of between about 10-25°C so far. Will report back when the snow comes in a couple of months!

VWsurfbum

felix.london
Cheers fella, I think its the o frames??

felix.london

Really don't know what model they are - my current snowboarding goggles are O-Frames from about 4 years ago but my 'adopted' bike goggles are much more basic & flexible (although maybe you're right and just an older model.

Anywayz - here's a pic

VWsurfbum

Its these in a blue and white MX O frames

felix.london

You're right about O Frames but they are def snow ones (not MX) as they've got the additional venting along the top of the lens

like these;