Prescription Cycling Glasses

ShaggyRS6

Hi eveyone. I thought I may treat myself to probably the last bit of cycling gear I need right now. I have never had a nice set of sunglasses. Reason? I am as blind as a bat. About -5 in each eye.

Can any of you guys reccomend someone that will make Prescription wrap arounds? I really dont want the ones where you have the lenses in the glasses that clip on, I have had them for shooting and I cant get used to them.


Any idea?

thegibdog

I've got a pair from Optilabs, expensive but they do the job and are still going strong after about 6 years or so. I think there are a few threads on this if you do a search, IIRC they only do them up to a certain strength of prescription and some people don't get on with them.

turnerjohn

Rudy Rydons with optical insert. I can change lenses quick and easy and the optics are perfect...highly recommended

ShaggyRS6

Thanks for the tips!!

danmitch

You could also look at Maui Jim - very happy with prescription glasses that I got from them last year, really superb lenses. With your prescription (and mine) most of the wrap-arounds are really out of the question due to too much distortion at the sides, MJ are very good at letting you know what will work best with your eyes.

damitamit

My experiences:

cheap option: cheap BBB frames with a Optilabs photochromic lenses. Had a couple of sets of these over the years and have been fine

$$$ option: Oakley Split Jackets with oakley presecription photochromic lenses. expensive, but worth it. Optical clarity is better. Got them from Andrew Care opticians. Give them a ring, the guy there is a cyclist and they are cheaper than most other shops.

Oasticles

Agree about the Oakleys. You can look out the corner of your eye and actually see which isn't always the case with other glasses I've tried.

Silly Old Hector

Have you ever tried disposable/daily contacts ? I'm -4.5 and wouldn't go outside without my lenses (I.e. not glasses) - once you've got used to wearing them, then no going back.

ovi

I'm +5.00/ 5.25 with an astigmatism and just use daily disposable contact lenses..... cost is about £11 per month with discounts for new glasses so works out cheapish.

alihisgreat

Silly Old Hector wrote:

Have you ever tried disposable/daily contacts ? I'm -4.5 and wouldn't go outside without my lenses (I.e. not glasses) - once you've got used to wearing them, then no going back.

Contacts don't suit everyone though -> i tried them and apparently don't blink enough.. so they just dry my eyes out and started to damage them.

That was on monthly contacts which were thicker and harder to keep clean and take care of.. then they put me on dailies which were marginally more comfortable but i'd only really wear them to play football as the lack of comfort was too distracting otherwise!

I would recommend that everyone at least tries them though... they are so much more convenient for sport and i think I'm the only person i know that doesn't get on with them!

Dadmo

+1 for Oakley Split Jackets

magoo289

I decided I wouldn't risk buying over Internet and bought Oakleys from Vision Express.

andrewjoseph

Optilabs for me too.

geebee2

I recently got a pair from http://www.kontrolsports.co.uk/

Total cost (including the prescription) was £54.47.

I used http://www.metsuki.com/pupilmeter.html to measure how far my pupils are apart.

Very pleased with them so far.

alihisgreat

geebee2 wrote:

I recently got a pair from http://www.kontrolsports.co.uk/

Total cost (including the prescription) was £54.47.

I used http://www.metsuki.com/pupilmeter.html to measure how far my pupils are apart.

Very pleased with them so far.

your opticians should have the pupil distance on file as part of your prescription details.. so you can just ring them up.

geebee2

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

geebee2 wrote:

I recently got a pair from http://www.kontrolsports.co.uk/

Total cost (including the prescription) was £54.47.

I used http://www.metsuki.com/pupilmeter.html to measure how far my pupils are apart.

Very pleased with them so far.

your opticians should have the pupil distance on file as part of your prescription details.. so you can just ring them up.

I asked him for it ( by email ) and he refused to supply it,

While we are happy for you to use the prescription where you see fit, we would recommend that whoever is making up your eyewear should be able to take all of the appropriate measurements for them, including but not restricted to the pupil distance.

As a member of the College of Optometrists I follow their advice on the matter which I have added below for your reference.

In addition, he gave me a quote of £312 for a similar pair of glasses with prescription, which is considerably in excess of the £54.57 I paid online.

This site http://www.pupillary-distance.net/ explains the rather strange situation.

geebee2

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andrewjoseph

I've not had a problem with my optician giving my full prescription to optilabs.