Oakley Prescription Glasses

tdougan

Hi All,

My cycle to work scheme is up again so I can go and get something new.

I would really like to get some Oakley Prescription Glasses, does anyone know of any bike stores doing Prescription Glasses? I fear this is a huge long shot, but worth asking.

Just while I'm asking - has anyone managed to get any components on the scheme for year two?

Cheers,
Tony

Too Fast

If someone knows how to get just parts on the scheme and no bike then let us in on the secret! Don't think my work would be impressed if I got just a pair of wheels for my £1000.

Too Fast

That said in the FAQs on http://www.bike2workscheme.co.uk says you can order just parts!

philbar72

Depends on your prescription.

oakleys for the most part can accomodate low prescriptions (think out to - or +5), but there are other brands available.

http://www.rxsport.co.uk/categories/Bro ... t/Cycling/

I use some Rudy project Zyons and i have a -7 prescription. Fantastic Glasses.

the team at RX sport are really great. very helpful.

k-dog

You'll not get them in a bike shop - to get the lenses made you need to take extra measurements which need an optician.

Just ordered a new pair myself - not cheap but fantastic and the last pair did about 4 years I think.

keith57

Bike shop isn't any use here - you need to go to your optician! I have 3 sets of lenses that fit into the one Oakley frame:

ones that change with the light levels, can even be ridden in darkness at a pinch, I use these most of the time on the bike;
clear, which I don't use much, but can be good for climbing (rock-climbing that is!) and in the depths of winter on the bike when it's dark most of the time;
and a polarising set which are brilliant for water sports, I use mine mainly for sea-kayaking, the polarising really helps with reflected sunlight.
Now if only Oakley did a reactive lens that were polarising too! I think other manufacturers can now do these, but not at the time I bought mine.

dawebbo

Just renewed my Oakley prescriptions from my local optician - cost a fortune! My old pair were jawbones with photochromic black iridium and fire iridium. This time I've gone for flak jacket xlj with iridium vr28 polaried (which is apparently better for the road) and persimmon (for low light)
As far as I can tell you can only order official oakley prescription lenses from their authorised opticians (or the oakley flagship store) - http://rx.oakley.com/eu/en/store-locator. Though you could probably get the frames with c2w from a bike shop and order the lenses separately - still it's c.200 a pop for those...

tdougan

I have my prescription so I thought i might be able to just use that and they could get them direct from oakley.

k-dog

^ no, you need specific measurements with the frame on. They're specific to you and that particular frame.

There is a slight saving getting them from one place - they use a new frame so you're not paying for the clear lens and throwing it away. Probably similar to the saving on C2W.

You can get other lenses too - Shamir do one which is basically the same and they can glaze all the styles Oakley can. I ordered those last week to try. My previous ones were Oakley lenses. I got Transitions so I can wear them all day, all year and not have to think about which lens is in. Handy if you get stuck out later.

Old_Timer

I'm in the market for Rx riding glasses, my old sun glasses with my Rx are shot, the spray on UV protectant is flaking off. they were just a wire frame with the dark tint, now its time for riding specific sun glasses.

Any recommendations as to a brand? I can get my Rx from the optician, he doesn't handle any lines with Oakley or the other sport glasses for some reason, seems strange that he doesn't to me.

wishitwasallflat

I just got Oakley prescription Split Jackets from Rx Sport. I thought the Oakley rep and price must be down to at least 40% marketing BS and fashion. Now I don't think so! The optics are simply amazing I have worn glasses for 40odd years and these are the best I can ever remember having. Pin sharp and amazingly wide field of vision.

I got grey transitions lenses so I can wear them year round, not as dark as some or as cool as Iridiums but they are clear inside or if its dark and I couldn't afford a winter/dark set of lenses and a summer set.

k-dog wrote:

^ no, you need specific measurements with the frame on. They're specific to you and that frame

No sorry but thats not really correct, what the Oakley glazing lab need is your pupillary distance (pd) which is how far apart your pupils are and doesn't change with frames. Rx Sports will use your pd if you tell them it but prefer that you send them a pair of glasses that you have that you know wrk for you and they measure your pd of those and send them back with your Os.

k-dog

To do it right you need the vertical pupil position, bvd, the wrap angle and the pantoscopic tilt. Doesn't really matter much for ordinary specs but when you're making those very curved lenses it becomes necessary.

The wrap and doesn't vary much with Oakley because the frames only flex a little so you can just measure the frame but the others are person and frame dependent.

You can get away with guessing on low prescriptions but it's not ideal.

You also need a Oakley prescription account - which a bike shop won't have anyway, they just get a retail account.

wishitwasallflat

k-dog wrote:

To do it right you need the vertical pupil position, bvd, the wrap angle and the pantoscopic tilt. Doesn't really matter much for ordinary specs but when you're making those very curved lenses it becomes necessary.

The wrap and doesn't vary much with Oakley because the frames only flex a little so you can just measure the frame but the others are person and frame dependent.

You can get away with guessing on low prescriptions but it's not ideal.

You also need a Oakley prescription account - which a bike shop won't have anyway, they just get a retail account.

Well I'm not looking for an argument all I can say is I am delighted with mine made without specif frame fitting and in 40 years of wearing specs the Os are at least as good as any glasses I have ever had and feel better in many respects.

carbonclem

I use Vision Express for my Oakley glasses and regular sunglasses. I had some m frame lenses done by RX, just filled in the details on a web form, and they arrived within a week. They've been great. Ill use them again for sure.

wishitwasallflat

Vision Express are the only opticians anywhere near me that do Oakleys. I've only ever had one pair of glasses from Vision Express in my life (used them in an emergency a couple of years ago) and the were awful. I would never use them again which is why I went online. I chose Rx Sport cause of the numerous and consistent good reviews they get here and elsewhere. I've never seen a bad review for Rx.

If I lived near an Oakley flagship store sure I would have gone there but it just wasn't a option to travel that far.

bianchi_dave

Bit of a thread resurrection!

I'm having to accept its finally time to give in and order a pair of prescription Oakleys as I can see the square root of bugger all these days without my glasses.

Local opticians have been less than helpful so looking at online options - RX Sport still seem to be pretty good, with competitive prices. I'd be looking around £409 for a pair of Plazma with Prizm Road varifocal.

Anyone have the Plazma? I can't try these on anywhere local so would be interested in the fit compared to my current Radar Path EV. I have a smallish head, about 56cm (S helmet size) and the standard Radar EVs are fine, as in they stay on. My main concern is if the Plazma were wider on the legs, or maybe less secure if they weighed a bit more too...

Cheers

singleton

Do you need varifocals for riding? I wear them all day every day, but have regular lenses for cycling and find them fine. I can see my garmin fine and don’t need to read books while riding.

bianchi_dave

singleton said:

Do you need varifocals for riding? I wear them all day every day, but have regular lenses for cycling and find them fine. I can see my garmin fine and don’t need to read books while riding.

I did think about single vision but varifocals would certainly be best and to complicate things I only have one eye unfortunately.

pblakeney

singleton said:

Do you need varifocals for riding? I wear them all day every day, but have regular lenses for cycling and find them fine. I can see my garmin fine and don’t need to read books while riding.

I currently use bifocals as I wouldn't be able to read my Garmin with full prescription for distance. Same for driving and the dash. Varifocals on order. Will report later.

bianchi_dave

pblakeney said:

singleton said:

Do you need varifocals for riding? I wear them all day every day, but have regular lenses for cycling and find them fine. I can see my garmin fine and don’t need to read books while riding.

I currently use bifocals as I wouldn't be able to read my Garmin with full prescription for distance. Same for driving and the dash. Varifocals on order. Will report later.

That's my problem - I couldn't read my wahoo with distance lens and would struggle with distance on the reading lens.
Is it Oakley's you've ordered, and if so which model?

pblakeney

bianchi_dave said:

pblakeney said:

singleton said:

Do you need varifocals for riding? I wear them all day every day, but have regular lenses for cycling and find them fine. I can see my garmin fine and don’t need to read books while riding.

I currently use bifocals as I wouldn't be able to read my Garmin with full prescription for distance. Same for driving and the dash. Varifocals on order. Will report later.

That's my problem - I couldn't read my wahoo with distance lens and would struggle with distance on the reading lens.
Is it Oakley's you've ordered, and if so which model?

I'm going off piste. I found that by spending even more I could get Serengetis. They are not cycling specific but should do the job and I will wear them off the bike which I wouldn't do with Oakleys. Ultimately cheaper per hour worn, and the lenses are superior.

bianchi_dave

Yes, I'm finding these things aren't cheap. Although with Plazma I could maybe get away with wearing them casually, whereas the Radar Path EV look a bit daft sans helmet, at least on my head!

manglier

Day to day I use varifocals and have, in the past, had them made up into Oakley Whisker frames, expensive to say the least. With my latest prescription I thought to save a bit of cash and give bifocals a try for the cycling. The distance prescription is fine for everything more than 3' away: the reading prescription is good for the Wahoo and any mechanicals that crop up. Reactions coating means only one set of lenses required

step83

I'm lazy, I have OTG inserts for my Jawbreakers no need for fancy lenses