yellow/orange lenses = better visibility in low light?
pastryboy
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Currently wearing clear lenses. Have seen glasses saying that their coloured lenses improve visibility
Any truth to this - worth swapping the clear ones?
Any truth to this - worth swapping the clear ones?
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The theory is that you "trick" the eye into letting in more light by filtering out some colours you don't really need (at the edges of the visible spectrum) thereby letting in more light of the frequencies your eye is, in any case, more sensitive to (the yellows).
I have no idea if it works or not, but I don't personally like using tints at night.0 -
Yellow/orange will tend to increase the efficiency of yellow (sodium) street lights which operate on a very narrow band of the spectrum0
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Oh, and first time you go out at night with yellow lenses, you'll think "WTF? Why am I riding around Paris all of a sudden?"
Cars with yellow headlights takes some getting used to. Weird thing is, once you are used to it, ditcht the yellow and car headlights seem painfully white.0 -
I prefer to use the yellow lenses in dull light. I have no idea if it really does anything.0
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real men prefer a blind foldRule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
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Greg66 wrote:itboffin wrote:real men prefer a blind fold
Around you, so do real women. The blow-up ones don't really care
Weak old man weak, is that the best you can do? I realise it long past your bedtime, be sure now to take a comfort break before you hit the sack, after all getting up what 3-4 times a night must be taking its toll :twisted:
ssssshhhhh! now or nurse will have to sedate you AGAIN :twisted:Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
I use yellow glasses most of the time as I do shifts and commute at night (which is most of the time at this time of year). They work really well at night...0
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I have often shocked myself at dusk when taking yellow lenses off because it goes so dark! So they really work. Used them skiing to, when the light goes flat.0
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I've beem using yellow lenses for dull rides for years. Bolle did some really bright lenses and made winter rides look like summer. My oakleys aren't quite as bright but still make things seem brighter.
I'm not sure they actually let you see things you wouldn't have spotted in plain lenses - but just that they trick you into thinking its sunny is enough for me !0 -
I like yellow in the dark, it seems to brighten things up. Much better than clear."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0
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Yellow/orange lenses are now mandatory kit for rail maintenance contractors on the West Coast main line, the were introducing them a couple of years ago, they are considered effective. That's were I got mine from a night shift last year0
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im going to give yellow a go this week as i keep getting blinded by cars.BMC TM01 - FCN 0
Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
Premier (CX) - FCN 6
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I believe the Oakley advice was to wear yellow in the low light conditions but clear when it was fully dark0
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i like my light blue ones in low lighting, although got caught out the other day when didnt have lights on as thought it was brighter than it actually was0
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oakley doesnt actually do "yelow" lenses, their lenses for flat light are "persimmon", and are meant to be used in flat, or, twighlight- as mentioned earlier in the thread, they recommend clear lenses for when it gets really dark.
(not just any clear glasses though... has to be Oakley glasses....)
(there were also another lens maker that were doing specific glasses for driving... they made them for Le Mans, I THINK it could have been Tag Heur or someone of that ilk...)FCN 11. When you hear the buzz of the nobblies, you know youve been scalped.0 -
IME orange lenses are excellent for a dull grey day to liven things up- enhances contrast so stones/potholes easier to spot and the scenery is more pleasant
i have some nice addidas ones0 -
Zephr wrote:oakley doesnt actually do "yelow" lenses, their lenses for flat light are "persimmon", and are meant to be used in flat, or, twighlight- as mentioned earlier in the thread, they recommend clear lenses for when it gets really dark.
(not just any clear glasses though... has to be Oakley glasses....)
They definatly do on their Snow Goggle tints though.
Yellow is the best for flat light conditions, as it enhances the definition of everything.
Orange is usually a bit more inbetween flat light and a bit of sunlight.0 -
and i also thought that green lenses help to see through fog or smokeWhenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
H.G. Wells.0