Unless they're wearing helmets
get your glasses on folks !!
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guitarpete247
Just about surviving
- Location
- Leicestershire
The wickes glasses look good for the price. I'm sure these are the ones Spinney has. Aldi & Lidl ones look good when they are out.
Years ago I was coming back from Bridlington, coming down Market Weighton Hill when got a fly in my eye. The pain was such that I couldn't work out which eye it was in and shut both eyes and braked. God knows how I stayed on the tarmac and upright
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I now need glasses just to see any further than 6 foot ahead clearly and have a pair of Wind Rams with my prescription in. Came to £100
Years ago I was coming back from Bridlington, coming down Market Weighton Hill when got a fly in my eye. The pain was such that I couldn't work out which eye it was in and shut both eyes and braked. God knows how I stayed on the tarmac and upright
.I now need glasses just to see any further than 6 foot ahead clearly and have a pair of Wind Rams with my prescription in. Came to £100
ramses
Active Member
- Location
- Bournemouth
Always ride with glasses, even in the rain, as I hate mudguards!
Quite often get bugs bouncing of the lenses.
Quite often get bugs bouncing of the lenses.
Thelma
New Member
- Location
- Manchester
Shame the Wickes ones are one size. I think they'll probably be too big for me.
rovers1875
Guru
- Location
- Accrington
Must have read the same tip, I got a pair from Screw fix (£7.99) and they are the biz. Also got the Aldi ones with the interchangable lens almost as good.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
It the only advantage of being as blind as a bat (I don't think bats are blind actually 
) but I'm always wearing eye protection.
) but I'm always wearing eye protection.
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
I tend to wear glasses all year round as when it's not bugs then streaming eyes in the cold winter winds aren't brilliant either.
Another set of cheap and reasonably effective glasses are these in Argos. Not polycarbonate safety lenses but mine took a decent whack at 20+mph when i had a crash and survived ok.
They come with three sets of lenses, clear, yellow and grey.
Otherwise I've just bought some new ones from Decathlon which are pretty good and are more substantial lenses I think they were 10 with a set of clear and dark grey lenses.
Another set of cheap and reasonably effective glasses are these in Argos. Not polycarbonate safety lenses but mine took a decent whack at 20+mph when i had a crash and survived ok.
They come with three sets of lenses, clear, yellow and grey.
Otherwise I've just bought some new ones from Decathlon which are pretty good and are more substantial lenses I think they were 10 with a set of clear and dark grey lenses.
forwater
New Member
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
I lucked out. I have to wear glasses anyway! xD I can't tell you the number of times they've saved my eyeball from something unsavory dropping in. xD
ThePainInSpain
Active Member
- Location
- Malaga, Spain
Always ride with glasses on..................
no idea where I'm going without them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
no idea where I'm going without them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Cletus Van Damme
Previously known as Cheesney Hawks
- Location
- Out in the sticks...
I am awaiting delivery of some Bolle Silium safety sunglasses, they have metal frames and look pretty cool. If I like them I will also buy the clear version.
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frank9755
Cyclist
- Location
- West London
I wear a pair of ballistic glasses designed for airsoft - can't remember what website I got them from by they were only a fiver or so, and if they are strong enough to easily resist plastic pellets coming straight at you at 500 feet per second then I'm sure they are good enough against insects and grit!
