Prescription direct glazed cycling glasses

[kingrollo]

No such option for me. They'd be pretty much useless without varifocal or at least bifocal.

For daily wear I go for the top tier varifocal lenses. No point skimping on your primary sense, and something I wear every waking moment. As a specs wearer since the age of 7 I cannot abide blurry vision.

I'm sure they would have been available if I had wanted them. But the pair they replaced were single vision which is fine for on bike....

 

[Ridgeway]

I bought some Rudy Project finally this year after dodging the decision for a few years due to cost. Went with the Defender model and waited a few weeks…. Got them delivered and my vision was worse with them on vs without them🤷‍♂️ Investigated to make sure the prescription was correct and all was OK. Turns out that the curvature of the wrap type glasses were affecting my vision and effectively made them a waste of time. Luckily the company that made them offered a full refund.

So i then bought a similar style of cycling glasses and ordered the cheapest pair of new glasses with large lenses in, in total the whole lot cost me £50, then i have simply used some blu tack to secure the lenses inside the sunglasses. The look good (to me), work well and didn’t cost a whole lot, and as a bonus i can even see with them😂

 

[T4tomo]

I bought some Rudy Project finally this year after dodging the decision for a few years due to cost. Went with the Defender model and waited a few weeks…. Got them delivered and my vision was worse with them on vs without them🤷‍♂️ Investigated to make sure the prescription was correct and all was OK. Turns out that the curvature of the wrap type glasses were affecting my vision and effectively made them a waste of time. Luckily the company that made them offered a full refund.

So i then bought a similar style of cycling glasses and ordered the cheapest pair of new glasses with large lenses in, in total the whole lot cost me £50, then i have simply used some blu tack to secure the lenses inside the sunglasses. The look good (to me), work well and didn’t cost a whole lot, and as a bonus i can even see with them😂

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I initially was laughing at these, but I guess it pretty much why Rudy's and other curved front direct glaze do, except they bond the prescription lens into the curved glass, rather than use bluetac.

 

[Ridgeway]

I initially was laughing at these, but I guess it pretty much why Rudy's and other curved front direct glaze do, except they bond the prescription lens into the curved glass, rather than use bluetac.

Yep and they don’t work in that style (wrap) with a strong prescription, oh and they cost a bit more.

Would still prefer a direct glaze option but that limits the choices. Here the lenses are as curved as a normal lens but the outer sunglass lens is more curved.

Originally i planned to seal the 2 lenses together, UV bond or silicone but my worry was getting any moisture inside the “double glazing” the blu tac idea was a temporary one just to make a trial and make sure the whole thing worked. Many months later it’s still like that and if needed i can remove and clean both sides. Definitely not elegant but it does work and in true CC saved me quite a few quid😉

 

[kingrollo]

Yep and they don’t work in that style (wrap) with a strong prescription, oh and they cost a bit more.

Would still prefer a direct glaze option but that limits the choices. Here the lenses are as curved as a normal lens but the outer sunglass lens is more curved.

Originally i planned to seal the 2 lenses together, UV bond or silicone but my worry was getting any moisture inside the “double glazing” the blu tac idea was a temporary one just to make a trial and make sure the whole thing worked. Many months later it’s still like that and if needed i can remove and clean both sides. Definitely not elegant but it does work and in true CC saved me quite a few quid😉

Extreme eyewear will glaze wrap arounds up to around a - 7 prescription at a cost of course.

 

[kingrollo]

I bought some Rudy Project finally this year after dodging the decision for a few years due to cost. Went with the Defender model and waited a few weeks…. Got them delivered and my vision was worse with them on vs without them🤷‍♂️ Investigated to make sure the prescription was correct and all was OK. Turns out that the curvature of the wrap type glasses were affecting my vision and effectively made them a waste of time. Luckily the company that made them offered a full refund.

So i then bought a similar style of cycling glasses and ordered the cheapest pair of new glasses with large lenses in, in total the whole lot cost me £50, then i have simply used some blu tack to secure the lenses inside the sunglasses. The look good (to me), work well and didn’t cost a whole lot, and as a bonus i can even see with them😂

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That's a great work around. I'd take a patent out on that if I were you.

 

[Bristolian]

Problem I had not having varifocal cycling glasses was being unable to read the smaller text on a Garmin or Wahoo.

My every day glasses are varifocal but for when riding I find bifocals with my distance and reading prescription are just the ticket.

 

[Mike_P]

Optilabs have £20 off all their sport prescription glasses until new years eve.

 

[Ridgeway]

That's a great work around. I'd take a patent out on that if I were you.

US20120308784A1 suggests prior art may be an issue 😂

 

[Dadam]

For anyone interested in wraps with a strong prescription this is what £310 gets you ! - lot of cash but really nice specs hats off to extreme eyewear.
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Hi @kingrollo, are these the Magnus or Rydon frames?

Having got my new prescription and everyday varifocal glasses recently I'm looking for direct glazed cycling glasses again. I'm fed up of supergluing the insert frame for my Choakley bodged bifocals.

I really like the look of those but Rydon with transitions + varifocals put the bill at £460 and Magnus over £500!

The alternative I'm looking at is the Cirrus Vented from Optilabs. Not nearly as cool but half the price with bifocals and a brown photochromic tint.

Ideally I want glasses that are wraparound enough to keep the wind out of the sides when going downhill but I can wear out and about and on holiday without looking like a spaceman.

 

[kingrollo]

Hi @kingrollo, are these the Magnus or Rydon frames?

Having got my new prescription and everyday varifocal glasses recently I'm looking for direct glazed cycling glasses again. I'm fed up of supergluing the insert frame for my Choakley bodged bifocals.

I really like the look of those but Rydon with transitions + varifocals put the bill at £460 and Magnus over £500!

The alternative I'm looking at is the Cirrus Vented from Optilabs. Not nearly as cool but half the price with bifocals and a brown photochromic tint.

Ideally I want glasses that are wraparound enough to keep the wind out of the sides when going downhill but I can wear out and about and on holiday without looking like a spaceman.

Yes they are the rydons. I'm on my second pair (reasons upthread) - yes they aren't cheap - but anything cheaper comes with a compromise. I've had the optilabs and yes they do a job. But there is a massive compromise on aesthetics - you wouldn't be wearing them off the bike.

If you want to shave a tad of costs - I'd go for single vision and drop the varifocal element. I wear varifocals daily - but 90% of wear of rydons is on bike.

They work well in all respects - yep the cost is high - but you are unlikely to be swapping them every year - so spread of the life of specs it's well worth it.

 

[Dadam]

Thanks. The varifocal is a must have for me though. Or bifocal would work but extreme eyewear don't list that as an option.

 

[Venod]

I have had some Optilabs prescription in the past, varifocals reactolite, they where OK but not a patch on my specs savers.
I just wear my prescription sun glasses from Specsavers or (given our variable weather) I wear my varifocal reactolites most of the time, they keep the flies out and do the job required (seeing clearly) I don't see any advantage in cycling specific cycling glasses, apart from the posing value,

 

[Chislenko]

Don't know where you live but I got my Oakley prescription cycling glasses through my local optician who is an Oakley agent / retailer call it what you will. Yes, I expect he put a mark up on them but they were made to measure (width / nose tightness etc)

 

[Drago]

I have had some Optilabs prescription in the past, varifocals reactolite, they where OK but not a patch on my specs savers.
I just wear my prescription sun glasses from Specsavers or (given our variable weather) I wear my varifocal reactolites most of the time, they keep the flies out and do the job required (seeing clearly) I don't see any advantage in cycling specific cycling glasses, apart from the posing value,

Much like me. My Specsavers varis are fine on the bike, and I'm a sweaty heifer. Considering I have zero problems with conventional glasses on the bike it does leave me scratching my head as to what these sporty glasses bring to the party.

The optician reckons I'm just good enough to drive without glasses, but no way in hell would I ever do so. To my mind my vision is bad enough without them I wouldn't dream of it.

Having said that, at rhe lower velocities and thus greater potential thinking/reaction time of the bicycle I tend not to wear them.