Wearing Glasses at Night

[stu1903]

Who wears glasses, not prescription one, at night while out cycling? What colour of lens do you use?

The reason I'm asking is that I was out the other night in the rain and had the clear lens in my glasses and had to eventually pull up remove them as the visibility become very poor. The car headlights were being multiplied and I struggled to get a clear view of the road in front of me.

 

[cloggsy]

Yes and Yellow lens

 

[Davidc]

My preference is yellow lens - that's with contacts behind them. Daytime its grey tint or grey sun stop lens with contacts. Alternatively its prescription glasses because I can't be bothered to change them.

No answer to the rain problem. Just have to either stop and clear the lens or ride without and risk things getting in your eyes. Prescription or cycling glasses I just stop and clear them as needed.

 

[Alexvs]

I use the same as I use during the day as haven't been able to replace them yet but my lenses are light brown. Apart from having a tiny impact on dark parts I find they work really well in lit areas and have no issues with headlights. I'm guessing yellow will probably be even better than I have now so will look out for a pair with these included.

Oh and as far as rain goes, I wear a helmet with a peak so stops rain getting onto my glasses

 

[stu1903]

Thanks for that guys.

I will try out the yellow lens tonight as I used the clear ones before and had problems with headlights. Last couple of times I have gone without glasses but I don't really like doing that for obvious reasons.

 

[tyred]

I wear a baseball cap to try and keep the worst of the rain of my specs at night.

The cycling glasses I have came with a variety of lens in different colours and the yellow one had a sticker clearly saying it was not safe to be used on the road at night. WHich is conflicting information as I was always under the impression that yellow glasses were helpful when driving at night to reduce glare from headlights. I know someone who keeps a pair of yellow tinted glasses specifically for driving on busy roads at night and insists they are wonderful. I am tempted to give yellow a go myself. I use clear at the moment, as advised by the manufacturer of my glasses.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

yellow lenses every time for me

 

[benb]

Ask Corey Hart

 

[smokeysmoo]

Yes and it'll be yellow lenses for me again right through the winter

[EDIT] FWIW I've never even used the clear, blue or tinted lenses that came with my current glasses, never seen the need as yellow work in all light conditions IME

 

[Zoiders]

Thanks for that guys.

I will try out the yellow lens tonight as I used the clear ones before and had problems with headlights. Last couple of times I have gone without glasses but I don't really like doing that for obvious reasons.

I would always chose clear for night riding and not yellow.

The really really important thing with clear lenses is that from new you need to keep them as clean and as scratch free as possible, fine scratches that don't show up in normal daylight will cause street lights to show a Fresnel effect when observed at night through the damaged lenses.

When they get too tired I would ditch them straight away.

 

[Ajax_Gaz]

Clear lens when dark. Even in heavy rain the other night, not a problem thankfully

 

[mr Mag00]

try 'rain off' or other such product for windscreen that may help some of the rain move off the lens

 

[Fiona N]

I use yellow pretty lenses much all the time apart from glorious sunshine but I usually carry an old style cap in case of rain - absolute life saver for long night rides in poor weather.

 

[Hacienda71]

I use yellow in low light, overcast or twilight. But always clear at night.

 

[Moodyman]

Yellow or clear lense

Yello good for filtering out glare from car lights