Old 06-22-21, 12:23 PM
  #69  
terrymorse 
climber has-been
 
terrymorse's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Posts: 7,111

Bikes: Scott Addict R1, Felt Z1

Mentioned: 10 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3432 Post(s)
Liked 3,567 Times in 1,793 Posts
Originally Posted by drlogik
+1 for high quality polarized. Cheap ones may not do the job. They protect your eyes from UV rays hitting your eyes from the road glare. Not quite as bad as UV reflected off of water but still bad. Wearing non-polarized sunglasses is worse than wearing no sunglasses at all.
Really?

1. Is the UV filtration rate higher with polarized lenses? I doubt it.
2. All UV-rated lenses protect from UV rays.
3. No, wearing non-polarized sunglasses is not worse than wearing no sunglasses. That's just silly--and potentially dangerous--advice.
__________________
Ride, Rest, Repeat. ROUVY: terrymorse


terrymorse is offline