SpeshulEd 

I have to say I agree with this.


I also enjoyed the amount of talk about latex in this thread.

Up North

Call Elton I think he has some glasses that might work.

K.Katso

Yeah. We need to revive the "goodly flex" and "DIY fairings" threads also. Modern BF classics.

Campag4life

This deserves a second look.
Hilarious and perfect.

timtak

Now with metal frames from China.


Since it was also mentioned here in this thread, I had my long stemmed bike rebuilt with a Chinese carbon frame too
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nihonbunka/18786171501

Both the glasses and the Time-Trial-Road-Bike-Cross are highly recommended. Forrow your dreams.

timtak

The above glasses (mark 5?) broke in no time at all. The frames were rather fragile. I had hoped to repurchase the same frames but they became unavailable.

There is an inherent problem with using reading glasses, and frames of any type from a 100 yen store: they are not robust.

So this time I took a new approach. I am bolting my prescription lenses to the front of 100 yen store glasses. When the glasses break I can still reuse my prescription lenses.

Clear, prescription free, glasses are available as well but this time I used sunglasses. I liked them so much that I wore them even off the bike.


Mark 6 by Timothy Takemoto, on Flickr

EthanHawley

I don't know if these have been mentioned yet, but I wear the Smith Pivlock glasses with the prescription insert. They work perfectly with no frame to obstruct my view. Plus, the glasses come with not just the clear-ish lens but also two more opaque lenses.

timtak

Thank you. They look like a neat pair of glasses.

I often ride with my back horizontal or near horizontal (recommended, in large part to encourage oneself to remain non-bellied rather than for speed). I don't like to crane my neck up so I look out at the road from just under my brow.

I see other folks at Amazon have recommmended the Pivlocks for precisely this use
Mathew 2011
R. Mai 2012
Steve Antasi 2015
I am however failrly short sighted (-3.o and -2.5). This means that the prescription lens needs to come up to above my brow.

From looking at images of the Smith Pivlock on the web, it seems that the sunglass part of the Smith Pivlock glasses would come up high enough, but I would be looking over the top of the inserts which only come up about as high as regular prescription lens spectacles.

In a sense however I have gone the way of inserts, except I am 'exerting' the prescription lense out in front of the sunglasses. I have a couple of pairs of inserts from broken previous attemps. I will attach them to the front of various spectacles.

I have worn them for only a day and I don't know how difficult it is going to be to keep the overlapping part of the lenses clean, but so far I am so happy with them that I don't think I would buy some Smith or Oakley glasses even if they made some to fit. The Smiths are typically more than 150 USD. Mine were 1USD plus 2USD for a packet of M2 nuts and bolts.

StanSeven

Is this a last minute marketing promotion just before the Tour de France? Think some of the Tour riders might have interest?

timtak

Mark Cavendish wears prescription glasses.


I would have thought that oontact lenses would be impractical in a race as long dusty and sweaty as the TDF but apparently he wears them on the bike. (see note at the end)

Even so his Oakleys force him to crane his head up in a painful way. Similar bar position though.



Most cyclists seem to care a lot about how they look, but he claims NOT to care. (He has called his bike a "kids bike")

Addendum
Contact lenses (which he wears now since Oakleys with inserts would be neeck breaking) are non optimal as he says
https://www.opticianonline.net/mark-c...street-styles/"Contact lenses

A bad experience with contact lenses many years ago means he doesn’t like wearing them because he found they dried up in the wind. In the Beijing Olympics he says a pursuit rider had one of his lenses dry up and the wind got in under his visor which meant he couldn’t see."

Oakley! Just put the frames at the bottom already!

BoSoxYacht

FWIW, these are the glasses that Cavendish wears now. Oakley designed them with his input, and soon they will be available in Rx.



Btw, Cavendish's position isn't uncomfortable for fit riders with good flexibility.

TheManShow

This was Mr. Goofy Glasses as I recall.

BoSoxYacht

did you ever find a shop to build your wheels?

TheManShow

Did in Colorado used them one long ago, and forgot to see they were still in business.

timtak

Thank you. What are they called?

I see. Jawbreaker.

When the RX inserts come out we may find that they are all enough to allow one to look through them in the drops, but I think that even the frames would get in my line of sight. The inserts would need to come up to the top frames and therefore be bottom half-frame mounted. Since the inserts do not yet exist, apparently, so it is difficult for me to respond. Rumour has it that the Rx clips will be little as usual, but who knows.

I think that craning your neck up like that is non optimal for any human, as testified by those that rate the frameless Smith Pivlocks so highly. But at the same time, fitness is an issue. This only matters if you are riding with your back at or near horizontal for prolonged periods of time.

Alas it seems that while the sunglasses are really big and provide an excellent field of vision, the inserts are considerably smaller.

Imabmwnut

Contact lenses maybe?

timtak

I think that is what the pros are using, since there are no cycling glasses.

BoSoxYacht

That, and most pros have better flexibility than you(and a better position on the bike).

halfspeed

SempreCycling

Lasik?

timtak

Everyone is so funny.


NEC_0437_20150630_001 by Timothy Takemoto, on Flickr



This #7 . I am using a different set of prescription lenses on another pair of 100 yen (1 dollar) frames. I chop off the top of the frames using a grinder (the frames are surprisingly difficult to cut with a hacksaw) and then drill to the same measurements, so that all my frames and prescription lenses are interchangeable. I glue the cheap clear lens in place then add the prescription "exerts."

The problem is that in the rain, water gets between the prescription lens and the cheap lens. I wish I had some sort of quick release bolts to facilitate quick cleaning, but this will do.

These are my tallest prescription lenses and they are a bit (5mm) too tall. But if my specs run down my nose just a little then this sort of height is required. They work. I cycle horizontal. It is good.

halfspeed

There are far more ridiculous ideas on Kickstarter than Charles Nelson Reilly glasses, Takemoto-san. Keep at it, maybe you're on to something.

BoSoxYacht

Yes, please keep at it. You're quite entertaining.

Muffin Man

I love this thread.

f4rrest

I think you could improve the look by adding fake eyelashes to the top of them.