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Looking for advice please.

After 5 years of faithful service, my CEBE's have finally broken (at the hinge) and I have gone through 3 pairs of sungalsses already in as many weeks.

I have a System 5 (I think?) flip top lid and I find that if the legs of the glasses are not ultra thin and the bits that go over ears made of rubber, after about 40mins, I get really bad headache from the pressure of my lid pushing against my temples and so have to take the glasses off.

I have found this U.S. based web site http://www.selfdefensearmory.com/ and they appear to have some stuff made for US Forces motorcyclists - and it appears well priced - any experience of these chaps?

I have tried glasses that cyclists wear and they are very good, but snap at the hinge.

Help me!!!!!!!!! (I love riding with lid up most of the time and hence the need for glasses.
 
Hi I have posted several times on this. Look for safety glasses (some people rebrand as sports wear (mark up x 5) ski wear (mark up by 10 etc.)

There is a linky thing I could use but supper is ready so do a search on my posts. I buy them by the box load - drop em and ditch em attitute. About £3 - £4 absolute max to pay.

There are good and bad, watch for peripheral vision distortion. (it gives you headache!)

This week I am mostly wearing these ;:cool: http://www.swissonesafety.com/Crackerjack Blue.jpg

Get the smoke version with protective film and mirror fr daytime and a pair of clear for night.

Steve

Steve
 
Look interesting Slow Granger - can you tell me if you get these direct from SwissOne, or do you have to go to a shop?

- ok - seen you post from a few years back - and get the message! - ta.)
 
The Slow Granger said:
Hi I have posted several times on this. Look for safety glasses (some people rebrand as sports wear (mark up x 5) ski wear (mark up by 10 etc.)

There is a linky thing I could use but supper is ready so do a search on my posts. I buy them by the box load - drop em and ditch em attitute. About £3 - £4 absolute max to pay.

There are good and bad, watch for peripheral vision distortion. (it gives you headache!)

This week I am mostly wearing these ;:cool: http://www.swissonesafety.com/Crackerjack Blue.jpg

Get the smoke version with protective film and mirror fr daytime and a pair of clear for night.

Steve

Steve
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Yep - these are the danglies, £4.50 a pair. I buy them by the 1/2 dozen from http://http://www.aspli.com/product_detail.asp?pid=1053 and delivery is usually within two days. Very comfortable to wear in a helmet but tend to be stolen by fashion conscious offspring
 
The Slow Granger said:
Look for safety glasses (some people rebrand as sports wear (mark up x 5) ski wear (mark up by 10 etc.)
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I've started wearing safety glasses as well - bought a tinted pair and a clear pair when I was in Canada - work out 5 to 6 quid a pair and are fantastic. They have no frames and are wrap-around and the arms are adjustable for length and angle.

I'd be careful about mirrored ones as you may get reflections back from your visor.

These are easily the bast 'sunglasses' I've used - and cheap as chips!

The clear ones are handy if I have a tinted visor on, and get held up for any reason and have to ride home when it's getting dark.
 
Kritou said:
Yep - these are the danglies, £4.50 a pair. I buy them by the 1/2 dozen from http://http://www.aspli.com/product_detail.asp?pid=1053 and delivery is usually within two days. Very comfortable to wear in a helmet but tend to be stolen by fashion conscious offspring
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just bought some of the yellow ones for night riding.....tend to use a black visor on my Shoei in strong light conditions during the day, a clear visor with a pair of these in low light day conditions would be probably be ok
 
Blindfold and masking tape

Any good safety supplier should be able to get these for you - haggle on the price. Probably best go for a single pair first to make sure you are happy with design. There are loads to try from but I ended up choosing the Crackerjack after many pairs were not suitable, comfortable or kool! I dont think you'll be dissapointed.

Big Brother Skippy now also buys them in bulk! :thumb

I tried the yellow (like the old French headlights) they are supposed to maximise low light levels for humans. Normally Used in warehouses etc. Personally I didn't like them at night, I now always carry clear as well.

I have a shoi synch and frequently ride visor up. I would never go out now without glasses underneath - never had a problem with reflection inside from the mirror effect.:Motomartin

I also have a line of masking tape on the top and bottom of the visor There is a pic somewhre in a post. It makes an incredible difference to low sun problems in winter and summer alike and acts as 3'' peak (try lifting the visor and laying your finger along the botton edge to see what angle is covers)when visor is up and glasses on. :gringo

Ok up to about 60mph. Then its visor down and use the top band as a sunblock and move the head accordingly. £0.005 spent very wisely!!

Hope this helps.

Steve
 
STUBBS said:
the yellow safety glasses are great for all light levels and good in rain and fog:thumb2
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cool...I seem to remember reading somewhere, an age ago, that yellow was a good colour for stripping the 'noise' out of what you were seeing, clearer vision and all that :nenau
 
Dont forget there are Revision Rx, Oakley, bolle etc.

I went for Revision Sand Fly's. 3 polarised lenses, smoke, yellow, clear, prescription inserts, and that usual grippy rubber stuff to keep things in place.

I can wear mine with motox helmet up to 90mph with no issue of tears in eyes etc.

Oh and they're ballistics proof too, as used by Canadian & US forces.

£160 all in, inc. shipping from USA.

Bought on optics planet.com
 
I have a pair of Oakley's, metal framed with the orange lenses, can't get them inside the helmet, the metal stabs all the way in....given that I always end up dropping the glasses I ride with, cheap is probably best for me
 
I bought some of these ...

http://www.fuglies.com.au/

... DON'T is my recommendation.

The spec looks ideal. Foam rubber seals, tight fitting frame etc...

But the polarised lenses seem to interfere with the helmet visor and bike screen.

All you can see are purple and blue patterns, particularly on car windscreens. It is VERY distracting.

Now I use "safety glasses" with a light tint as do many others by the look of it.
 
These are the Muts!

The Slow Granger said:
Hi I have posted several times on this. Look for safety glasses (some people rebrand as sports wear (mark up x 5) ski wear (mark up by 10 etc.)

There is a linky thing I could use but supper is ready so do a search on my posts. I buy them by the box load - drop em and ditch em attitute. About £3 - £4 absolute max to pay.

There are good and bad, watch for peripheral vision distortion. (it gives you headache!)

This week I am mostly wearing these ;:cool: http://www.swissonesafety.com/Crackerjack Blue.jpg

Get the smoke version with protective film and mirror fr daytime and a pair of clear for night.

Steve

Steve
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Just bought another box of them and some yellow ones too.

They are very light and the arms are very slim (ie not thick) so they don't interfere when wearing the helmet. Really comfy and almost a disposable item.

:clap:clap
 
Personally I prefer to buy a specalised item , and am on my second pair of glasses from these guys http://www.motorcyclesunglasses.co.uk/sunglasses.html

First pair , and arm snapped due to an unfortunate drop/step/crunch incident... but the lenses had taken the impact of a stone being shot up on the motorway while I was riding with my visor up and apart from a small scratch they where unfazed by the incident.

The guys on the stall sold me a replacement pair at a hefty discount as they had never seen an arm snapped before and like to encourage regular custom. After a further 10K miles this pair have no issue yet and have even been stepped on like the first pair with no issues.

They have a good padding on them as well which makes them comfy at speed and keeps a lot of draught out.

They have even been admired by an ex-SAS guy as being better than the Wiley's he had been issued while serving and he asked for the website to order a pair himself. Aparently they get used a lot by Emergency services and Armed forces guys as cheaper alternatives to Wileys.

Get them at the BMF and you get a show discount, and the stall is not hard to miss as they only sell about 5 different models instead of huge displays of gaudy lensed items. Basically they only sell what they consider to be a good product and fit for the purpose.

I like 'em - good vision, good protection and fairly robust - well worth the price as far as I am concerened.

I even keep my old pair as a back up pair with a bit of gaffer tape holding the arm together as the lenses are still good for riding in.
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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