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Date: 10 Mar 2007 00:06:30
From: jalex
Subject: Sunglasses & Rx
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I'm planning on purchasing a pair of sunglasses with the Rx adapter.
Looks like the Tifosi Stevilo is a match for me. What experience does
anyone have using the Rx adapters? My concern is that they will be
rather unstable and loose.
Suggestions welcomed.
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Date: 17 Mar 2007 17:32:26
From:
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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On 16, 4:46 pm, Bill Baka <b...@comcast.net > wrote:
> idomybestworkonab...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > On 14, 12:20 am, "DanK...@gmail.com" <DanK...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> For whatever it's worth, I just wear my prescription sunglasses.
> >> I do the same. I got them for 1/2 price w/ a new pair of eyeglasses I
> >> needed anyway on special. A similar special can usually be found in
> >> any Sunday paper.
>
> >>> dont you find that all the wind gets around the glasses and into your
> >>> eyes?
> >> Not really. I use the same Rx shades for boating & the motorcycle,
> >> and find them fine up to about highway speed limits. With my normal
> >> eyeglasses this isn't the case, but I bought the shades with my
> >> hobbies in mind and chose a "wrap around" models with the appropriate
> >> options on the lenses.
>
> >> Dan
>
> > Yes they can make quite a curve, if you speak to the right optometrist
> > (I had a pair of Rayban wraparounds that unfortunately broke recently
> > after 5 years of use). Also you can get a photochromatic lens, so it's
> > not too dark before the sun comes up. Mind you, they make you look
> > like a porn star and you might not like that. ;-)
>
> > Donga
>
> Try this one.
> I wear my regular glasses that were supposed to be UV blockers but
> aren't, then wear a pair of polarized UV blocker ski type goggles over
> them. Keeps the wind out and my eyes happy but probably does look kind
> of Fred-ish. Just for an extra level of darkness I bought a roll of car
> window tint film that passes 20% of the light and stuck some on the
> lenses. Now I can ride in blinding sunlight or go in the snow and
> nothing bothers me, until I take them off and it is like walking out of
> a movie theater at high noon. The goggles were a $18 find at Walt
> while I was getting a roll of 35mm film developed. My digital is OK to
> drop right in the computer but real film is still like about 20
> mega-pixels. Oops, side tracked.
> Bill Baka- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
That is not quite what I would call the porn star look.
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Date: 17 Mar 2007 22:02:08
From: Bill
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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idomybestworkonabike@hotmail.com wrote:
> On 16, 4:46 pm, Bill Baka <b...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> idomybestworkonab...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> On 14, 12:20 am, "DanK...@gmail.com" <DanK...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> For whatever it's worth, I just wear my prescription sunglasses.
>>>> I do the same. I got them for 1/2 price w/ a new pair of eyeglasses I
>>>> needed anyway on special. A similar special can usually be found in
>>>> any Sunday paper.
>>>>> dont you find that all the wind gets around the glasses and into your
>>>>> eyes?
>>>> Not really. I use the same Rx shades for boating & the motorcycle,
>>>> and find them fine up to about highway speed limits. With my normal
>>>> eyeglasses this isn't the case, but I bought the shades with my
>>>> hobbies in mind and chose a "wrap around" models with the appropriate
>>>> options on the lenses.
>>>> Dan
>>> Yes they can make quite a curve, if you speak to the right optometrist
>>> (I had a pair of Rayban wraparounds that unfortunately broke recently
>>> after 5 years of use). Also you can get a photochromatic lens, so it's
>>> not too dark before the sun comes up. Mind you, they make you look
>>> like a porn star and you might not like that. ;-)
>>> Donga
>> Try this one.
>> I wear my regular glasses that were supposed to be UV blockers but
>> aren't, then wear a pair of polarized UV blocker ski type goggles over
>> them. Keeps the wind out and my eyes happy but probably does look kind
>> of Fred-ish. Just for an extra level of darkness I bought a roll of car
>> window tint film that passes 20% of the light and stuck some on the
>> lenses. Now I can ride in blinding sunlight or go in the snow and
>> nothing bothers me, until I take them off and it is like walking out of
>> a movie theater at high noon. The goggles were a $18 find at Walt
>> while I was getting a roll of 35mm film developed. My digital is OK to
>> drop right in the computer but real film is still like about 20
>> mega-pixels. Oops, side tracked.
>> Bill Baka- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> That is not quite what I would call the porn star look.
>
I wasn't going for it. Porn star..nice way for a man to make a living.
Bill Baka
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Date: 15 Mar 2007 07:53:07
From: Rick
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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On 9, 10:06 pm, jalex <jale...@yahoo.com > wrote:
> I'm planning on purchasing a pair of sunglasses with the Rx adapter.
> Looks like the Tifosi Stevilo is a match for me. What experience does
> anyone have using the Rx adapters? My concern is that they will be
> rather unstable and loose.
>
> Suggestions welcomed.
I have my second pair of Rudy Project Skeey Uno's with an adapter; the
first was lost on a trip to Italy. The adapters are OK, but the
adapters tend to be close to your eyes and hit the lashes, etc. a
lot. The other issue is the orphaning of the glasses by the
manufacturers. The Skeey Uno was orphaned about the time I got the
second pair and it is impossible to get replacement parts. Same thing
happened to me with a pair of Smith's damaged in an accident; Smith
had parts, but the glasses were orphaned and they would not sell me
the replacement parts on a discontinued product.
Last year I bit the (expensive) bullet and had a pair of Oakley Half-
Jacket's made with my Vari-Focal prescription. Optically they are
the best glasses I have ever had. Re-read that: best glasses, not
just sunglasses. They fit better than the glasses with adapters, are
lighter, etc. When I need a new pair, this is the route I will take:
these are my prescription sunglasses! I have tried contacts with non-
prescription glasses; the problem is my eyes tend to dry out and get
rather irritated so I cannot keep the contacts in for long, so I bite
the bullet and pay the cost for quality.
- rick
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Date: 15 Mar 2007 03:48:56
From:
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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On 14, 12:20 am, "DanK...@gmail.com" <DanK...@gmail.com > wrote:
> > > For whatever it's worth, I just wear my prescription sunglasses.
>
> I do the same. I got them for 1/2 price w/ a new pair of eyeglasses I
> needed anyway on special. A similar special can usually be found in
> any Sunday paper.
>
> > dont you find that all the wind gets around the glasses and into your
> > eyes?
>
> Not really. I use the same Rx shades for boating & the motorcycle,
> and find them fine up to about highway speed limits. With my normal
> eyeglasses this isn't the case, but I bought the shades with my
> hobbies in mind and chose a "wrap around" models with the appropriate
> options on the lenses.
>
> Dan
Yes they can make quite a curve, if you speak to the right optometrist
(I had a pair of Rayban wraparounds that unfortunately broke recently
after 5 years of use). Also you can get a photochromatic lens, so it's
not too dark before the sun comes up. Mind you, they make you look
like a porn star and you might not like that. ;-)
Donga
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Date: 15 Mar 2007 23:46:02
From: Bill Baka
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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idomybestworkonabike@hotmail.com wrote:
> On 14, 12:20 am, "DanK...@gmail.com" <DanK...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> For whatever it's worth, I just wear my prescription sunglasses.
>> I do the same. I got them for 1/2 price w/ a new pair of eyeglasses I
>> needed anyway on special. A similar special can usually be found in
>> any Sunday paper.
>>
>>> dont you find that all the wind gets around the glasses and into your
>>> eyes?
>> Not really. I use the same Rx shades for boating & the motorcycle,
>> and find them fine up to about highway speed limits. With my normal
>> eyeglasses this isn't the case, but I bought the shades with my
>> hobbies in mind and chose a "wrap around" models with the appropriate
>> options on the lenses.
>>
>> Dan
>
> Yes they can make quite a curve, if you speak to the right optometrist
> (I had a pair of Rayban wraparounds that unfortunately broke recently
> after 5 years of use). Also you can get a photochromatic lens, so it's
> not too dark before the sun comes up. Mind you, they make you look
> like a porn star and you might not like that. ;-)
>
> Donga
>
Try this one.
I wear my regular glasses that were supposed to be UV blockers but
aren't, then wear a pair of polarized UV blocker ski type goggles over
them. Keeps the wind out and my eyes happy but probably does look kind
of Fred-ish. Just for an extra level of darkness I bought a roll of car
window tint film that passes 20% of the light and stuck some on the
lenses. Now I can ride in blinding sunlight or go in the snow and
nothing bothers me, until I take them off and it is like walking out of
a movie theater at high noon. The goggles were a $18 find at Walt
while I was getting a roll of 35mm film developed. My digital is OK to
drop right in the computer but real film is still like about 20
mega-pixels. Oops, side tracked.
Bill Baka
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Date: 13 Mar 2007 07:20:09
From: DanKMTB@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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> > For whatever it's worth, I just wear my prescription sunglasses.
I do the same. I got them for 1/2 price w/ a new pair of eyeglasses I
needed anyway on special. A similar special can usually be found in
any Sunday paper.
> dont you find that all the wind gets around the glasses and into your
> eyes?
Not really. I use the same Rx shades for boating & the motorcycle,
and find them fine up to about highway speed limits. With my normal
eyeglasses this isn't the case, but I bought the shades with my
hobbies in mind and chose a "wrap around" models with the appropriate
options on the lenses.
Dan
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Date: 12 Mar 2007 10:29:47
From: Pat Lamb
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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jalex wrote:
> I'm planning on purchasing a pair of sunglasses with the Rx adapter.
> Looks like the Tifosi Stevilo is a match for me. What experience does
> anyone have using the Rx adapters? My concern is that they will be
> rather unstable and loose.
>
> Suggestions welcomed.
For whatever it's worth, I just wear my prescription sunglasses.
Pat
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Date: 13 Mar 2007 21:38:37
From: jcjordan
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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Pat Lamb Wrote:
> jalex wrote
> > I'm planning on purchasing a pair of sunglasses with the Rx adapter
> > Looks like the Tifosi Stevilo is a match for me. What experienc
> doe
> > anyone have using the Rx adapters? My concern is that they will b
> > rather unstable and loose
>
> > Suggestions welcomed
>
> For whatever it's worth, I just wear my prescription sunglasses
>
> Pat
dont you find that all the wind gets around the glasses and into you
eyes
--
jcjorda
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Date: 16 Mar 2007 17:17:02
From: David L. Johnson
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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jcjordan wrote:
> Pat Lamb Wrote:
>> jalex wrote:
>>> I'm planning on purchasing a pair of sunglasses with the Rx adapter.
>>> Looks like the Tifosi Stevilo is a match for me. What experience
>> does
>>> anyone have using the Rx adapters? My concern is that they will be
>>> rather unstable and loose.
>>>
>>> Suggestions welcomed.
>> For whatever it's worth, I just wear my prescription sunglasses.
>>
>> Pat
> dont you find that all the wind gets around the glasses and into your
> eyes?
>
I have Bolle wrap-around prescription sunglasses (progressive lenses and
polarized, as well). The extremes of the lenses are not prescription,
which is how they manage that one.
--
David L. Johnson
"Business!" cried the Ghost. "Mankind was my business. The common
welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and
benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but
a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!" --Dickens,
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Date: 12 Mar 2007 19:19:46
From: jcjordan
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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jalex Wrote:
> I'm planning on purchasing a pair of sunglasses with the Rx adapter
> Looks like the Tifosi Stevilo is a match for me. What experience doe
> anyone have using the Rx adapters? My concern is that they will b
> rather unstable and loose
>
> Suggestions welcomed.
I have been using the Rudy Project RX now for the last couple o
months and love it. When I moved to Canberra I started to have a lo
of problems with pollens and itchy eyes which ment that I could no
wear contacts any more. RX solved the problem and in most cases i
better then contacts
--
jcjorda
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Date: 11 Mar 2007 07:31:43
From: rdclark
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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On 10, 12:06 am, jalex <jale...@yahoo.com > wrote:
> I'm planning on purchasing a pair of sunglasses with the Rx adapter.
> Looks like the Tifosi Stevilo is a match for me. What experience does
> anyone have using the Rx adapters? My concern is that they will be
> rather unstable and loose.
>
> Suggestions welcomed.
I have a cheap pair I got from Performance years ago. I normally wear
bifocals, but these inserts are only my distance rx. Never had any
problems with stability or structural integrity or anything else. I do
use an elastic strap to keep them securely in place, especially
because I have a mirror clamped to them as well.
R
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Date: 10 Mar 2007 10:18:22
From: Eric
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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On 9, 10:06 pm, jalex <jale...@yahoo.com > wrote:
> I'm planning on purchasing a pair of sunglasses with the Rx adapter.
> Looks like the Tifosi Stevilo is a match for me. What experience does
> anyone have using the Rx adapters? My concern is that they will be
> rather unstable and loose.
>
> Suggestions welcomed.
I tried them several years ago with Smith Optics. I think if you have
a prescription that isn't too thick, you might be able to get by. My
left lens was way too thick, and never really fit right. I ended up
getting contacts, which have come a long way sine I wore them in the
1980's.
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Date: 10 Mar 2007 09:07:15
From: BobT
Subject: Re: Sunglasses & Rx
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"jalex" <jalexnh@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:85ydnXQNcPJPoW_YnZ2dnUVZ_uXinZ2d@comcast.com...
> I'm planning on purchasing a pair of sunglasses with the Rx adapter. Looks
> like the Tifosi Stevilo is a match for me. What experience does anyone
> have using the Rx adapters? My concern is that they will be rather
> unstable and loose.
>
> Suggestions welcomed.
Don't know about the Tifosi Stevilo. I use Bolle Vigilante model with Rx
insert. It works great for me and I have "no line bifocals". Insert has a
press fit only but looseness has not been a problem. Fogging not a problem.
BobT
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