At a risk of having the mickey taken, I have uploaded some pics.....
Can anyone suggest a pair of goggles that will fit over my prescription glasses and protect my eyes from flying grit?
Anything over 40mph, I use a helmet, but for local blasts I currently wear nothing over my eyes and it's only a matter of time before something
collides with my face...
skiing/snowboarding goggles maybe?
Most of the big motocross goggle names do deeper goggles to go over glasses, Oakley, Smiths etc
Al.
Originally posted by Skirrow
Can anyone suggest a pair of goggles that will fit over my prescription glasses and protect my eyes from flying grit?
Anything over 40mph, I use a helmet, but for local blasts I currently wear nothing over my eyes and it's only a matter of time before something
collides with my face...
Prescription goggles from someone like UKsportseyewear?
I've got some Oakley over glasses goggles which work really well. Got them on ebay for around £30 if memory serves me correctly.
contact lenses and cycling glasses, safety glasses
Thanks, think I'll go with the motocross ones. They should be pretty safe at under 40 I assume?
I use protective goggle things from Wickes or B&Q as used for sanding / grinding etc.
Just perfect and very cheap.
I've never found motocross goggles to be very comfortable (they kept pushing my glasses against my nose, or lifting them up) and I think they
look stupid when driving (my very personal opinion, I hasten to add). In addition, I found protective over-glasses to be ineffective.
Having suffered iritis twice last year (google it - it's very unpleasant) and as a hay-fever sufferer I really do need good eye protection, and
this doesn't come cheap. Because of this I have persuaded my wife to get me a pair of Dixons prescription goggles for my birthday, like
these. They are close-fitting specs with
interchangeable ballistic-grade outer lenses, and have a removable foam bit for a wind-proof seal (this can be removed if I just want a pair of
prescription sunglasses).
I'm not paying that price though! I've taken the "try before you buy" option where you get the goggles without the prescription
lenses, to see if they fit - this takes £50 off the price). I'm currently waiting for the inner frames to return from a different company who
are fitting bifocal prescription lenses at a cost of £30 (single-vision lenses cost just £15).
I have got some wrap - around prescription sunglasses - from 'specsavers' £125, made by Osiris, they are superb. Of course, I was also at
the point of updating my prescription/getting new glasses anyway, so I bought these at the same time otherwise I'd have thought twice at that
pricetag.
At a risk of having the mickey taken, I have uploaded some pics.....
there used to be a firm that did the kit car shows that sold them. my old man bought a pair that take a prescription lense.
only 40 or so quid i think. if you want the name i'll find it out. (he's in the states at the mo though so may take a couple of days)
quote:
Originally posted by Skirrow
Can anyone suggest a pair of goggles that will fit over my prescription glasses and protect my eyes from flying grit?
Anything over 40mph, I use a helmet, but for local blasts I currently wear nothing over my eyes and it's only a matter of time before something collides with my face...
Thanks again fellas.
The prescription ones look great, but I've ordered a couple of pairs of motocross goggles for now. If I look a total idiot I'll keep them
for passengers and get the prescription ones for Xmas off the missus.
norfolkluego, I do wear the helmet if I'm going on dual carriageways or anywhere where big lorries are common place. Just doesn't seem
necessary around town and in residential areas - wouldn't pedestrians be at risk from stones and stuff? (That's a genuine question by the
way, I'm thinking of taking my 5 year old daughter out with goggles on but I'm not keen on her wearing a helmet as I have heard that they
are not safe in an accident for young children.)
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Originally posted by swanny
there used to be a firm that did the kit car shows that sold them. my old man bought a pair that take a prescription lense.
only 40 or so quid i think. if you want the name i'll find it out. (he's in the states at the mo though so may take a couple of days)
quote:
Originally posted by Skirrow
Thanks again fellas.
The prescription ones look great, but I've ordered a couple of pairs of motocross goggles for now. If I look a total idiot I'll keep them for passengers and get the prescription ones for Xmas off the missus.
norfolkluego, I do wear the helmet if I'm going on dual carriageways or anywhere where big lorries are common place. Just doesn't seem necessary around town and in residential areas - wouldn't pedestrians be at risk from stones and stuff? (That's a genuine question by the way, I'm thinking of taking my 5 year old daughter out with goggles on but I'm not keen on her wearing a helmet as I have heard that they are not safe in an accident for young children.)
I've been hit on the visor by a bumblebee at 50 - 60 mph - the bang was impressive! It would have caused major damage if it had hit my eye, and
would have been massively painful if it had hit anywhere else.
For me, the biggest problem was following builder's lorries & pick-ups - all the sand and cement dust blowing of the back and straight into
my face.
Update: my Dixons goggles now have their prescription lenses fitted - feel very odd, having goggles that let me see clearly! I'll give them a
try tomorrow, weather permitting.
If anyone's interested - I got the inserts glazed at ciliaryblue, who did the job in under a week. If
you've recently had an eye-test and have a decent pair of old glasses then they're a cheap way of upgrading to the new prescription.
They'll even refurbish the old frames for £5 extra - nose pads, screws, etc + an overall clean-up.
I'll be sending one of my ordinary frames for new lenses in the next week or so, having seen what they did with the goggle insert.
He He, you lot should have a go at riding enduro's, 70mph+ on the forest fire roads which are loose crush and run limestone.
Then you would really know what stones in the mush feel like..... :-)
Al.