Anybody use these?
I have some prescription Rudys and I love them. I didn’t get the inserts, but had a lens shop make prescription lenses.
I have a pair of the inserts for my Rydon frame. They are priceless on the bike but add a bit too much weight for the run. Maybe if I had paid extra for the super lightweight lenses. In any event I just pop out the lenses after the bike and drop them in a pocket.
Jim
Tom, I have a pair of the Elquinox or whatever they’re called. Love them. My father’s an optometrist, so getting the lenses in prescription was easy. I’m not a fan of the kind w/ inserts… they look goofy. It took a bit to get used to the distortion from the built-in prescription (the radical curve of the lens makes it tricky… thus the reason many use inserts), but now I don’t even notice anything. They also survived a HARD crit crash where I landed on the side of my face. The lens is scuffed up, but that’s it.
I’m thinking of getting a set for my dad for Christmas- now what brands would ya’ll recommend? Also, I’m only hesitating because he has real bad eyesight, I’d bet at least a -7 or 7.5, is this going to be a problem? I read about the ‘fish bowl effect’ and don’t want that to be an issue for him cause then they won’t be used. Any input from the near blind crowd here?
Lasik???
I only wish I had the nerve to let them cut on my peepers.
There are some new developments that make PRK more attractive, but the pain and healing are MUCH worse.
I have a set of last year’s top end glasses from Rudy, the Ketchyums. They come with clear lenses and mirrored lenses. I also have a prescription insert.
In most respects I love them. I love the idea that I can change over from clear to yellow to dark lenses on different rides or even during the course of a long ride. I love being able to take the lenses out to clean them – they get a lot cleaner that way. I love the fact that the overall set – glasses, two sets of lenses, the insert and the prescription lenses for the insert cost less than an equivelant set of prescription sunglasses with permanent lenses (because the prescription tinted lenses cost so much).
What I don’t like is that the insert impedes air circulation between your face and the glasses. If the weather is a little on the cool side but not super dry, your lenses will fog right up. If you’re riding along and you get a little fogging, when you stop to clean them they’ll completely fog over. The only solution is to take the insert out and ride sans insert. I can do that because my eyes aren’t that bad, but I’m definetly faster and more confident when my vision is 20/20, not 20/70. If there was some way to keep the lenses from fogging up in the conditions I usually race in, I would have absolutely no complaints whatsoever. As it is, I have a major issue that I need to resolve.
Lee Silverman
JackRabbit Sports
Park Slope, Brooklyn