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>What I know about Oakley prescription is that you have to send you >prescription to Oakley and they make them for you using a pair of >M-frames.  I think only a couple of the lens style are available for >prescriptions.  It’s pretty pricey too. >I’ve never seen a brand at my optomitrist that I thought would cut the >wind as well as the wrap around designs.

Ask your optometrist about Bolle — they’re distributed to optometrists as well as bike shops.  I got my Bolle Edge glasses and prescription adapter from Colorado Cyclist, then found out I could have gotten them at about the same price from my local optometrist who made the lenses for me. I have a wide skull, so the full-sized Bolle Edge is a good fit on my face, and does an excellent job of cutting the wind.  Plus, since the adapter is separate from the front shield, it’s simple to replace a damaged front shield without messing with the prescription lenses — handy when you face plant in crushed rock! —                        "My other bike is a car."                  

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What I know about Oakley prescription is that you have to send you prescription to Oakley and they make them for you using a pair of M-frames.  I think only a couple of the lens style are available for prescriptions.  It’s pretty pricey too. I’ve never seen a brand at my optomitrist that I thought would cut the wind as well as the wrap around designs. My .02 Jeremy Thompson

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>> May I suggest you buy a pair of Oakley frames and take them to your local > optitions, he will fit any lense you wish into any frame. >This is not necessarily true.  The To fit prescription lenses into >sunglass frames, I *believe* the frame must go all the way around the >lens.  This at least is what *my* optician told me (as I recall).  Better >to check with your optician before plunking down the money.

My husband has frames where the lenses are held in with string of some sort, (there’s only a frame section on the top half) but that’s not really the issue. Think of what a prescription wraparound would look like, and how one would have to make it. It would have to be enormously thick at some point (depending on your prescription) and the whole shape would be different from the usual flat, round pieces of various diameters that opticians normally work with. That’s why Bolle, and perhaps others, use a prescription insert in their wraparounds. If you’re not looking at wraparounds, don’t go with just the frames of any mass produced sunglasses maker, being Oakley, Vuarnet or whatever. Their frames are nylon crap, and the style is likely a copy of something that originally started out as low-volume, designer prescription stuff anyway. You could probably find the same style in a better quality frame at your optometrist. Jody

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: Check your local welding supply shop for some UVEX safety glasses, interchangable lens, : polycarbonate, and around $8. — *  Ben.                                         * *  The Slightly Messed-Up Home Page             * *  http://www.skidmore.edu/~brunning/index.html * *  nuff said                                    *

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says… > May I suggest you buy a pair of Oakley frames and take them to your local > optitions, he will fit any lense you wish into any frame. >This is not necessarily true.  The To fit prescription lenses into >sunglass frames, I *believe* the frame must go all the way around the >lens.  This at least is what *my* optician told me (as I recall).   Better >to check with your optician before plunking down the money.

E-wires, Eye jackets and Frogskins all can take pescription lenses. I have E-wires though asked about Eye jackets recently. Oakley also do custom implants bonded into M-frame lenses if your wallet and your perscription permits. Shaun

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Check your local welding supply shop for some UVEX safety glasses, interchangable lens, polycarbonate, and around $8.

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> : Moab sunglasses.  They have polycarbonate lenses which are impact resistant … > I’ll second this recommendation.

Me three. And, LL Bean has these for less than Performance. Call them instead. Pete

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> May I suggest you buy a pair of Oakley frames and take them to your local > optitions, he will fit any lense you wish into any frame.

This is not necessarily true.  The To fit prescription lenses into sunglass frames, I *believe* the frame must go all the way around the lens.  This at least is what *my* optician told me (as I recall).  Better to check with your optician before plunking down the money. AJW John Watson "If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate."

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: If you are just looking for some sunglasses/goggles, look at the Performance : Moab sunglasses.  They have polycarbonate lenses which are impact resistant : and block UV rays.  They also come with 3 different lenses: clear, amber, : and grey.  Smith actually makes these goggles, but Performance sells them. : I’ve seen them in sporting goods stores also with the Smith name.  They : sell for about $40.00 (I think).  I’ve had mine for a few months with no : problems. I’ll second this recommendation. — Daryl Doan    91 883    93 M700      All good boys go to heaven.      All good bikers go to Utah.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >I am looking to buy a pair of good glasses for mountain biking and need > >some suggestions. I require that the glasses do not distort vision, > >offer good protection from UV and sharp objects, and are impact and > >scratch resistant.  Also the glasses should adapt to different light > >conditions, either by easily interchangable lens parts or by light-sensitive > >shading.  Finally the glasses should not be more than $100.00 and have > >lenses that are easily replaced. > Hmmm…. you are asking a lot for $100. You should probably look into > a regular pair of glasses (I’m assuming you are talking prescription > glasses). You can now get photo-sensitive lenses in plastic (a few > years ago this could only be done with glass — *heavy*). Get frames > with large lenses, and use a sport strap. > I wear Boll