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Polarized sun glasses
| I used to ride in yellow lenses all winter long, but the change they
| made to the sky was what made me move away from them.They're | depressing, at least at these latitudes. I use the Oakley VR28 lenses, fairly yellow, and find them the best all-around sunglasses I've used. There are times in extremely-bright sunlight where something darker might be better, but what I like about the VR28 is that I can quickly go from light to dark areas on a descent and still see everything I need to (potholes, water, whatever). Anything darker and my eyes don't react fast enough to see things in the shaded areas. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com "Brian Huntley" wrote in message ... | On May 13, 7:36 pm, Don Mackie wrote: | On May 14, 9:41 am, John Henderson wrote: | | I do understand Jobst's concerns, having noted the effect many | times over many decades. If you're riding aggressively enough | for it to matter and there's any question about wet or dry, | either assume the worst or you can rotate your head from the | vertical a little to the left and right. That rotation will | expose a polorized reflection which the glasses had hidden. | Such a reflection /might/ be from water, or it might not. | | Agreed here (in NZ) I wear polarised when driving a car, especially in | morning or late afternoon when the low sun is a hazard. However, even | when I'm walking on a wet pavement I find the odd appearance of the | ground distracting, more-so on the bike. Rather than wondering if I am | looking at a slick patch, or being distracted by the odd appearance of | the road surface, I wear non polarising dark sunnies (I like the | yellow dark type but that;s a personal thing I guess). | | I used to ride in yellow lenses all winter long, but the change they | made to the sky was what made me move away from them.They're | depressing, at least at these latitudes. | | I've been testing a graduated tint set of lenses lately. I think I'll | pass and go back to Foster Grants for sunny days and safety lenses | (clear) for rain and night time. |
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
| I used to ride in yellow lenses all winter long, but the change they | made to the sky was what made me move away from them.They're | depressing, at least at these latitudes. I use the Oakley VR28 lenses, fairly yellow, and find them the best all-around sunglasses I've used. There are times in extremely-bright sunlight where something darker might be better, but what I like about the VR28 is that I can quickly go from light to dark areas on a descent and still see everything I need to (potholes, water, whatever). Anything darker and my eyes don't react fast enough to see things in the shaded areas. that's what jobst is confused about, not polarization. if for some bizarre reason someone considered polarized lenses somehow were interfering with their vision, all they have to do is tilt their head a little to change the polarization angle. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com "Brian Huntley" wrote in message ... | On May 13, 7:36 pm, Don Mackie wrote: | On May 14, 9:41 am, John Henderson wrote: | | I do understand Jobst's concerns, having noted the effect many | times over many decades. If you're riding aggressively enough | for it to matter and there's any question about wet or dry, | either assume the worst or you can rotate your head from the | vertical a little to the left and right. That rotation will | expose a polorized reflection which the glasses had hidden. | Such a reflection /might/ be from water, or it might not. | | Agreed here (in NZ) I wear polarised when driving a car, especially in | morning or late afternoon when the low sun is a hazard. However, even | when I'm walking on a wet pavement I find the odd appearance of the | ground distracting, more-so on the bike. Rather than wondering if I am | looking at a slick patch, or being distracted by the odd appearance of | the road surface, I wear non polarising dark sunnies (I like the | yellow dark type but that;s a personal thing I guess). | | I used to ride in yellow lenses all winter long, but the change they | made to the sky was what made me move away from them.They're | depressing, at least at these latitudes. | | I've been testing a graduated tint set of lenses lately. I think I'll | pass and go back to Foster Grants for sunny days and safety lenses | (clear) for rain and night time. |
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"jim beam" wrote in message
... | Mike Jacoubowsky wrote: | | I used to ride in yellow lenses all winter long, but the change they | | made to the sky was what made me move away from them.They're | | depressing, at least at these latitudes. | | I use the Oakley VR28 lenses, fairly yellow, and find them the best | all-around sunglasses I've used. There are times in extremely-bright | sunlight where something darker might be better, but what I like about the | VR28 is that I can quickly go from light to dark areas on a descent and | still see everything I need to (potholes, water, whatever). Anything darker | and my eyes don't react fast enough to see things in the shaded areas. | | that's what jobst is confused about, not polarization. if for some | bizarre reason someone considered polarized lenses somehow were | interfering with their vision, all they have to do is tilt their head a | little to change the polarization angle. I don't think so. Some years ago I had a pretty nasty fall descending the west side of Alpine Road heading towards Skyline (Jobst will know this stretch of road quite well). I was wearing polarized glasses, it was fairly late in the day, and rounding a corner everything went from very bright to very dark, or at least the road did, and I never saw the change in the road surface that put me down... hard and fast. It was definitely an effect of the sunglasses, which I never wore again, and have never ever experienced anything similar since. I'm told that newer Oakley polarized lenses are quite different from what used to be the norm; apparently it's a very light polarization with some tinting. Not so polarized that you get the extreme effect that causes trouble, but this is way outside my area of expertise, so for all I know being a little bit polarized would be like being a little big pregnant. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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Joao de Souza wrote: Okay I'm officially confused. I always read about how great polarized glasses are for riding and driving. And back in my driving days, I had a set of polarized ray-bans that would stay in the car. Now I decided to upgrade my Rudy Project cycling sunglasses. I bit the bullet, and paid far too much money for a pair of their polarized lenses. The lenses just arrived, and they have a "not suitable for driving or road use" warning sticker on them. Anyone have any idea why? It's an EU thing, if the sunglasses block more than X percent of visible light, then they need this warning. _ Booker C. Bense |
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Booker Bense wrote:
In article , Joao de Souza wrote: Okay I'm officially confused. I always read about how great polarized glasses are for riding and driving. And back in my driving days, I had a set of polarized ray-bans that would stay in the car. Now I decided to upgrade my Rudy Project cycling sunglasses. I bit the bullet, and paid far too much money for a pair of their polarized lenses. The lenses just arrived, and they have a "not suitable for driving or road use" warning sticker on them. Anyone have any idea why? It's an EU thing, if the sunglasses block more than X percent of visible light, then they need this warning. _ Booker C. Bense makes more sense than freaking about so-called "problems" with polarization!!! |
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Booker Bense wrote: In article , Joao de Souza wrote: Okay I'm officially confused. I always read about how great polarized glasses are for riding and driving. And back in my driving days, I had a set of polarized ray-bans that would stay in the car. Now I decided to upgrade my Rudy Project cycling sunglasses. I bit the bullet, and paid far too much money for a pair of their polarized lenses. The lenses just arrived, and they have a "not suitable for driving or road use" warning sticker on them. Anyone have any idea why? It's an EU thing, if the sunglasses block more than X percent of visible light, then they need this warning. I can't find a good online reference, but CE specifies four classes of sunglass "protection" and all CE Class four ( and maybe 3 ) have to have the warning about "not suitable for driving". _ Booker C. Bense |
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