Nighttime Riding Glasses... do you wear them?

I'm rocking some Oakley eyejackets with yellow lenses for my nite time needs, something like these..

What do you rock?

Was thinking about this the other day - I hate riding without shades but I'd imagine clear lenses would make you look like a knob at night - any good middle ground?

Was thinking about this the other day - I hate riding without shades but I'd imagine clear lenses would make you look like a knob at night - any good middle ground?

the amber lens is meant to give you more visibilty at night

i, myself hate anything stuck to my face (no dirty jokes please) so can't tell you much from experince.

@ eddie ~ do you prey on women with the hopes of wearing their skin?

I'm rocking some Oakley eyejackets with yellow lenses for my nite time needs, something like these..

What do you rock?

Bonio.Sorry i mean they look Bonoesque

persimmon lenses are great for night, endorsed by mutts and me.

@ eddie ~ do you prey on women with the hopes of wearing their skin?

no i just sign a few contracts with the NHS morgue

I like your moves.

xD

I'm rocking some Oakley eyejackets with yellow lenses for my nite time needs,

What do you rock?

I WEAR half jacket xlj things with the HI yellow lenses in, makes dark things less dark

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/dhb_Triple_Lens_Sunglasses/5360021749/

Job done, great sunglasses, had 3 pair of them, after misplacing the first 2 pair. At least i've got 7 pairs of lenses for them now.

if you've got a claus ohlson near pop in and look at their saftey eye wear - any yellow coloured filter (i.e a blue spectrum filter) will do - i got mine through work (I'm a dispensing optician) and they're no diff to the cheap claus ohlson jobs. I'm in the never wear 'em camp though - i just find shades annoying.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/dhb_Triple_Lens_Sunglasses/5360021749/

Hmmm methinks I may have to purchase some of these. As I currently using my oakleys for commuting duties and when it starts hoofing it down they are a smidge to dark.

I'm rocking some Oakley eyejackets with yellow lenses for my nite time needs, something like these..

What do you rock?

do they make everything look a bit less drunk? otherwise i dont really see the point....

Bloc Stealth with 3 interchangeable lenses, recommended, roughly £20 on ebay.

Yeah yeah yeah, but more importantly, what about night-time reading-glasses. I like to read while I cycle, and if I can do that at night, its all win-win.

These should help.
http://www.safety-one.co.uk/prodimages/Bolle/galapsi.jpg

I wear the cheapest yellow or clear lens glasses I can find.

some of these are too dark for night time riding - you want a 72% light transmission factor (as a gauge 'normal sunglasses' have an 18% transmission) - anything lower than that and vision starts to be impaired in light lower than full daylight - anything you gain from increased contrast via the blue filter is lost.

Do yellow lenses actually work, with like science reasons and stuff?

Surely all they do is filter out light that's not yellow meaning potentially you see less!

I used the DHB clear lens ones from Wiggle. Sent them back after wearing them once, fogged up too fast and the glare on the lenses was dreadful.

Blue light - the light that a yellow coloured filter blocks - reduces contrast. Although yes, reducing the amount of light coming into the eye at night is a bad idea (see my post above) filtering a small amount of blue spectrum light has the effect of boosting contrast greatly and increasing the detail and clarity with which you percieve an image.

Bosh! Have that fer some science! ;)

Yeah, I always heard yellow was better and that's what I've used for ages until breaking my last pair. I currently have only clear glasses and I'm sure they're not as good as yellow. Either that or I must stop wanking.

Or stop using your wank sock to clean your glasses.

Blue light has a shorter wavelength and thus focuses slightly in front of the retina. Therefore, when it hits the retina it's slightly out of focus, i.e. fuzzy. Think of what it's like when you look at a UV lamp, only not so extreme. Filtering that light out gives the impression of sharpening your vision. In certain conditions it can make quite a difference. Fact attack.