Prescription cycling specs

Oakley go to -6 now. I have finally been able to get a pair of racing jackets in my prescription. Very good they are too.

Another recommendation for Optilabs! Have been using mine for about a year, I think the model I have is called Sprint. Compared to the cost of normal single vision glasses or a pair of Oakleys. I think they were pretty good value, around £170 and they were able to fit lenses for my -4.5 & -5.0 prescription.

I used http://www.extreme-eyewear.co.uk for some Oakley Flak Jackets with photochromatic lenses as Oakley lenses didn't go to my -4 Prescription. I use these every day and have found the lenses this company use to be good.

There are some in Sheffield, I reckon most independent opticians can do them.i bought mine online,from metro eyewear they are ok, they do the job but are not as clear and sharp as my normal specs.i suppose you get what you pay for.

Bought my prescription Oakleys from rxsport online. Excellent service and you can trial up to three pairs for £5 refunded if you purchase. Have to say the Oakley lenses are fantastic and I have a pair for daily use as well.

I think I have seen ones where you drop in the corrective lens. They worked well for the chap in question. These may or may not be the Rudy Project ones mentioned above. But looked a lot like these:

http://www.uksportseyewear.co.uk/product.php/215/rx-cycling-sunglasses-f...

2 and 3 I don't get, as most safety glasses are designed not to obstruct your view at all or let either lenses fog, because that wouldn't be very safe when wielding power tools and so on. The others all seem like excellent motivations to me, though!

OK, obvious question: apart from the risk to your glasses if you fall, is there a non-cosmetic reason not to use EN 166 builders goggles (many of which fit over glasses) as a cheap solution that would block the hailstones?

I think as others have said contacts plus sports glasses is the only remotely affordable /reliable solution for you, unless this new manufacturer you mention comes good..

The fogging/ fit issue with inserts will be a problem, especially in bad weather (though that also applies to any glasses, to a lesser extent)

optilabs (who I use) also have an issue with the edge of the insert obstructing the field of vision towards outer edges. They are cheap, yes, but I wouldn't recommend them, TBH.

Your prescription would also exclude most curved sports designs, as you have found

So I suggest contacts..

Contacts and sunglasses dude! I've been wearing contacts for 18 years now, my Mum keeps asking if I will ever go back to glasses [answer; no, the 12 years before that I wore glasses were somewhat mentally scarring, children can be so cruel ] I find they don't move around (joggling) like glasses. You can use disposables if you don't want to lose the glasses, though that can be about £1 a shot, they don't have to be 100% accurate if you only wear them for a couple of hours. I used to use disposables for watersports (the white kind not the yellow kind, missus) so it didn't matter if they got washed out.

TBH, you probably already know what you want, just need to find the right sports glasses.

I'll see your 6.25 and raise you R 8.00 L 6.50.

My prescription is +6.25 and I'm poor. So I just accept that I'll be wearing my Joe 90s and think of Laurent Fignon (headband optional).

I had Bolle paroles with an insert for a few years. Not great though, as with 2 lenses and frames they do get heavy and the insert means they sit too far forward, causing snowblindness on the last time I wore them.. Use oakleys now, which are great and pricey, but no good for you
Have you seen Rec-Specs ?
They seem to be available with higher prescriptions
I wouldnt worry about getting them fitted, all the optician does when he disappears out back is give the frames a good bending, one ear higher - just bend the arm up
Otherwise you could try bigger normal frames

Before I rediscovered contact lenses I used Optilabs for a number of years and can only praise their products and service. Whilst living on the Shetland Islands, they happily posted me frames to try for size and even included return postage with the frames. I had several pairs of their own frames with the then recommended lenses and found them excellent value and altogether satisfying products. 10/10

Hello, my independent optician,based in the North East who does triathlons, didn't recommend the insert type. He got me made me up a pair of Bolle prescriptions cycling wrap arounds and they are fab. They cost just over £100 3 years ago.
My friend has a nike pair, she loves hers as well.
My eyes used to water going down hill or in the wind, then my glasses used to end up covered in tears and my vision was nil. Now I can see going down hill, but low light is a bit of a problem, as they have a darkish tint.

I'd assumed that there would be a limited prescription area to the lens, transitioning to a flat area as it wraps around to the side. They may want to avoid a sharp transition, so that it doesn't look like a couple of lenses glued to the inside of a pair sunglasses, but it would be challenging to design this without causing distracting distortions in this zone.

I guess the lens could use a fresnel at the edges to keep down thickness, but still provide some eyesight correction. Again, that could be distracting.

Looks like Oakley's do -5.0 D to +2.0 D, which probably covers 85% of prescriptions, but not the 99% claimed by Bollé.

Oakleys do prescription lenses - I think they do them to high prescriptions - but as the man above said, you have to find a decent Oakley dealer.

Oh, that is quite exciting. I'd be really interested if the bi-thinactive thing works. My left eye is the worse one, but is inside their maximum -8.0 dioptres.

I have a similar prescription to you and was advised by my optician that inserts probably wouldn't work well. (They do the Rudy Project system.) I'd prepare yourself for disappointment with the Bollé.

Oakley now do a system called true digital. They do some quite high powers in this and I have finally been able to get Oakley splitjackets with a full prescription.

You have to fins an opticians who has a full account with Oakley.

Chris

I have Rudy Projects with the optical insert. you can get the insert glazed at an optician as its just like a normal pair of glasses without the arms.
I'm not a big fan though as the 'double glazing' steams up very easily and if you have long lashes they can touch the lenses of the insert as they sit very close to the face.