Ebay sunglasses

"Rob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Has anyone bought cycling sunglasses from ebay and care to recommend
someone to buy from/avoid? There seems to be loads of choice, and
pretty cheap too.

I'd guess polarised would give the clearest vision, other than that I
want something to protect my eyes from wind/bugs, and be suitable for
cloudy/UK springlike conditions (ie. snowing then sunny then rain then
locusts).

I'm wondering the same, but I am thinking Boots glasses might help. I still
have some special scientific glasses which are cool (may need replacement
lenses 😉 ) .. but throwaway sunglasses which look dead cool for £25 BOGOF
would be very useful at the moment.

Nick
(Who has to get the right pair for his fat face)

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Kona

LEJOG 2005?

Quoted message said:

Has anyone bought cycling sunglasses from ebay and care to recommend
someone to buy from/avoid? There seems to be loads of choice, and
pretty cheap too.

I've been looking too. Some of the 'Oakley glasses complete with
certificate of Honesty' type deals look like fakes. Maybe I'm cynical?

You pays your money..

silangdon said:

Quoted message said:

Has anyone bought cycling sunglasses from ebay and care to recommend
someone to buy from/avoid? There seems to be loads of choice, and
pretty cheap too.

I've been looking too. Some of the 'Oakley glasses complete with
certificate of Honesty' type deals look like fakes. Maybe I'm cynical?

You pays your money..

You can tell the real Oakleys quite easily. The lenses scratch easily
which the fakes don't IME

Tony

in message <[email hidden]>, silangdon

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Quoted message said:

Has anyone bought cycling sunglasses from ebay and care to recommend
someone to buy from/avoid? There seems to be loads of choice, and
pretty cheap too.

I've been looking too. Some of the 'Oakley glasses complete with
certificate of Honesty' type deals look like fakes. Maybe I'm cynical?

In the days before I had a girlfriend besotted enough to buy me real
Oakleys, I wore cheap imitations. They did OK, but they didn't last
nearly as long as the real thing. Mind you, the real thing is not
invulnerable to scratches, either.

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Rob said:

Has anyone bought cycling sunglasses from ebay and care to recommend
someone to buy from/avoid? There seems to be loads of choice, and
pretty cheap too.

I'd guess polarised would give the clearest vision, other than that I
want something to protect my eyes from wind/bugs, and be suitable for
cloudy/UK springlike conditions (ie. snowing then sunny then rain then
locusts).

At the moment, I'm using safety glasses with smoked lenses. Quite
effective at keeping the bugs out, as I found out tonight - I thought it
was raining because so many small flies were hitting me in the face but
after eating a few, I found out what was happening :-/

Mine look a bit like this:
http://www.industrialboots.co.uk/other_detail.cfm?id=190, with smoke
lenses.
Prolly a bit cheaper than Oakleys...

--
Mike

Simon Brooke said:

In the days before I had a girlfriend besotted enough to buy me real
Oakleys, I wore cheap imitations. They did OK, but they didn't last
nearly as long as the real thing. Mind you, the real thing is not
invulnerable to scratches, either.

There seem to be lots of "X-loop" ones for just about a tenner. Look
good, and at that price as long as they do the job......I'll bid and
let you know.

I'd be scared of the danger of sitting on my Oakleys (fyack fyack)

-Rob