Quoted message said:If you like to descend fast, don't use Polaroid glasses. They block valuable information of the
road surface, even though they may be good for the eyes. I choose not to wear glasses at all,
especially in rain or snow. I have not experienced any of the horrible eye injuries that glasses
proponents describe and I have ridden many miles in most every condition. Following a car on a
dirt road is one case where I would use goggles as the ancients did in the TdF before Greg Lemond
introduced Oakley glasses to the sport. Since I am not racing, I don't follow cars on dirt roads
because I don't want to be a dust bunny at the end of the ride.
Regarding the fact that you feel you don't need eye protection due to "having ridden many miles in
most every condition" please be honest and let people know that very rarely are *you* in a position
where you're eating somebody else's dirt when descending. Those behind may be in much greater need
of eye protection than the person out front.
Also, I suspect different people have eyes of different sensitivity to dust & dirt particles being
blown into them. My eyes are probably at the more sensitive end of the scale, but perhaps you'd make
a case that eyes, like knees, get used to how they're treated early on and adapt?
Direct injuries aside, my eyes feel much less tired when wearing sunglasses than without, and I
haven't come across anybody debunking the advantages of protection from UV components.
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com
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Quoted message said:Mike Jacoubowsky said:Quoted message said:I wear Native Nano. Best glasses I have ever had. Polarized lenses, light weight, fit very well
and never slide no matter how sweaty I get.
Quoted message said:Polarized lenses can get you into trouble; my last serious crash was caused by not seeing gravel
on the road because the road was twisty enough, and the reflected light at an appropriate angle
such that the lenses caused drastic shifts in transmitted light, so much so that you could
barely see at times.
Ahhh, there are more dangerous effects than what you experienced. Most reflected light from the
road is strongly polarized and of reflected light, that from a wet road is one of the most
important ones. I was given a pair of polarized glasses to try and the first road on which I tried
them was the Giovo mountain pass in south Tirol, just after a morning rain shower... in the woods.
By the time I rounded two hairpin turns I knew I couldn't ride with them because there was no way
of detecting whether the road was wet or dry. The appearance changed between shade and sunlight
and the effects reversed after each 180 hairpin turn.
If you like to descend fast, don't use Polaroid glasses. They block valuable information of the
road surface, even though they may be good for the eyes. I choose not to wear glasses at all,
especially in rain or snow. I have not experienced any of the horrible eye injuries that glasses
proponents describe and I have ridden many miles in most every condition. Following a car on a
dirt road is one case where I would use goggles as the ancients did in the TdF before Greg Lemond
introduced Oakley glasses to the sport. Since I am not racing, I don't follow cars on dirt roads
because I don't want to be a dust bunny at the end of the ride.
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