I've been working on getting myself some new glasses for riding. I tried one of those "try before you buy" programs from bikershades.com.  I paid about $379 + expedited shipping just to try some of the frames. Unfortunately, I only got to try 9 frames, and I was doubtful whether I had found what I wanted. At least the money I paid goes toward paying for the glasses. It'll probably cost around that much for the glasses altogether. I'm getting the Xtractive Transitions and the freeform digital lenses.

I was thinking of whether I should invest in Trivex lenses or the A/R coatings, or various other coatings.

A/R coatings don't last forever.   At least I'm getting the $39 Biker Armour frames.   I almost got some WileyX, but I wasn't quite happy with them.

http://www.bikershades.com/categories/prescription.html

Ugggh!  

I wear prescription glasses. My glasses just broke today, and I either have to use duct tape or an old pair. This is not a question of "buy $5 safety sun glasses and forget it."  I need something I can wear at work and not look too weird. No sense in carrying around two pairs of glasses. Motorcycling is tough enough without one more piece of gear. I have to have glasses that can withstand being stuffed into my ff helmet. Of course, there's no guarantee that motorcycle glasses will not fall apart either. Trivex and polycarbonate ARE safety lenses. The frames I am buying are cheap and are not necessarily safety rated, but they're made for motorcycling. The WileyX glasses I considered are ANSI rated safety glasses.

I can't ride without Rx glasses! I've never tried contacts before, but isn't that chancy on bikes? Better to have the protection, right?

I kinda preferred wrap-around Rx bike glasses to the  weird lens behind plastic Zenni Optical stuff. Remember, this is something I have to wear all day long AFTER I get off the bike . I serve food at a restaurant. It's bad enough to have to be seen in motorcycle glasses. But wearing weird safety glasses  .

On second thought, who knows-- maybe I would look good in weird safety glasses.   Conversation starter maybe  .

That emoticon is a decent descriptor of how I'd look in the sun, especially if I had gotten the WileyX's.




Cool sometimes,  but I wonder if it would be strange at other times.

I've never worn this type of frame before. I'm used to conventional metal frames. I'll get used to it.

I am fortunate, my wife is an optical tech, and I get glass at cost.
I wear safety glasses too, and I need bifocals.
Depending on your prescription, they differ a lot (view wise)

For riding I have found titanium frames superior, they are very small and strong, and don't get smashed behind my ear with the helmet or shoved around when putting on/off.
However, they are very pricey to extremely pricey.
I have them coated with the stuff that darkens in sunlight ( forgot the name ). I have a helmet with a half visor (pull down) to protect them if I need to from bugs, rain, and hail, which I hit some yesterday at 50 plus miles an hour, talk about smack, my cheeks got a hundred bee stings in a few seconds  

As far as anti reflection coatings go you only need them on the inside of the lenses. They put them on the outside to make the lenses more difficult for other people to see, making them more attractive.

arteacher wrote on 02/02/16 at 11:48:30:


Started to get only the Trivex with just the cheap double sided hard coat. Then I notified them to change it to front-side hard coat with A/R since I read that Trivex is hard enough not to require a backside hard coat. I read that backside coatings are particularly bad for reducing the material's strength. I paid more for this A/R to make things worse. I would hope that it is a front-side A/R to let the light through cleanly. My glasses are wrap around and fit very close against my face, so backside A/R is probably a little overrated for that application. Also, Trivex is less reflective than polycarbonate, so that makes the A/R even less of a necessity.

I hope I am not wasting my money.

I would debate trying some Trivex glasses without A/R for comparison and to see what I really need and can get away with.

Cool. Let us know how that HJC fits.