One of the Bay Area cyclocross race promoters (Pilarcitos) decided to run a night race under lights right on the shore of the Bay last weekend. Check out a great video of my race here. I have a pair of decent no-name photochromatic riding glasses but since the race would go from dusk to night, I really didn't need glasses that changed on me. You can buy clear lenses for your Oakleys or Brikos, but the best option, is to use a pair of plain old safety glasses. These wraparound models can be had at pretty much any hardware store for a few bucks:
You can chuck them off if they get covered in mud and also work great for night commuting. You can also get them tinted yellow or gray if you need some shade, and like all ANSI rated safety glasses, they offer UV protection. Finally, as you can see in the picture above, they look dashing.
Photo by J. Hadley
6 comments:
I only started wearing glasses last year after an incident involving a fly and a red eye for a week. Got some nice CAT glasses from the hardware store, I thought I’d get them scratched up real quick but I’m still using them a year later with very few scratches and there’s been no real sun to need photo chromatic glasses round here…
When I owned a motorcycle, I'd use safety glasses in a pinch if I was riding at night - they work great!
I'm so glad I'm not the only guy who buys cycling gear from the hardware store.
There's more good stuff to be had at the hardware store. Why buy fancy Park or Pedros bike grease when you can get a whole tube of the same stuff for a third of the price?
Coating the lenses with Rain-X, a car windshield water repellent, helps keep a lot of water and slop from sticking.
Great tip on the RainX. A lot of cross racers don't wear glasses in the real muddy races because they just act like mud curtains then. At least you can blink your eyes.
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