night riding eye protection

[dasein]

I ride pre-dawn many mornings. When the bugs come back out they fly into my eyes drawn to the headlight. Anyone have suggestions of good clear lens riding glasses?

[kingpin75s]

Always liked Smith Sliders for motorcycle or bike rides at night.

[MagicHour]

Budget? On the cheap, Tifosi (https://www.tifosioptics.com/) are pretty decent - the multi-lens models always come with a clear lens spare, they also make a light night fototec lens which I've never tried but I really like their High Speed Red Fototec photochromic lenses.

Also if you happen to ever order anything from the UK - I know eyewear can sometimes be a risky endeavor if you need to try on/return etc, but I've been really impressed with the optics and overall quality of BBB (https://bbbcycling.com/en_en/catalog/category/view/s/sport-glasses/id/220/) glasses, they sell them at Merlin, Wiggle etc. A notch above Tifosi for sure, for a similar pricepoint.

[Veloo]

If you wanna go really cheap, just get a clear lens set of safety glasses from the local hardware store. They come in sleeker looking varieties now vs the old boxy shaped ones.
Can serve dual purpose when used to work on stuff around the house.

[ScottW]

Anything that is truly clear and that fits your face will work. No need to overthink it. For dawn/dusk/night (which tends to be more MTB/trail than road for me) I use a pair of Tifosis that I got from Nashbar and they work great.

By "truly clear" I mean that I don't like photochromic lenses if it's going to be well and truly dark when I'm riding. They are good for mixed daytime lighting like if you're coming into/out of wooded versus open-sky areas, but they (at least mine) don't lighten to the point of being 100% clear, so they compromise visibility at night.

[vincenz]

I ride a lot during dawn and night hours. I bought a pair of glasses from amazon years ago and they have worked well. Not expensive, with many lens included. They have changed the listing since, but it is here:

VeloChampion Tornado Cycling Running Sports Sunglasses - Red with 3 Sets of Lenses and Soft Pouch (Red) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ITDEIFC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_N-aGCbZT2YJ8S

[redir]

I've found lots of good while inexpensive glasses from places that sell shooting supplies.

[Gummee]

I guess I'm in the minority: I usually wear M-frames with my Heater lenses in em for night riding.

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[Ozz]

picked up come clear lenses for my Rudy Projects...they were an off brand (Walleva) from Amazon....about $15

They are actually pretty nicely made...came in nice box with pouch and cleaning cloth

[bart998]

https://www.lowes.com/pd/DEWALT-Router-Plastic-Safety-Glasses/50432624

[parris]

3-M has a number of different models of safety glasses in clear lens options for not nmuch money. I've seen them at Lowes and also Amazon. Hope this helps.

[weisan]

I have been using the cheap generic yellow night vision sports sunglasses that I bought off eBay for riding under dim light conditions for a number of years now and they worked great.

They cost less than $5 shipped.

[charliedid]

I ride Oakley half jackets with a clear to black iridium photochromic lens.

Great stuff for 90% of my riding.

[Sparshall]

$2.87 from eBay...great coverage and cheap enough to buy multiple pairs. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F27 3244367807

[bikinchris]

If you wanna go really cheap, just get a clear lens set of safety glasses from the local hardware store. They come in sleeker looking varieties now vs the old boxy shaped ones.
Can serve dual purpose when used to work on stuff around the house.

^^^^This^^^^^ forget freight and waiting. You can get good cheap safe glasses at your local hardware store.

[djg21]

I ride pre-dawn many mornings. When the bugs come back out they fly into my eyes drawn to the headlight. Anyone have suggestions of good clear lens riding glasses?

I need RX lenses, and i ride in the evenings, so often start in bright light and make it back as it is getting dark. I use Rudy’s with photo-chromatic clear lenses that turn grey/black in light. They work fine in the evening.

[Bob Ross]

I'm one of those unfortunate enough to require prescription lenses to do pretty much anything short of falling asleep in bed ...so for my nighttime riding I have a pair of Rudy Project Ketyum glasses with custom-ground bifocal clear prescription lenses. They're basically identical to my normal daytime cycling glasses only not tinted.

You don't want to know what I paid for those.

My wife is lucky enough not to require prescription lenses for cycling, so she uses off-the-shelf safety glasses, purchased through an industrial janitorial supply website.
The net result is 100% identical to what I use; but her net cost is approximately 1% of mine.

[m4rk540]

https://www.assos.com/crystal?quantity=1&g=M

[commonguy001]

The Tifosi lenses that are photocromatic work well for me on commutes and I don’t need a second pair for the afternoon when the sun cones out.

[jfranci3]

I've been using Transitions Xtractive (photochromic ) rx lenses. I think at their clearest, they are still 20% darkened (normal rx clear glasses are 5% ish) . They are fantastic, especially when sunrise hits. The 20% (like a few drops of coffee in some water) is hardly noticeable if you're looking at them from the outside, and not noticeable at all even at night (can can't tell by looking above/below the lens).

You can find them for $20 if you just want basic glasses https://amzn.to/2TnJAGi . If you go RX with them, I'd recommend getting the Xtractive version, as they get darker during the day, and getting a flash mirror on them so you don't look silly when they are half changed. For the bike, make sure they have good peripheral vison, coverage, as well as polycarb or trivex lenses.