Rose lenses work at night?

[caribou]

It's really inspiring reading all your bike commute stories. You all are awesome!

I just started bike commuting a couple of days a week this last summer. There's convenient light-rail to my office, but bike commuting's the only way I can get riding in during the week. (Just promoted to a 40-hour a week job after being spoiled with 3/4 time for the last ten years. Miss those weekday long rides, but the money's much better ) I just bought front and rear lights and hope to install them today and get back in the saddle now that it's dark in the evening.

Anyway, to the question: Eye protection. On the New Riders board there was a thread about riding at night, and several people said that amber lenses reduce the glare from oncoming headlights. Have any of you tried riding at night with rose lenses? I have Rudy Project frames, and the Racing Red is what I use for cross-country skiing in flat light conditions, to give more depth. They're not terribly dark. I'm wondering if they work for night riding to reduce glare without being too dark. Got clear lenses too, but the idea of less glare from oncoming lights sounds really good. I don't want to shell out more for yet another set of lenses if what I have will work well to cut down that glare.

[boy in a kilt]

This is a pretty subjective thing. Probably best to give them a try and see whether you like them. I like rose lenses in general.

The company I work for has started handing out yellow safety glasses and a lot of us wear those when the light is really low or it's just flat.

However, unless it's sunny outside, I don't generally wear glasses when I ride. They tend to collect sweat and condensation.

[RoadRaven]

We don't night ride, but I would wear glasses if I did (been hit on glasses by too many bugs to not wear them)... so I can't really help you, however this may help...

My partner dislikes any kind of tint in his glasses and only wears tinted glasses on very bright days.

Mostly he wears a pair of safety glasses (not goggles) I picked up for him from the local hardware store for about $NZ25.

They are clear but have UV prtection, and because they are from the hardware store are quite scratch resistent and "drop-proof"

They would probably work well on night rides and would be a cheap option.

[onimity]

I wear completely clear lenses riding at night or when it is overcast & love them. Tinted lenses don't work well for me at night, but I definitely ride with glasses always because there may rain, in the summer there are bugs and in the winter there is sand and gravel on the roads that passing cars kick back.

Congrats on the promotion!

Anne

[PscyclePath]

Glasses are the one piece of bike safety gear that can actually prevent a crash, instead of simply mitigating the damage when you have one... by protecting bugs/debris/rain/etc. from getting in your eye(s) and blinding you... Always a good idea to have them.

I wear prescription lenses to see anyways, but often augment them with a pair of tinted or clear lenses now that the riding light is getting low...

Tom

[caribou]

Thanks, all.

Like Tom, I need the glasses to see anyway. I'll try my rose lenses, bring the clear ones along in case they don't work, and post on the board whether the rose color works for glare reduction and isn't too dark.