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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 05:07 PM
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Default Sunglasses or goggles?

What do most people tend to wear while riding, sunglasses or goggles with the
strap around your head. I have a pair of the day/night Panoptix glasses. They're
sunglasses with an insert around the lenses to block out wind and to make them
more like goggles. I've had them for 4 months and love them, but on a recent
ride on the highway it got pretty windy and for the first time the wind almost
blew them off my face. With goggles(and strap around head) this wouldn't be
an issue.

Just curious what most people wear.

 
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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Proper fitting glasses, all the way!
 
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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Glasses for Michelle and I. Course, we have a windshield on Annie. No windshield, probably goggles.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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I have a pair of the day/night Panoptix glasses myself, but I now wear the goggles from wiley X and love it.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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With my winshield, Oakley's. When I started wearing contacts 15 years ago I discovered there's a difference between inexpensive (cheap) and quality ( expensive) sunglasses.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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Ray Bans. Goggles fog up too much in Houston.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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Wife and I have the sunglasses with the swap out clear and shade with the foam around them, only problem as stated before humidity in Houston, need foam again...this would be the 3rd set and I have just found the foam part alone only. Less someoen knows of them selling it seperately, info would be nice.....
 
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 07:04 PM
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ORIGINAL: petemac



Just curious what most people wear.

goggles. I have a set of Big Bens for when I wear my prescription glasses and a set of HD goggles for when I wear my contacts. Love em both, but it is nice to have the smaller HD goggles instead of the big Bens. I look rather bugged eyed in the big bens.
 
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goggles
 
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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Oakley with smoked or clear lens
 
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