July 23, 201312 yr Lovely ride to work in the rain this morning. Fresh and cool (just like me ) Anyway, it's overcast, cloudy, misty and wet, so (I have wanted to know the answer to this for a while now) why do 'proper' cyclists feel the compunction to wear dark glasses? ... in dark and gloomy light? They must not be able to see clearly surely? Is it vanity? ("I look like the pro's on the T de F") Is it peer pressure? ("everyone else does so I must if I want to fit in") If there is a valid reason then apologies but (excuse the pun) I can't see one
July 23, 201312 yr All those reasons I think to jazz up the look of basically just keeping flies and wind out of your eyes. And whats all this about "proper" cyclists !!!!!!!! Dont you mean those poor bas***ds who havent yet discovered the joy of e-cycling ? Still, at least YOU had a fresh and ride to work Lynda
July 23, 201312 yr Author True Lynda. And yesterday, along the beautiful canal, on another journey to work, no sign of a 'lycra-list' They are missing out, but hey, more room for e(by-gum)bikers
July 23, 201312 yr That reminds me I must get some clear glasses :o I did briefly follow two young ladies in lycra on their carbon racing bikes yesterday, I was very tempted to deviate from my route and follow not sure I'd have kept up for long though as I was giving my forgotten folder (motorless) a quick spin.
July 23, 201312 yr I mean to get a pair of sunglasses but something more suitable to cruising on my cruiser.
July 23, 201312 yr why do 'proper' cyclists feel the compunction to wear dark glasses? ... in dark and gloomy light? They must not be able to see clearly surely? It's like blinkers on horse, avoiding seeing the traffic that frightens them.
July 23, 201312 yr That reminds me I must get some clear glasses :o I did briefly follow two young ladies in lycra on their carbon racing bikes yesterday, I was very tempted to deviate from my route and follow not sure I'd have kept up for long though as I was giving my forgotten folder (motorless) a quick spin. Like a dog chasing a bus eh?
July 23, 201312 yr I'm very sensitive to light - therefore I wear sunglasses nearly all the time. I'm sat at my works computer (for the last time - yay!) wearing sunglesses right now.
July 23, 201312 yr Author Retiring? If you are, have a great retirement. If you've been sacked, they're losing their best employee. Can't think of any other reason other than they are taking away the only works computer they have and giving you an Amiga 500+
July 23, 201312 yr I'm very sensitive to light - therefore I wear sunglasses nearly all the time. I'm sat at my works computer (for the last time - yay!) wearing sunglesses right now. I once photographed a bride getting her slap on in her bedroom prior to her wedding. The makeup "artist", a young trollop who had an amazing muffin top hanging over the belt of her fake designer jeans, wore shades the whole time she was "working". When Miss Wonderful had done, the bride looked in the mirror, turned to me and came out with the immortal words "Do you think I look like a tart?", to which I could only say "Well you didn't, love, but you do now". Cue major hissy fit from the slap artist, including the threat that I'd never photograph any of her brides ever again. And I never did. But not to worry - the therapy obviously worked, 'cos I sleep easy enough at nights ...
July 23, 201312 yr Retiring? If you are, have a great retirement. If you've been sacked, they're losing their best employee. Can't think of any other reason other than they are taking away the only works computer they have and giving you an Amiga 500+ Sort of - I've taken voluntary redundancy to be a stay at home dad. I going to do a little freelance web design but mainly just to keep my mind active ;-)
July 23, 201312 yr I have to wear glasses to see anything but I would like something to go over them to protect the glass lenses. Did consider the ski type goggles but they are enormous and I decided I looked dafter than usual.
July 23, 201312 yr Lovely ride to work in the rain this morning. Fresh and cool (just like me ) Anyway, it's overcast, cloudy, misty and wet, so (I have wanted to know the answer to this for a while now) why do 'proper' cyclists feel the compunction to wear dark glasses? ... in dark and gloomy light? They must not be able to see clearly surely? Is it vanity? ("I look like the pro's on the T de F") Is it peer pressure? ("everyone else does so I must if I want to fit in") If there is a valid reason then apologies but (excuse the pun) I can't see one I have a pair of each one dark and one clear riding glasses which i carry in the rear of my top pannier. If it is just about to get dark and i have another ten miles to get to my destination, i admit, i can not be bothered to pull over and change them. now how lazy is that? And also that proves to myself that i'm not a show off. MS.
July 23, 201312 yr When Miss Wonderful had done, the bride looked in the mirror, turned to me and came out with the immortal words "Do you think I look like a tart?", to which I could only say "Well you didn't, love, but you do now". Cue major hissy fit from the slap artist, including the threat that I'd never photograph any of her brides ever again. And I never did. But not to worry - the therapy obviously worked, 'cos I sleep easy enough at nights ... Tsk; these artistic types, they're awfully temper / mental, you know.
July 24, 201312 yr Wind in my eyes annoys the .... out of me, so I always wear sunglasses but I use a tint that works from overcast to bright quite well, of a night I snap in the clear lenses. The roadies are probably wearing a similar tint as you can't tell looking at them from the outside.
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