|
| Author |
Message |
pastryboy
Joined: 29 Jul 2009
Posts: 258
 |
 Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:02 pm |
Currently wearing clear lenses. Have seen glasses saying that their coloured lenses improve visibility
Any truth to this - worth swapping the clear ones?
|
|
|
Greg66
Joined: 04 Jul 2008
Posts: 2230
Location: The Embankment
|
Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:16 pm |
I wear yellow in winter. Tonight it was raining, so (as I do in the rain) I took them off.
Pretty obvious that yellow is better than nothing/colourless.
Orange I tend to use in spring/summer. Too dark for winter.
FCN Zero. Like ice. Look for the red and black bag disappearing over the horizon
Bike1 Bike2 |
|
|
Always Tyred
Joined: 27 Dec 2007
Posts: 4072
|
Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:22 pm |
The theory is that you "trick" the eye into letting in more light by filtering out some colours you don't really need (at the edges of the visible spectrum) thereby letting in more light of the frequencies your eye is, in any case, more sensitive to (the yellows).
I have no idea if it works or not, but I don't personally like using tints at night.
|
|
|
Jay dubbleU
Joined: 18 Sep 2008
Posts: 1202
Location: Armpit of the known universe
|
Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:25 pm |
Yellow/orange will tend to increase the efficiency of yellow (sodium) street lights which operate on a very narrow band of the spectrum
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.”
Emo Philips
Evil Commuter - Voodoo Bokur on semislicks
FCN 9 |
|
|
Greg66
Joined: 04 Jul 2008
Posts: 2230
Location: The Embankment
|
Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:27 pm |
Oh, and first time you go out at night with yellow lenses, you'll think "WTF? Why am I riding around Paris all of a sudden?"
Cars with yellow headlights takes some getting used to. Weird thing is, once you are used to it, ditcht the yellow and car headlights seem painfully white.
FCN Zero. Like ice. Look for the red and black bag disappearing over the horizon
Bike1 Bike2 |
|
|
hodsgod
Joined: 13 Mar 2008
Posts: 204
|
Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:55 pm |
I prefer to use the yellow lenses in dull light. I have no idea if it really does anything.
|
|
|
itboffin
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
Posts: 4865
Location: Marlborough, Windshire
|
|
|
Greg66
Joined: 04 Jul 2008
Posts: 2230
Location: The Embankment
|
|
|
itboffin
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
Posts: 4865
Location: Marlborough, Windshire
|
|
|
vitesse169
Joined: 15 Feb 2004
Posts: 640
Location: United Kingdom
|
Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 2:43 am |
I use yellow glasses most of the time as I do shifts and commute at night (which is most of the time at this time of year). They work really well at night...
|
|
|
PBo
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
Posts: 220
Location: Sheffield
|
|
|
cougie
Joined: 21 Apr 2004
Posts: 11578
Location:
|
Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 11:12 am |
I've beem using yellow lenses for dull rides for years. Bolle did some really bright lenses and made winter rides look like summer. My oakleys aren't quite as bright but still make things seem brighter.
I'm not sure they actually let you see things you wouldn't have spotted in plain lenses - but just that they trick you into thinking its sunny is enough for me !
|
|
|
Wallace1492
Joined: 03 Jul 2009
Posts: 1145
Location: North Glasgow
|
Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 12:24 pm |
I like yellow in the dark, it seems to brighten things up. Much better than clear.
Kona Caldera - nobblies back on
Specialised Tricross - rack mudguards and panniers
FCN : 9/7
"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles" |
|
|
tebbit
Joined: 12 Nov 2008
Posts: 132
|
Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 3:00 pm |
Yellow/orange lenses are now mandatory kit for rail maintenance contractors on the West Coast main line, the were introducing them a couple of years ago, they are considered effective. That's were I got mine from a night shift last year 
|
|
|
spasypaddy
Joined: 10 May 2007
Posts: 1288
Location: London, England
|
Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 3:31 pm |
im going to give yellow a go this week as i keep getting blinded by cars.
Planet X (Geared) - FCN 3
Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN 3 |
|
|
DanielCoffey
Joined: 04 Sep 2008
Posts: 80
Location: Edinburgh, UK
|
Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 5:11 pm |
I believe the Oakley advice was to wear yellow in the low light conditions but clear when it was fully dark
|
|
|
andy83
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 586
Location: Birmingham
|
|
|
Zephr
Joined: 30 Aug 2009
Posts: 12
Location: SE London
|
Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 10:17 pm |
oakley doesnt actually do "yelow" lenses, their lenses for flat light are "persimmon", and are meant to be used in flat, or, twighlight- as mentioned earlier in the thread, they recommend clear lenses for when it gets really dark.
(not just any clear glasses though... has to be Oakley glasses....)
(there were also another lens maker that were doing specific glasses for driving... they made them for Le Mans, I THINK it could have been Tag Heur or someone of that ilk...)
FCN 11. When you hear the buzz of the nobblies, you know youve been scalped. |
|
|
the_village_idiot
Joined: 07 Oct 2009
Posts: 106
|
Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 7:04 pm |
IME orange lenses are excellent for a dull grey day to liven things up- enhances contrast so stones/potholes easier to spot and the scenery is more pleasant
i have some nice addidas ones
|
|
|
Rich_E
Joined: 07 Aug 2009
Posts: 128
Location: London
|
Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:40 am |
| Zephr wrote: | oakley doesnt actually do "yelow" lenses, their lenses for flat light are "persimmon", and are meant to be used in flat, or, twighlight- as mentioned earlier in the thread, they recommend clear lenses for when it gets really dark.
(not just any clear glasses though... has to be Oakley glasses....)
|
They definatly do on their Snow Goggle tints though.
Yellow is the best for flat light conditions, as it enhances the definition of everything.
Orange is usually a bit more inbetween flat light and a bit of sunlight.
|
|
|
|
Search
