Qbekbear
Oakley Beginner
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Hello! I'm new here, hope to stay for a while after a succesful purchase in which I need some help from you, experienced users
I'm shopping around for my first serious sunglasses, which I'm going to use primarily on the bike - a lot of touring, and some daily rides. Would be great if they also worked for driving and other activities. I can't afford (and don't really want) more than one pair and don't want to buy two pairs of something of sub-par quality.
For the frame I chose Sutro, because I like their look and feel like they will work both in sports and outside of sports style-wise.
I have a little conundrum in the lens department. I managed to narrow my choice down to Prizm Road vs Prizm Trail (probably Torch?). I am a person who is sort of fine without using sunglasses at all (my eyes don't seem to be very light sensitive), but I want to use a pair for protection from UV and unwanted objects flying towards my eyes. I will do bicycle touring in different light conditions - it will be 95% on roads, but ranging from very sunny to overcast/rainy days (even like north Scandinavia overcast), but let's say 70% nice weather (sunny or moderately cloudy), 30% bad weather (overcast/rainy), Also would probably use them while hiking, driving etc., but their main use (~90%) will be for bicycle riding. So as you can see I'm trying to go for a 'one size fits all' which I know doesn't exist, but want to get close
Which one of these two would you recommend for me? Are the Trails going to do their job in the sunny days? How is the tint in both of them - isn't it too bothering (I am not really an avid sunglasses user, as you can see and want something that will primarily not bother me).
I'm shopping around for my first serious sunglasses, which I'm going to use primarily on the bike - a lot of touring, and some daily rides. Would be great if they also worked for driving and other activities. I can't afford (and don't really want) more than one pair and don't want to buy two pairs of something of sub-par quality.
For the frame I chose Sutro, because I like their look and feel like they will work both in sports and outside of sports style-wise.
I have a little conundrum in the lens department. I managed to narrow my choice down to Prizm Road vs Prizm Trail (probably Torch?). I am a person who is sort of fine without using sunglasses at all (my eyes don't seem to be very light sensitive), but I want to use a pair for protection from UV and unwanted objects flying towards my eyes. I will do bicycle touring in different light conditions - it will be 95% on roads, but ranging from very sunny to overcast/rainy days (even like north Scandinavia overcast), but let's say 70% nice weather (sunny or moderately cloudy), 30% bad weather (overcast/rainy), Also would probably use them while hiking, driving etc., but their main use (~90%) will be for bicycle riding. So as you can see I'm trying to go for a 'one size fits all' which I know doesn't exist, but want to get close
Which one of these two would you recommend for me? Are the Trails going to do their job in the sunny days? How is the tint in both of them - isn't it too bothering (I am not really an avid sunglasses user, as you can see and want something that will primarily not bother me).