Goggles

[GregMember]

Lets hope you dont Mick, as i said on rainy days I wear yellow tinted safety glasses they are the go in the rain because you can wipe them with whatever you want and they resist scratching and when they do you get a new pair from work (not that I would do that)

TB

[BrettMember]

white rocket wrote:

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i just use the cheaper scott ones and have a set of scott desert goggles for hot fast dusty days that keep the dust out good but fog up real easy.

I was looking at the desert’s a while ago,we had a guy come for a run with us, and he too was complaining about fogging up in single track.

I have a cuppla pair Smith Intake, with the ‘flip up bit’ at the top, clear really well, but in heavy dust ‘leak’ a little.

I have blue, clear and ‘light sensitive’ lenses, +++ for the sensitive ones!

And also use the ‘work acquired’ yellow safety’s in the wet.

Cheers
MacKa…

[Scott SouthwellMember]

MickW wrote:

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I dont wear goggles when out bush riding as I get better vission with out and it lets more air through,,,only down side is the odd bug slapping me :laugh:

Cheers Mick.

Mick I think I saw you out riding last week. Where you the bloke on the old IT175 wearing Blundstone boots, King gees, flano shirt and a peekless helmet? :laugh:

In all seriousness I had a close call on the Hillend/Orange ride on day 2 when it pissed down. In the pine forest I pulled off my goggles to get better vision and got about 100m before a branch speered into the bridge of my nose between my eyes. An inch either way would have been disaster. Needless to say I pulled up and dug into my bag for the wet weather safety glasses.

As for goggles I use Scott because they have the coolest name on the market.

[Dwayne OMember]

:laugh: My goggles are pretty good too , but don`y have a cool name as they are ZACSPEED “MENACE” :laugh:

I find they suit my weird head well & I have both tinted & clear lenses

[Anonymous]

Scotty wrote:

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MickW wrote:

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I dont wear goggles when out bush riding as I get better vission with out and it lets more air through,,,only down side is the odd bug slapping me :laugh:

Cheers Mick.

Mick I think I saw you out riding last week. Where you the bloke on the old IT175 wearing Blundstone boots, King gees, flano shirt and a peekless helmet? :laugh:

On a IT 175 not lately I need to get it rec regoed,,,Blundstone Boots use to wear them for years but then the pricks moved off shore so dont buy them anymore,,,,King Gee shorts Nahh I dont like the pocket-s on the back side,,,,Flano shirt loved them for years but now the chinese make them they are just not big enough,,,,Peekless Helmet never :laugh:

This is me on a normal day out riding single trail tracks at the Strathbogie Ranges,,,note the scott goggles on my bars like I said they only go on when I am in fast or dusty area’s,,,,this photo was taken on our bloke’s weekend Nov 09

For sure now after all this talk of goggles something will happen to my eyes for the first time in 30ty years, so I will give my work safety glasses a go that way I will still get good air flow as I sweat a lot.

[TrentMember]

I’ve had a slightly ordinary run with goggles. My scott twin lense only lasted about 10 rides and I thought I looked after them pretty well. The lenses delam’d and the foam over the brow split and would drop in front of my eyes.

Then I bought the progrip 3450s with light sensitive lenses and the buggers have also had a problem with the lense making it look like an oil slick across the lense but I only ever wash them with warm water and had them hanging in the laundry to dry so I don’t know what’s caused it.

On the weekend I used these on the saturday and they were great.

Got a lot of attention from the guys and worked well in all conditions which is funny because they’re about 10years old!

[DeanMember]

I think you need to have some sort of eye protection, My mate Henk not that long ago had to have his eyes scraped , the worst pain he has ever experienced, as you are riding the dust particles and debris in the air impact on the eyeball (like sandblasting). At the Cessnock ISDE another friend had a tiny pebble flick up off his front wheel and hit him in the eye,4 hours later in the Hospital and another 2 weeks off work turned out to be a very costly painful experience.

Ollie

[glennMember]

I made the rather stupid mistake of removing my goggles yesterday so I could see better in the dark tight single trails,,,Boy are my eyes sore today from the dust and branches etc. I was to lazy to pull up and get my safety glasses out of the back pack.
ABs gogles certainly got my attention until he went missing in action :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

[TrentMember]

I think that’s why the hippies didn’t bury me alive, they were trippin too hard looking at my eyes!

I’ve got some stipes across the bridge of my nose from riding the vines near the gap servo without goggles and my neck is bloody raw today from those at dungog so I’d hate to imagine what it’d do to your eyes!

[Chris SuttonMember]

Hi Guys,
Always wear goggles and you ONLY take them off when you stop!
I use Scott 89XI which come with anti fog lens std, but in winter run a turbo flow dual lens and if dusty a few drops of babyoil on the foam catches the dust before it enters through the foam and sticks to the inside of the lens. When choosing goggles make sure they sit on your face properly and are not interfeared by your helmet padding and that the goggles doesn’t squash or sit proud over the bridge of your nose.
Always wipe the crap off yur lens as soon as it happens before it dries and then will scratch the lens.
Best Regards
Sutto

[ChrisMember]

OMG all Hail sir sutto, good advice have to try the Baby Oil thing I’ve only ever used it for other things.

[DeanMember]

chris72a wrote:

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OMG all Hail sir sutto, good advice have to try the Baby Oil thing I’ve only ever used it for other things.

Yeh but your bum loves you for it!! :laugh: :blush:

[ChrisMember]

Ollie wrote:

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chris72a wrote:

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OMG all Hail sir sutto, good advice have to try the Baby Oil thing I’ve only ever used it for other things.

Yeh but your bum loves you for it!! :laugh: :blush:

sorbolene;s better now stop hijacking decent threads ollie!!!

[ChrisMember]

Boony wrote:

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I made the rather stupid mistake of removing my goggles yesterday so I could see better in the dark tight single trails,,,Boy are my eyes sore today from the dust and branches etc. I was to lazy to pull up and get my safety glasses out of the back pack.
ABs gogles certainly got my attention until he went missing in action :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

I did the same yesterday, after leaving my goggles over my bars whilst my bike was boiling I think they are f’ed no matter how much I tried to clean them I couldn’t get them clean, so I had to ride most of the latter part of the ride without goggles, grab some visine for your eyes boony it helps a treat.

Cheers
Chris.

[TrentMember]

I haven’t replaced my lenses yet and on the weekend the low sun was giving the old gogg’s grief at the start of the ride so I switched to safety glasses for most of the day. My eyes are pretty stuffed from all the dust and I had to go get some drops but they’re still weeping.

The dust got annoying enough that I figured it’d be worth trying the goggs again given the sun was high and I soon realised that I should’ve done that earlier. I hadn’t because I was concerned since riding with dust and safety glasses is uncomfortable but riding with goggs and barely any visibility was plain dangerous.

MickW I don’t know why you’d put your eyes through that every ride.

I’m going to knock off early today so I can get to the shops and get a new set of lenses and I might get a spare set too.

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