Rudy Project Eyewear & Helmets Project Freeon

Price Paid:  $140.00 at e-rudy.com

Favorite Ride:
Roswell Mayor's Ride

Bike Setup:
mostly stock Cannondale R1000 (from 2005) with Thomson and Mavic bits.

Summary:
The best sunglasses I've ever worn.

Strengths:
Clear and completely glare free optics. The sun becomes just a bright coin in the sky with the Lazer Blue lenses.

Weaknesses:
Price and they make you look like a dork when you aren't on the bike.

Similar Products Used:
Oakleys (cheaply built), Tifosi (frames not as durable and lenses not as good), Foster Grants (awful!)

Price Paid:  $110.00 at Ebay

Favorite Ride:
Up and down the coast.

Bike Setup:
2006 Felt F3C. Shimano Dura-Ace: shifters, derailleurs, brakes, and cassette. FSA SLK compact carbon crankset (50-36), works great with an 11-23 cassette. Reynolds Ouzo Pro Integrated carbon fork. Black Mavic Aksium Race wheelset. Fizik Arione Flex saddle. Black Look A5.1 pedals. Performance 'Forte' carbon cages. Felt carbon seat post. Stiff and light!

Summary:
These glasses are great. I bought the team-sponsor version even before I started racing. The only difference is that the rims are pearl white.

I love the fact that the nosepiece AND the earpieces (not sure what they're called) are highly adjustable. Very lightweight. I often times forget I have glasses on. Might take couple seconds to clean off the lenses before rides but I dont mind at all.

Strengths:
Highly adjustable. Great looks. Interchangeable lenses. Lightweight.

Weaknesses:
No photocramatic or "Impact X" lenses available.

Similar Products Used:
not much.

Price Paid:  $120.00 at on line

Favorite Ride:
anywhere, anytime

Bike Setup:
does it really matter?

Summary:
I have worn Rudy Project glasses (Kerosene) for the past 3 years and loved them. The Kerosenes have been bullet proof, great optics, and great looks.
I bought the Freeons just because I had the itch for something new.
I really like them because of great looks, great optics, etc until the end of the second month.
I was cleaning them after a ride and noticed that there was a hairline crack in the bridge of the lens. Contacted Rudy to find out about their replacement lens guarantee. These lens were never dropped or abused and never worn on top of my head but I had to pay 14.95 to get them replaced. While waiting a month to get them back, the racing red lens that I have been wearing began to develope the same crack.
I have e-mailed Rudy and called them twice to get this resolved but have had no answer to the problem.

Strengths:
good looks, great optics

Weaknesses:
lens had cracked in the bridge. FYI when I get the new lens, these are going on Ebay and I am getting my old Rudy's back out.

Similar Products Used:
Oakley Half jacket, Rudy Project Kerosene.

Price Paid:  $40.00 at online

Bike Setup:
fast mean machine made for winning. can't tell specs or you mightr copy, its a individual bike.

Summary:
An exccelent set of glasses for riding. Range of rudy's includes over 15 lens options. fit well and are comfortable ever after 3 hours. did a 3 1/2 hour race last week and never felt them. durable and come with over sufficient cases clothes bags packets etc, who could complain.

Strengths:
lens options
durability
rudy project quality
cover of vision.

Weaknesses:
have to clean lenses after every ride because of dirt(but same with every glasses).
pricy lenses

Similar Products Used:
rudy ekynox(these are better by miles)
Euro Flow(these still better)

Price Paid:  $81.00 at on-line

Summary:
I think this glasses is cheap and not worth buying. my ears hurt the first day I tried it.

Strengths:
getting ripped off.

Weaknesses:
cheap plastic. Smoke lenses are crap.

Similar Products Used:
none because its so cheap.