Uncategorized — August 21, 2010 5:39 pm

Ryder’s Sunglasses: A Review (Giveaway!) and Guest-Post by my Husband!

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It’s review day!! And it truly is a history day in the O’House, today is the first post ever to make it on my blog by my husband, the guest non-blogger that he is! Hooray!

He has agreed to do a review on Ryder’s sunglasses, which looked pretty cool and arrived in a really cute little pouch case thingy (I love it when that happens!)

So please stand by for the musings and stylings of Evan O. and his review of the Ryder’s Swerve Pro Sunglasses (and kindly hold your applause till the end.)

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The first thing I noticed when I picked up the Swerve Pro sunglasses from Ryder was how light they were and the solid construction of the frame. There are small gaps between the lenses and the frame which struck me as odd but I’ll address that later.

I put the glasses on and they were quite comfortable. I put the sunglasses to the test on a 40 mile bike/ 3 mile run workout.

I set out on my ride at 7am and as the sun rose ahead of me, the glasses did an excellent job of reducing the glare of the oncoming light. I was also really impressed with the clarity of detail when using these, which is indicative of high quality optics. The lenses are photochromatic which means as the light levels increase the lenses become darker which is also a plus.

After riding for about an hour I discovered that the small gaps between the lenses and the frame help circulate air behind the lens which led to no fogging of the lens and helped dry up any sweat that got on the lenses.

When I transitioned from the bike to the run the glasses were very stable on my head as I ran. Not too tight, the fit was just right.

Bottom line, the Swerve Pro is an excellent set of sunglasses for training on the bike or the run. If you feel the need to dial in the fit, Ryders offers other models that have all of the features of the Swerve Pro with the additional benefit of adjustable nose pads and temple tips.

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*cue applause* I love him. He’s so official, isn’t he? So cute! That’s my engineer, not missing any details! 
loliteWell now to the good part, I GOT A PAIR HERE FOR A LUCKY WINNER! They’re a little different from his, the pair we’re giving away are the “Lolite” model and here are the specs:

  •  anti-slip nose pads
  • temple tips
  • gray polycarbonate lenses
  • 100% UV protection
  • designed for outside sports
  • shatterproof

I love them and I am jealous. They’re a little more girlie and by that I mean big, but I’m pretty sure they’re still unisex and they also come with a little pouch-case-y thing too.

Here are the rules for the giveaway:

  • Leave a comment about your sunglass experience and what you love.
  • Tweet about the giveaway for a second entry.
  • Blog about the giveaway and leave the link in the comments for a third entry.
  • Follow me! Wooohoo! (And I’ll follow you too, by the way.)

Four entries! Giveaway closes next Friday at 12 a.m. ET! I’ll CHOOSE THE WINNER creatively from LAS VEGAS and announce the winner on Saturday!!

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The winner of the necklace from my Etsy shop, “Inspire Me, Chic” is The Doll at Shepdogg: One P, Double G! Choose your necklace and e-mail me! Christieo@averagemomswearcapes.com! Congrats!

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Author: Mother of two, former journalist, lifelong writer who found running & triathlon through through a long, post-partum weight-loss journey. I love my boys, I love my life, I'm rethinking the minivan.

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