Any bespectacled folk out there?

Any particular feelings toward your ailment and how it affects you on a bike?

Only ever annoyed me when doing things like hiking when humid/drizzly. But never had much reason to be hiking so been pretty content.

However, been attempting to slog it out on longer training rides now on my new (81GI) bike.

Its got sportier geometry than my last bike, and fits me perfectly. But the fact that my specs slide a little especialy during warm sticky weather when really slogging out some RPM's means I have to tilt my head a tiny bit higher than regular folk I guess. And im getting neck ache, in addition to being generally uncomfortable & fidgety.

Starting to think about solutions, special specs? Lasers? I dunno...

Anybody been having similar experiences?

I'm a glasses wearer, hate riding with them.
contacts. done deal.

esp works

HTFU four-eyes...

Contacts plus non-prescrip glasses for training. Also have a pair of Rudy Projects with some clip-in shit. The nose pieces are adjustable enough to get them to sit higher on my face.

Modified some old reactions non-cycling glasses - sort of works, but looks totally special needs. Involved cutting up some old bar tape, then taping it into the nose section (moulded plastic frames without those wibbly bits), because before that they slipped and sat too low anyway.

Also a helmet with a peak, or a cycling cap work wonders for keeping rain off your lenses - except that misty stuff which is the devil's work.

Elastic bands and sellotape. It would be just like art attack.

contacts?

squint?

stick your glasses to your face with that stuff you use to attach fake beards?

If I reckon there's even the slightest chance of rain then I wear contacts. Surviving commute-time traffic can be hard enough when you can see, let alone when you've got glasses spattered with water less than an inch from your eyes. Same if I'm going to sweat lots in the heat (there were summers here once upon a time). So +1 on the contacts vote.

contacts all the way

glasses only to go smart

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I wear glasses mostly, and when I was messengering I wore glasses all the time. They were a serious pain when it was raining, even with a peak. As I got older, I found that cold mornings made my eyes water like hell when wearing small profile specs.

I now wear contacts for rides, races and polo. Much more convenient, but I always wear some sort of lenses over them for rides and races - which makes lenses quite an expensive option. It is nice to be able to wear dark lenses on a sunny day tho.

At the age of fortyfour I went foureyed I wear contacts and I am going to get some shades to go with my new helmet slowly but surely I am turning from highstreet casual to roadie

i had a fairly serious crash, and smashed my glasses, had to ride/limp home as blind as a bat in the dark. wear lenses most of the time on my bike.

Ive found that my eyes water a hell of a lot too in chilly windy weather, mostly actually when going from warm indoors straight out in the morning.

Would this be worse without glasses, or are they somehow causing this?

When you started using contacts, have you had to wear specs on top for everday/messengering?

My mate sent me that on a postcard from Oz..

Until I get contacts I may go this route:



Or DIY?

When i've worn contacts to ride they always feel so dry that they feel like a healthy blust of wind could just whip them out.

but cycling with my glasses inevitably sees me with a contorted scowl on my face in an attempt to lift the glasses a bit higher when they've slipped... not going to be good for the appearance of wrinkles in a couple of years.

I think full Denis Taylor's might be the only answer..

You could try wearing a sweatband that goes over the tops of your ears. Kinda holds the glasses to the head. I do this when I need my glasses to not fall off.

I have worn contact lenses for 26 years. The advantage of contact lenses is they protect you from UVA/UVB light, from the cold, peeling onions etc... My eye sight is very poor in one eye and I see better with contact lenses than specs. I am lucky that I very rarely have problems with them (eg dry eyes) and I don't seem to get dust or other nasty particles stuck under the lens as it used to happen a lot in the old days. The quality of lenses must be amazing now. I use dailies. I wear sunglasses when I ride and use different colour lenses depending on the weather.

A few of my friends have had laser treatment and they highly recommend it. (my eye sight is too poor for it).

I am too scared of wearing glasses. I always think I'll crash and break them and get glass in my eyes and go blind. Seriously.

Most modern lenses are made of polycarbonate I believe.

I saw a broken pair of glasses on the street once and stomped on them just to check it out, they didnt crack.

No, I wear glasses all the time. Only use the contacts for long rides, races and polo, and mostly wear some sort of eye-protectin for rides and races. I never used contacts for messengering. Too much dust and stuff in the air in central London.

I think the eyes watering thing is funelled (sp?) cold air coming over the top of the glasses. I had these massive ridiculous red glasses that covered my eye-sockets completely, and it was a never a problem when I was wearing them.

Laser treatment sounds more and more appealing, and less and less risky as the years go by. Might have to think about it at some point. I like contacts for longer rides, but still find them awkward for day to day stuff due to them fucking up my minimum focal distance. I never realised how much I peered under or over my glasses to read small type until I first tried contacts.

And it's getting harder to find glasses that suit me/are comfortable as I start morphing into middle age.

Spectacles are cool though. Just like cigarettes :)

I forgot to mention, id been completley disregarding contacts because as far as I know, my eyes are too screwy to work with them.

I have quite a strong astigmatism (sp?) which couldnt be corrected with contacts last time I checked about 3 years ago.

yeah strong astigmatism will stop you having contacts. Shame.
Would you be able to have the laser treatment?
You could get sports glasses with prescription lenses.

I've got astigmatism with the axis (?) falling halfway between the 2 standards available in toric lenses, so I just use normal lenses that correct the index (?) - still a million times better than my baseline vision.

I do only wear them for about 5 - 10 hours per week though (on the same day).

http://www.optilabs.com/ do pretty decent prescription cycling glasses. And they're cheap.[1]

[1] For values of 'cheap' that usually apply to either bike schwag or eyewear.

I've worn glasses all my life and it's rarely ever a problem when cycling. However, I'm fortunate enough to be hyperopic with a near null defect in one eye. When it rains, the glasses are often handy to keep splatter out of the eyes. If the rain gets too heavy then I just take them off. Being hyperopic means that I don't suffer any degredation in my operating vision for cycling without them. I've never had a problem with humidity/heat/sweat except when the nosepads are really new. However, I am careful about the type of pads that I get. As for crashing, I usually specify titanium frames and plastic scratch resistant lenses.

don't really seem that cheap, when you can get a good second hand pair of oakley's and get your optition to swap out the lenses.

I tend to cycle with glasses on... be it my normal ones, or contacts + sunglasses... I must admit to being lazy in the morning and just wearing my normal glasses as I can't be bothered putting contacts in.

My eyes are poor, I cannot see.... finding sunglasses for a -10 prescription with an astigmatism that doesn't work with contacts is really bloody difficult. I haven't yet found a half decent looking pair that I can use on the bike so i just ride in my normal glasses. No problems apart from rain on the lens.

Chris