Glasses

chrisdouglas

Help folks please.

So recently I have had to start wearing glasses for driving as my long distance is pretty dreadful. This is fine, however I have noticed now the difference and feel that I could almost definitely gain from this on the trails.

My issue is that the glasses I have a really not suited for something like that, so I was wondering what others do? Is there a specific make that'll be able to put my prescription lenses in for riding? Not fussed in the slightest about the brand name or whatever but who else rides with glasses? What do you use? Any tips?

Any help would be awesome guys!

StinkinHippy

Been riding with glasses for a couple years now, can't really can't give any advice, but here's a few things I've noticed that may affect your decisions.

Even with the basic scratch protective coatings, rubbing mud splatters off your lenses can cause scratches that will interfere with your vision.

Riding in the rain becomes next to impossible.. Although a hydrophobic coating may fix that somewhat, I just take my glasses off when the raindrops mean I can see better without them.

If you get anywhere near as sweaty as I do, every break will leave you steamed up and having to wipe your glasses off.

Pretty much the only things I've found with glasses to be honest.. That and I only catch flies in my mouth now not my eyes too.

chrisdouglas

Yeah I found the same kind of issues using safety specs as well mate and found myself always taking them off after 2/3 miles. If theres one thing that I do a lot it's sweat which does create it's own problems haha You just wear your regular specs or do you have a pair that you bought specifically for riding? Cheers for the reply

Angus Young

Contacts. Acuvue Moist daily disposables. Then a decent pair of dedicated riding glasses. Regular glasses don't keep the wind out of your eyes and the lenses scratch too easily to cope with what they go through out on the trail.

chrisdouglas

Sorry I should've said in the original post the thought of contacts scares the hell out of me. Can't actually imagine bringing myself to poke a finger in my eye (don't trust myself)

wilberforce

I use prescription glasses from these folks https://www.optilabs.com

I think it is the Swift frames which i have and so are inserts as opposed to direct glazed, but also then means you can change the lenses from clear to shades etc.

Don't have any comparison with other companies so not sure if they are best or worse but good service (they will send you sample frames to try) and seem to work (I can now see the tree that I am about to hit)

oodboo

I've been wearing glasses since I was about 16 so that about 22 years. I tend to just wear my normal, everyday glasses for riding as I chose some that would be fine for that but I do have another pair for riding. I got some Oakley Radar glasses with prescription lenses in them. A friend also got some Adidas glasses with prescription lenses as there's a limit to what Oakley can do. Mine don't tend to steam up too much unless I stop moving, so I just keep moving. Main problem for me is sweat dripping onto the lenses.

kajjal

I just wear my normal glasses for riding.

daniel_b

This place is awesome:

http://www.rxsport.co.uk

oodboo

Daniel B wrote:

This place is awesome:

http://www.rxsport.co.uk

My wife bought some sunglasses glasses from there. She had to contact them a few times about her order due to her astigmatism and the advice and service from there was excellent.

Angus Young

chrisdouglas wrote:

Sorry I should've said in the original post the thought of contacts scares the hell out of me. Can't actually imagine bringing myself to poke a finger in my eye (don't trust myself)

I know what you mean, I was the same. But once you've done it half a dozen times you won't think anything of it.

StinkinHippy

chrisdouglas wrote:

Yeah I found the same kind of issues using safety specs as well mate and found myself always taking them off after 2/3 miles. If theres one thing that I do a lot it's sweat which does create it's own problems haha You just wear your regular specs or do you have a pair that you bought specifically for riding? Cheers for the reply

I just use my everyday pair, but that has left me looking at the world through a few scratches for the last couple months. When I get a new set next month I'll just keep the current set for riding in.

andcp

Angus Young wrote:

chrisdouglas wrote:

Sorry I should've said in the original post the thought of contacts scares the hell out of me. Can't actually imagine bringing myself to poke a finger in my eye (don't trust myself)

I know what you mean, I was the same. But once you've done it half a dozen times you won't think anything of it.

+1 for this. I have two pairs of good quality prescription sports glasses (Oakley and Puma) but give me the contacts every time. Just make sure your hands are very clean before inserting and removing. Have a chat with the lens specialist at your optician - if you're anywhere near a Specsavers they do a free trial: http://www.specsavers.co.uk/offers/try- ... enses-free

eta - do a search in the road bike section, loads of stuff on glasses in there

Rookie1986

Andcp wrote:

Angus Young wrote:

chrisdouglas wrote:

Sorry I should've said in the original post the thought of contacts scares the hell out of me. Can't actually imagine bringing myself to poke a finger in my eye (don't trust myself)

I know what you mean, I was the same. But once you've done it half a dozen times you won't think anything of it.

+1 for this. I have two pairs of good quality prescription sports glasses (Oakley and Puma) but give me the contacts every time. Just make sure your hands are very clean before inserting and removing. Have a chat with the lens specialist at your optician - if you're anywhere near a Specsavers they do a free trial: http://www.specsavers.co.uk/offers/try- ... enses-free

eta - do a search in the road bike section, loads of stuff on glasses in there

+2, first few times it takes some getting use to but after that it's just second nature putting them in or taking them out. I prefer my contacts over my glasses 10x when it comes to riding!

Angus Young

Andcp wrote:

Just make sure your hands are very clean before inserting and removing. Have a chat with the lens specialist at your optician - if you're anywhere near a Specsavers they do a free trial: http://www.specsavers.co.uk/offers/try- ... enses-free

As well as clean hands the other thing is making sure they're the right way round and haven't flopped inside out. They can feel terrible if you get that wrong. And I think most opticians do a free trial these days - just pay for the test and they send you off with a few pairs for free to see how you get on.

chrisdouglas

Thanks very much everyone I'll maybe give a go to some contacts for riding.

Andcp -you know what mate I come on here and forget that there's any other forums than the mtb ones, thanks for that though I'll have a search around there too