i dunno, i've been a daily bike commuter for 9 years now without wearing glasses and haven't had any issues until this biblical plague of gnats currently taking place in chicago.

i took another two gnats in the eye on my ride home last night and ride in this morning (and have inadvertantly swallowed countless more). that's now a total of 5 gnats in the eye in the past 5 commuting legs. what the f@<$ is going on with all of these damn swarms of gnats all over the place? i've never experienced anything quite like this in my 4 decades of living in chicago.

i guess i really need to start riding with glasses (even though i really don't like to).