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05-13-20 | 06:38 AM

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Jim from Boston

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Originally Posted by waters60

After too many years of painfully wind blown eyes from winter riding I am looking at a pair of Wiley X Gravity sunglasses. They have a removable foam gasket to better reduce air flow. One option is transitions lenses.

Curious what the experience is for those who use them. It could make them much more useful. My concern is going from shaded to open areas.

I wear prescription eyeglasses and I have previously posted to this thread:

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston

"Photochromic Sunglasses - thoughts?"

I don't like them, and I wear my non-tinted glasses when riding in bright sunlight. I never wore sunglasses anyways before I got them. I find they diminish contrast on bright days. In particular when riding into the sun,

I especially lose contrast when looking into my rearview mirror. I think it's because my pupils constrict even with the photochromes on, yet the lenses are already darkened.

My preference is for a billed baseball cap under my helmet.

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