Originally Posted by
Jonahhobbes
Anyone else wear contact lenses? Does anyone get that feeling like they are going to fall out when you leave a warm building and go outside in the cold?
Just changed mine to disposable ones that you can wear overnight, they let more oxygen get to the eye and it seems to have fixed the problem.
I was always afraid that my contacts would dry out on my commute (I wear 30 day ones by CIBA, but I take them out nightly anyway), especially with some fast descents. It didn't happen during the winter, though, so I don't think it is going to. This week, it has been in the 20ºFs when I leave for work, but in the winter sometimes it was down in the single digits.
The only thing I do get is that teary effect. I can't recall ever having any streaming down my cheeks, but sometimes I do look like I have just finished sobbing like over some high school break up at the prom or like I'm just about to burst into it. It goes away, though, so I don't mind it too much. No one has ever commented to me about it either. Maybe that's because I don't see too many people when I first get done riding or that the sun still isn't up, but maybe it's because my welled up eyes make me look like a basket case and I could explode at the slightest provocation.
