raqball

I just plop in my daily wear contacts..

I only use them when / for cycling though.

deanp

Oakley Whisker | Official Oakley Store

Oakley Whisker, I have two pair. One with dark tinted bifocal, and the other are transition tinted tri-focal for all around use.

Squeeze

Prescription sunglasses for me. I have regular clear-lens eyeglasses too, of course, but live where it's usually sunny and I'm admittedly a fair-weather rider, so I almost always wear my sunglasses when on the bike.

Clyde1820

Oakley Whisker, with prescription transition lenses.
Oakley M-frame wrap-around, with prescription VR28 lenses -- for bright days.

eja_ bottecchia

I got tired of wearing Rx eyeglasses during my bike rides and then being unable to see when it rained (rare in So. Cal.) or when they fogged up.

My solution?

Lasik eye surgery!

Squeeze

@deanp, and anyone else who wears similar straight-temple sunglasses - I'm in the market for some new precription sunglasses and wonder how those straight temples work when your head is sweaty. Don't they slide off if you look down without hooks to hold them around your ears?

My current prescription sunglasses are Ray-Bans that look very similar to those Oakley Whiskers except they have regular temples that curve around the ear. I ride bikes and ski with them too and they don't move or slide down my nose when I'm sweaty. I love 'em but the prescription is about four or five years old and I need to get an new pair. All the ones I liked at my eye doc's store have those straight temples, though, and I just can't see how they'd possibly stay on a sweaty head when looking down to check what gear I'm in, etc.

Clyde1820

The Oakleys have fairly-sticky sleeves that cover the arms, and that helps them stick fairly well to the ear/head spot. Those things work well. You can see them on most of the more-traditional style eyewear such as the Whiskers, as well as the M-frame, Yellow Jacket and similar glasses.

For more-active situations, I've added the Chums, which work very well. (Have taken the Oakleys kayaking, dunkings and all, if that's any indication of how well they'll stay on with those.) Have had three different Oakley types of eyewear, and both the sticky sleeve things and the Chums pretty much negate risk of them slipping off, almost no matter what you do.

Squeeze

Thanks Clyde1820. They must work if people continue to buy them but I just can't talk myself into risking a few hundred bucks to find out. Those glasses look super-cool but seem like an obvious violation of the law of gravity.

As usual in my life, when presented with a decision that involves "that might not work", I will take the position of Wait And See What Happens...which probably means I'll rush into buying some new prescription glasses when something happens to my old ones and I need some NOW.

Clyde1820

Keep in mind, too, that there are many different styles in the Oakley line. I've found a handful that fit my head/face shape pretty well. If you choose correctly, you can get an astoundingly close fit, great wind protection, great UV/light protection, great resistance against movement or loss. And, worst case, you can simply add a set of those Chums to keep them in place through most any activity short of physical combat, crashes, etc.

Replacement kits are available for those sticky frame pieces, too: Wire Frame Accessory Kit. Once the old ones get chewed up or greasy, over time, you simply slip on a new pair. Instant sticky, again.

Squeeze

Thanks! I need to go look at them again, I guess.

The trouble with eyeglasses is the styles change every time I go to the eye doc and I can never find the same frames I like again.

deanp

To echo what was already stated, they do not slip. It seems hard to believe, but they stay put. That's why I got two pair.

hallux

Those Liquid Metal glasses look nice. If you don't mind my asking, what does script add to the cost of them? I'm actually quite picky about my eyewear, my current frames are 3 years old, Ray-Ban and I'm actually contemplating finding another of this frame online to bring in for new lenses to be mounted. The plastic on the temples is degrading/cracking so they need to be replaced. I already checked, they can't get new plastic for the temples. My current lenses are Transitions but I'm not overly impressed with how they perform, especially when driving which is when I REALLY want them to darken up.

I did consider Lasik but the money I thought I'd use for it is not available for that procedure.

Lots of options to consider. Thanks to those that put some thought into their answers and gave actual suggestions. I'll also see what my eye place has for options when I go for new glasses.

Johnny Mullet

These are the best eyewear I ever bought in my life. I scratched a lens and they replced it free! I will never own anything except Liquid Eyewear. They have several different models, but the ones I wear are called "Gasket".

Bandera

Yep.
Mine are Transition lenses and I wear them to do any of my daily tasks which includes cycling, driving, reading or preparing supper.
A "special-dedicated-prescription-bike-only-pair" hasn't been an issue for the last 40 years for me.

-Bandera

jputnam

For short rides in good weather, I wear my ordinary eyeglasses.

If I need wind/rain/debris protection, large old-style aviator frame eyeglasses. They're cheap ($35-40 including shipping from Zennioptical.com) and very reliable.

For extreme conditions, ugly prescription goggles, also under $40 at Zenni.

pdlamb

Eyeglasses, or sunglasses, or if I'm going on a long ride the fancy sports sunglasses with prescription insert.

My opthamologist says Lasek is a waste of money at my age, so I'm almost eagerly awaiting cataract surgery with a lens implant. I'll be able to save hundreds of dollars buying sunglasses then! (Strong 'script.)

ProfsrChaos407

I am wearing my normal glasses which are a pair of Orange County Chopper aluminum frames with transition lens.

Homebrew01

I wear my regular wire rimmed glasses that I have had for 10 years now ..... time for a new pair now that I think about it.

WrightVanCleve

Oakley M frame. Looks like they don't have what I wear anymore. Mine are the ones that fold up and have a carbon fiber look on the frame with a blueish lens that go back a medium distance(not the short stubby or long pointy lenses.) You can, used to at least, get prescription lenses for them.

Looigi

I went to my optometrist, looked through a bunch of catalogs of sports/sporty frames, selected three that he got in for me to try, and he fit my prescription to the the frame I chose out of those. I looked for a frame that had large enough lenses to provide desired wind blocking and sat high enough on the nose so that I was not looking over the tops when in the drops. I like temples that bend over the ears rather than the usual Oakly et al types with straight temples that rely on gripping the head. Lenses are Transitions progressive bifocals with AR coating for max contrast.

hallux

I'm going back to considering Lasik, my optometrist didn't have any frames I liked for my every-day wear, AT ALL. I know I can go to another place now that I have my script and get something they offer and save ~$4,000 but maybe it was the push I needed to just get it done. My eyes haven't changed much in the 3 years since I got the glasses I have, just a very slight change to my left eye, right is the same. I'd just keep my same frames and get new lenses if it wasn't for the plastic on the temples deteriorating.

I can afford to get it done, out of pocket, but was hoping for some money to come through on my health insurance that would have paid for it. I can't use that money for Lasik though.

Squeeze

I'm in the same boat. My optometrist has all kinds of super-stylish frames and NONE that are quiet, conservative, never-go-out-of-style traditional mens glasses any longer. I would gladly purchase some from them but can't find a pair of eyeglasses or prescription sunglasses that don't make me look like I'm trying out for the cover of some fashion magazine...or that don't have those straight temples which I am too suspicious of, despite strong testimonials in this thread.

I've been meaning to go look at other places but I just don't have the time or energy to drive all over town trying on glasses and looking for places that take my insurance, and I won't order glasses online that I haven't tried on.

So I do nothing and hope my old glasses will last a bit longer.

Strange, I know. But it costs me nothing to buy nothing, so I've got that going for me.

hallux

Yup, everything was either "hipster" style or had the "tortoise-shell" coloring on the temple plastics. I also prefer half-frames after my last 2 pair being that. At this point, I'm not doing anything about surgery until I come home from vacation (less than a month away at this point and I'll be at/near the ocean) so I have time to decide exactly what I want to do.

Pridedog

If it is cloudy or night I wear my normal glasses. Never have had a problem with them slipping or coming off. On sunny days I have prescription sun glasses that I wear. Two things that I make sure on my sun glasses are 1) They are large enough to cover my entire eye socket. Once time I had a set of small lens glasses and junk kept getting blown in to my eyes. 2) I use a rose tinted glass that allows me to see when I go into a store or when I ride from the sun into the shade. Rain is a different issue, a billed hat under my helmet works most of the time. But for mist or fog I sometimes have to simply take them off. My only problem without the glasses is that everything is blurred and I see two of everything. But hey, I just aim for the middle of the two objects and I am generally ok. Just my 2 cents.

jputnam

My optometrist doesn't sell glasses, just does exams.

For both selection and quality, I've been very happy with Zenni Optical, Eyeglasses Online - Buy Prescription Glasses & Eyeglass Frames | Zenni Optical

Can't actually try them on before buying, but they cost so little, if I ever get a pair I don't like, I'll just buy a different pair.