luusyphre

I have normal glasses and when riding I am constantly having to push my glasses up or just ride looking over my glasses. I tried using those straps to secure my glasses in place but they were a bit of a hassle whenever I accidentally smudged my glasses and had to take them off. I'd like to get prescription sporty sunglasses but it just seems too expensive having to change both prescriptions every time my eyes get worse. I am considering getting contacts and then just getting regular sporty sunglasses. So I have a few questions:

First off, what is your general strategy for keeping your glasses from slipping and upright?

What is your experience with contact lenses and cycling? Do they dry out, get dirty, uncomfortable, etc? What brand of contacts do you use/recommend?

If you use sporty sunglasses, which do wear/recommend?

Also, please do not post about LASIK or any other procedure that costs thousands of dollars (unless you're willing to finance me ).

gmh39

googles.

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DScott

The smaller Croakies work well. They're easy to adjust, don't have to be pulled real tight to work, and don't look tooooo dorky.

Better is a good pair of RX sunglasses, but you work with what you have.

idcruiserman

Helmet keeps mine in place.

johnny99

Now you know why sport sunglasses have grippy rubber or silicon temples to hold the glasses in place.

If you're interested, you can get good quality, relatively inexpensive, wrap-style, prescription sunglasses from bicyclerx.com (look at the house brand glasses under "option 3").

kache_98

This.

FR4NCH1SE

Bro, Contacts blow, I had them twice, and both times they irritated the crap out of me, the first time I was like meh, then I gave contacts a 2nd chance, and they are just a hassle. Plus they do dry out, even the contacts that you can use in your sleep, which I did have recently. They definitely will dry out when you ride, since wind hits your eyes alot and all that air condenses your contacts as well as dry them, at-least thats what I think. You were going the right direction, I am going to buy those sporty eyeglasses, from walmart with transition lenses. I have transition lenses right now on my glasses. As for what to do know, just do the same thing your doing, look up for people while your glasses sit below your eyes, and just adjust your glasses quickly as you ride. Nothing else you can do. But I recommend buying the sporty eyeglasses.

RacerOne

ptle

Are you Asian? Oakley makes Asian fit glasses that have are slightly narrower and stick out at the part that touches your nose bridge. I know I have problems keeping my glasses up. My helmet straps help keep them on though.

chrys9989

Different contacts work for different people, when I first started wearing them I started with Acuvue2 or something like that, kept trying different ones, ended up with accuvue oasys. They never dry out, even after having them in for three weeks once. I suggest you give contacts another try.

jeanHTX

this, but also i have prescription sunglasses. i think i'm at the point where my vision isn't getting worse anymore (so my doctor says, i'm 20 years old and have been wearing glasses for 13 years). just any cheap pair at the eye mart would do... i have two prescription sunglasses, my wayfarers that i just had to have, and some generic big things that cover my eyes while i ride my bike that i wouldn't mind getting scratched up. a cheap $30-$40 frame and adding prescription to the sunglasses could be... $50? without adding any fancy stuff (anti-glare, blahblah).

i would hate wearing contacts, i just don't see it. although i have considered it an option... SOLELY for wearing them to ride my bike. but really, my helmet keeps my glasses and sunglasses in place.

Oo-v-oO

Trust me, it's worth every penny and then some.

People are more than happy to spend that much and more on a bike that will be used for a few hours a day on average, if that - where you use your eyesight pretty much every waking moment.
Disclaimer - I was a -10 and -11 diopter with astigmatism, LASIK was a life-altering experience for me. YMMV.

DonFrambach

It could be that your earpieces need adjustment. Most opticians will gladly (and for free) adjust glasses that they have previously sold. Perhaps you could go back to where you bought yours and ask for their help.

voldemort

Staples.

FR4NCH1SE

You are right, different people have different experiences with contacts. But I did give contacts another chance, and they are very irritating to put on every morning. I rather wake up and put my glasses. Plus Glasses look cool. And I don't have to renew them every month.

brf4n

if they are cheap, you could try scoring the part that touches your nose...

cdotbois

The straps on my helmet seem to do it for me, except for maybe the occasional nose-bridge push.

I ride with contacts and glasses. I wear CIBA Day & Night 30-day disposables. When I started out on them a couple years ago they were the best breathing contacts. Supposedly you can keep them in for 30 days straight, but my doctor still recommended I take them out every night. Sometimes I do... mostly I don't.

I wear them behind regular sunglasses, ones that don't even have a rubber nose bridge or ear piece for grip. They work fine for me. In the rain, sometimes I skip the glasses altogether and have not had problems with the rainwater and no more of a problem with the wind in my eyes than what would normally be caused without the contacts.

Take note if you have allergies however. There's usually a solid month in the spring where the pollen really kicks up, and my contacts get very itchy and dry (sometimes to point where I have to take them out, or they're so dry they pop themselves out when I blink). I carry rewetting drops with me. They're eye drops specifically for contact lenses. If you're outdoors riding for extended periods of time in your allergy season, then you might expect some issues. I actually don't find they bother me until after I get back from ride and stop moving. Then it seems like all the pollen hits me at once.

One thing that helps me is to use regular allergy eye drops before you put your contacts in during the allergy season. Then carry a bottle of rewetting drops in your jersey just in case.

Fred4life

+infinite

Easily the best money I've ever spent. Contacts were horrific to me. My eyes always dried out. I was even a whitewater rafting guide and this was still a huge problem, so I had to wear glasses even then.
As a result, I wore my glasses 100% of the time and got the clipon shades.

Well to make a long story short, there are 3 pairs of my glasses at the bottom of the river and when I rode my bike, sweat/slipping was a constant problem. Now I have 20/15 vision. And yes, they financed it over 3 years. The price was $2800.

cdotbois

How many fingers am I holding up?

mista_chewey

i wear contacts when i ride...only way im gonna get vision with light blocking. regular glasses don't block wind enough and dries my eyes.
i wear acuvue, or oasis O2

i have two pairs of "sporty" sunglasses one is a wileyx p-17, other is a oakley radar path even though im asian i don't get the "asian" fit it's only for people with flat noses.
i'd wear whatever matches my kit that day

kissTheApex

Contacts. I've been using Proclear contact lenses for the last 3-4 years. On top of these, I wear cheap non-fogging safety glasses. I religiously take lenses off every night.

thump55

and a ratchet strap.

Mine don't slip at all. $35 bucks, Wal-Mart Optical Center (non-prescription).

soccerun8728

I have never ridden with Rx glasses but I do where contacts. The one time I had a problem was I wore the wrong set of sunglasses and the constant wind dried my eyes out. I now have to different sets of glasses, one is Oakley XX, and the other is the interchangeable lenses by performance. Either set is great but the Performance ones are better because of the multiple different sets of lenses and the price was great.

I use Acuvue Oasys 2 contacts and they are the best set of contacts that I have used, out of the three. If you are worried about your eyes drying out talk to your eye doctor, sometimes they will just give you a set of contacts to let you try. That is what mine did, I wore one set for a week and then tried a different set and bought my year supply when I found contacts that I liked.

George

https://www.wedgees.com/Testimonials_..._Retainers.htm

I use these and they work great.

banerjek

Best money I ever spent -- and I got LASIK specifically to help me when I'm on my bike.

What I didn't realize until after the procedure is that aside from the fact that it eliminated fogged lenses and other problems, it fixes peripheral vision -- with glasses, the correction is just in front of you.