Cycling Glasses - Strange Query

[snorri]

I thought it might be a good idea to get a pair of cycling glasses for eye protection with no optical correction required, and bought a pair of Madisons. The feeling of my head being a metre higher than normal was quite uncomfortable, so I dumped them.

 

[junkie_ball]

Ok sorry for not replying sooner. Have now been out on the bike a number of times and it's definitely the curve of the tinted lenses that cause the effect. If i use the clear one the effect doesn't seem so bad. My eyes must have adjusted now though as i'm not noticing the problem much anymore.

 

[Globalti]

I've just bought these rather nice sports glasses from Shoptic:

They are varifocal, anti-glare coated and photochromic. The vision is really superb and you'll notice that the designer has cleverly combined a curved frame with a flatter lens by using "sub frames" for the lenses, which gives the optician a much bigger choice of lens blanks and keeps the price down as well as giving less optical distortion. I don't think they would darken enough to be used as ski glasses but on the bike they're superb. A standard non-prescription lens also fits into the area occupied by the sub frame, if you want them for eye protection only.

These cost about £220, which i don't begrudge at all. For anybody in the NW they came from the very excellent Ideal Eye Care just outside Blackburn.

Edit: They are not Shoptic but I can't remember the brand!

 

[Cush]

Got a pair of i826 specs from Specsavers for just over £100 last week, they are not the best and they do use inserts but they are light and after having "trialed" over four runs with both plan and smoke lenses I can recommend them.