Depending on the strength of your prescription you might be able to do what I do and wear one contact lens. This does the long distance and the other eye with no contact does the short distance. It is a bit of a compromise, but it works well for me and after a few minutes you mind adjusts.
Cycling glasses
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No i have just normal glasses, bought two pair one with the reactolite tint thing and one pair without but both varifocal.
I've never had a problem with the wind or bugs at all with the glasses to be honest, i do though with bugs keep flying in my helmet lol.
There are lots of threads on this subject !
A quick Search turned up these:
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/eye-wear-for-blind-folk.146711/#post-2852966
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/specs-and-cycling.128179/#post-2406634
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/contact-lenses.123693/#post-2303947
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/prescription-lenses-into-cycling-glasses.142826/
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/prescription-cycling-glasses.139103/
Other threads are also available.
A quick Search turned up these:
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/eye-wear-for-blind-folk.146711/#post-2852966
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/specs-and-cycling.128179/#post-2406634
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/contact-lenses.123693/#post-2303947
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/prescription-lenses-into-cycling-glasses.142826/
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/prescription-cycling-glasses.139103/
Other threads are also available.
Globalti
Legendary Member
Ask your optician to look at Shoptic glasses; mine has made me a pair in varifocal and photochromic so I get perfect vision on the bike at all times of day or night, close or far. Best sports eyewear I've ever had and the clever design allows them to be glazed even with quite extreme prescriptions.
Contact lenses shouldn't fall out should they?
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Pjays666
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No they shouldn't but my eyes water a lot all the time and wiping them loosens the lens I don't know whether this situation will improve as I have only been using glasses etc for about 6 months prior to that I just used ready readers but found I was wearing them all the time. I have now got varifocals but only had them 2 days so hopefully they will be okay.
Dragonwight
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Strange as moisture normally makes the lenses stick even more they usually come out when they dry out. Have you tried a different brand of lens to see if any help? I wear Acuvue never lost one even with streaming eyes in winter. maybe more wrap around glasses to keep the air out or even goggles?
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Pjays666
Über Member
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- Burnley lancs
Got the lenses on lens mail from specsavers monthly disposables but was only using them when cycling. Don't like wearing them for work as I'm a bedroom fitter and dust is an issue. I have got to go back to see optician to try and sort it out hopefully
Dragonwight
Guest
There are probably loads of people that use Specsavers successfully, however I never got on with them, I found the lenses they had me using didn't last as long, would dry out and then fall out and would often rip when removing them. On one occasion I had half a rolled up lens floating round the back of my eye for 3 days when it ripped removing it Since I switched to Acuvue Advance Ive had no issues at all.
Wooliferkins
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Have a look at Swisseye. Now being distributed in the UK a number of them can be direct glazed.
