Do you wear spectacles whilst cycling??

[paulw1969]

Optilabs Cycling Specific glasses with transitions prescription lenses.
One of the best cycling related purchases I have ever made.

Though as you say your prescription is still changing, Optilabs also do glasses with changeable inserts.

As to the rain I always wear a cap, either a baseball cap for the commute, cycling cap for leisure rides. It help's keep rain off the lenses.

Yes i have used Optilabs before for my fishing glasses.......bit expensive but i will check them out again...last time i looked i didn't like the look of their frames.....which frames did you get Ian if you dont mind me asking? I dont mind paying good money for good products....what really gets my back up is paying through the nose for something that doesn't do what it says it will....fogging, drafts etc

 

[ianrauk]

Yes i have used Optilabs before for my fishing glasses.......bit expensive but i will check them out again...last time i looked i didn't like the look of their frames.....which frames did you get Ian if you dont mind me asking? I dont mind paying good money for good products....what really gets my back up is paying through the nose for something that doesn't do what it says it will....fogging, drafts etc

I got the velocity frames.
I did ask them to send me a few frames for approval first of which they were happy to do. They supplied a prepaid label to return them too.

 

[paulw1969]

Only issue now is I'm called Heston Blumenthal, rather than Harry Hill. Can't shift that bald bloke with glasses tag

i fall in the same category so dont feel alone out there

 

[paulw1969]

I don't quite understand your problem with the draughts.
I just got new, non sport specific, glasses a month ago but have found no probs when cycling. Apart from seeing better I find they keep the wind out of my eyes and prevent the watery eyes that were a distraction for a short time when starting out on cold days. My optician recommended glasses which go dark in sunlight, and although this darkening makes little difference to what I can see it certainly reduces discomfort due to glare.

i guess it is down to the individual Snorri....it may be the type of frame...shape of head...face shape....all these variables......all i now is that on occasion (probably due to wind direction at that point in the commute) i found my eyes watering from the draught and struggled to see much at all especially potholes which it was sods law there were a few on that stretch of road....disconcerting especially in the early morning darkness. I am sure it doesn't help at all that most of my time at work i am looking at a PC screen.

 

[paulw1969]

some good options there folks.

I take on board the fact that some wear caps.....i wear a helmet so this is not an option.....unless i drop the helmet and go over to a cap, it would i'm sure eliminate most of the rain problem....... (please not on this thread.....dont do it please....no matter how much you want to.....dont.....please ).

Do the cycling specific glasses actually shed rain better as they purport to?

Not too keen on going down the insert route to be honest....rather prefer the photchromic variants (which my current glasses are) which saves having to swap over so far as i understand it. I do have separate polarising sunglasses which do perform well...apart from misting if i stop...no good at 6am in the morning though. Varifiocals..i can see a time coming soon when i am going to need these....really want to put this off as long as possible though. I am due an eyetest so if my prescription has changed to the extent i need new glasses i guess i'm going to have to bite the bullet and try and get cycling glasses which will be ok OFF the bike as well......which i guess may save me some money......

 

[ianrauk]

You can wear a cycling cap underneath a helmet quite easy.

 

[paulw1969]

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You can wear a cycling cap underneath a helmet quite easy.

are those the ones with a small peak? or are you referring to a full peak type.....Excuse my ignorance.....i am not particularly vain....more self conscious..... but not sure it would look right...(just checking out Optilabs again )

 

[ianrauk]

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are those the ones with a small peak? or are you referring to a full peak type.....

Any normal cycling cap will do.
Won't keep all the rain off but it does help.

 

[marshmella]

That's no good I'd never see where I was going

Might be a touch whiffy as well

 

[marafi]

Does a science lab goggles count?

 

[Crosstrailer]

Two words - laser surgery

Had -6.50 in left and -5.75 in right and now better than 20/20. Not cheap but the best money I have ever spent.

 

[gaz]

I paid a lot of money for a pair of these, but in rain or misty weather the water gets between the outer lens and the insert and you can't see where you're going or wipe them dry. Rather a waste of money and very annoying. I need to find a solution though, as the cold makes my eyes stream - whizzing down Reigate Hill in the dark on a night ride without being able to see properly isn't recommended ...

Yes I notice that as well but don't find it much of an issue. It's the inserts which steam up, I wonder if there is a treatment that can be applied to them to stop them from steaming up.

 

[snorri]

i guess it is down to the individual Snorri....

It's true. I hope you find some solution without having to spend too much.

 

[paulw1969]

Two words - laser surgery

Had -6.50 in left and -5.75 in right and now better than 20/20. Not cheap but the best money I have ever spent.

Wow thats was some correction!! Am i right in thinking not everyone is suited to laser surgery depending on what is wrong with their eyes? I guess then you are in the best position to say whether the treatment lasts forever?

 

[paulw1969]

Yes I notice that as well but don't find it much of an issue. It's the inserts which steam up, I wonder if there is a treatment that can be applied to them to stop them from steaming up.

some of the proprietory cleaners are supposed to help with steaming up of normal glasses so i guess these should work.