How many of us wear glasses while riding?

[rojitor]

My eyes start watering beyond 25kmh, besides a mosquito can make you have an accident. Wear glasses googles or something is a must.

[richirich1113]

Full face helmet, I used to ride with an open face and glasses, but bugs and rocks hitting the face and the glasses is enough to scare the hell outa ya.

[blake.thomas.80486]

I'm literally blind in one eye, so I try and be careful.
A pair of lightly tinted sun glass, though I should get prescription ones soon (slightly near sighted, but it's slowly getting worse).

[Russell]

When I was a young man I used to go riding without any eye protection. On sunny days this meant I would squint the entire time and often get a headache from that. After every ride I would also have to wipe small black bugs out of my eyes. When I started riding again 10 years ago I purchased some Bolle Vigilante frames with interchangeable lenses and Rx inserts. They are the best accessory I've every bought, I love'em and would not ride without them.

-R

[kevo]

Sunglasses a necessity and I don't ride at night. Eye protection both from bugs and rocks, but as others have pointed out prevents headaches from the glare. I don't travel at speeds requiring full face helmet protection.

[fizzit]

I wear snow goggles because they fit perfectly into my helmet. They don't fog up as much as the visor and they are easier to see through in the rain. I used to ride with no eye protection but in the rain that gets old fast.

[Farfle]

I have traded up thru helmets over the years, had a bike helmet for awhile till I found out that they are ineffective at the speeds we travel, moved up to a Craigslist cheapy full face without a visor, wore that with tinted safety glasses until I intercepted a wasp that wedged itself inbetween my helmet and my ear that stung me 6 times before I could pull into the turn lane and do the Bug-in-helmet dance in front of a dozen people. Kept that helmet till I wrecked the race bike badly enough to completely crack the shell. Then my awesome grandma got me one of these, never looked back after that, +1 to anything from AVG.

[skeetab5780]

I wear an open face downhill helmet with regular eye glasses..altho it sux cause above 30mph i start crying

[Russell]

Do you mean to use sunglasses rather than safety gear like helmet. No I won't this is not safe, and extremely violation of the law. I always use helmet.

Don't know where you are from but in the USA there are no laws requiring adult cyclists to wear a helmet.

http://www.iihs.org/laws/HelmetUseCurrent.aspx

-R

[Jeremy Harris]

Do you mean to use sunglasses rather than safety gear like helmet. No I won't this is not safe, and extremely violation of the law. I always use helmet.

Don't know where you are from but in the USA there are no laws requiring adult cyclists to wear a helmet.

http://www.iihs.org/laws/HelmetUseCurrent.aspx

-R

The quoted post is just a spammer advertising sun glasses, not a proper ES member...........................

[Kingfish]

re: sunglasses, helmets, & extremely violation of the law

Well here's to Spammers who can sometimes be another humorous source for entertainment...

♪ I wear my at night ♫ KF

[LeftieBiker]

I wear snow goggles because they fit perfectly into my helmet. They don't fog up as much as the visor and they are easier to see through in the rain. I used to ride with no eye protection but in the rain that gets old fast.

I remember when I first got my MC license, back in '75, wearing yellow ski goggles over the opening of my 'modular' full-face helmet. No wonder I only had one GF in high school...