I have to wear prescription lenses to drive (I can't stand contact lenses). I wear normal spectacles but thinking of getting something Oakley glasses (wraparound style) to wear on the bike. Not necessarily that brand, but certainly that style. Does anyone have any experiences or recommendations?
Just make sure you take you're crash hat with you when you go trying on any new frames. I've had a couple of mates end up changing specs after a new helmet so presume the same goes the other way round. I'm quite lucky as I get on fine with contact lenses. I couldn't live with specs bouncing around and fogging up all the time.
Taking your lid is a must. The wrap around style are best, in a lighter colour lense and make sure they are polarised and anti fog if possible. Oakley are the way forward. Mine stay in place rather well. Glasses with only a half frame are best for me since with a full frame sometimes the bottom portion remains visible within your field of vision. (Rather unhelpfully I can't remember which pair it is that I use but they carry only a lightly tinted lens but are polarised and so do the job nicely). The trouble is most of the half framed styles have arms that are too thick to fit into the helmet properly. I first bought a half jacket pair or some'at with an interchangeable colourless lens. They don't fit under either of my helmets and if I wear them off the bike, with either coloured or colourless lense in place, I look like Ali G. So my advice would be take your lid and be careful with the size of the arms and the colour of the lenses.
Thx guys. I'll have to research this further. You just gave me another thought about the tint of the lens. I don't want sunglasses but maybe a light tint might be both useful and cool.
Try and get ones with titanium frames. Not just because we all love a bit of bling, but they're more flexible to being poked through the gap between your head and your lid without distorting. Oakleys are worth the money, I got a pair in 2001 as spectacle frames and they're still going strong. Oakley do make frames for ordinary glasses.
I use flip front lid and keep glasses on while putting it on. I didn't like balancing my £400 glasses on the tank or seat. Most of these lids have intregal sun visor which is so handy like in and out of tunnels on sunny day etc. my glasses are reactolight as well.
I've got a Shoei GT Air with integral sun visor so don't need sunglasses. Had a pair of Oakley titanium once a long time ago - great glasses but I really want wrap style as I figure they'll act like ski goggles and stop the wind swirling around the frame. Oakleys are deff good glasses although not sure I want to spend all that on prescription Oakleys again. Not ruling it out though.
Herbert My son wears glasses/prescription and always wears Ray bans which we get from Boots, frame only is £150, what we do now is take a photo of the frame with the code numbers inside of each arm and look on eBay there is a few very good seller's on there that just sale frames only (all new items) we get the same Ray ban frames for £50 including post then take them back to Boots and just get them to fit the new lenses that we purchased from them. There is some good savings to be had.
I can see that some people won't get on with contact lenses, but increasingly, I wonder how many. Back in the day, it was hard lenses only. Plenty of people didn't get on with those. Then it was soft. Then throwaway soft. Now it's daily throwaway soft, which must be so thin, you might not know you're wearing them. I sometimes go to bed with my ones, which I am meant to change every fortnight (but it tends to be more like a month). I think, did I take them out? Then I have to turn on the light to check. If everything is fuzzy, yes I did. If it's in focus, no I didn't. I can't actually feel them at all.
If your perscription is fairly strong, you may find it can't be transferred to wraparound style lenses because of their curvature, so you may be best advised to check that before buying a frame.
Just bought (OK End of January), two new pairs of glasses, didn't cross my mind that they wouldn't fit under my crash helmet... ...so had to buy a third pair, titanium framed Oakleys that the opticians have tweaked a little to make them more wrap round. Apparently it's not uncommon for guys of a certain age to take a crash helmet into this particular optician
Which bike is it for? I ask because if it's a sports bike you might have to look through the top of your glasses when you're head down depending on the model. Also are you going to carry around a spare pair of glasses for when you're off the bike or are the just for driving? You might look a bit strange walking around with those wrap around a on. I use constant wear lenses that you leave in for a month at a time. Brilliant invention! I very rarely ride with glasses on as a result but when I do I'm frustrated by the fit in the helmet and the massive blind sport the chunky arms produce.
Know what you mean MrAliT, I still ride a sports bike but am unable to wear contact lenses in my right eye. Wearing glasses doesn't always help with riding position!
