How do you cope with glasses?

[Dead Eye]

Contacts take practice. I spent ages in the store trying to get the buggers out when they were making sure I could do it. After a few weeks it became second nature and was easy enough to do - now and again one of them is a pain (my left eye) as I have a slightly mis-shapen eyeball apparently :|

Definitely will look in to laser surgery but uncertain as to how well I'll cope during as I have no idea what's involved. I'm fairly relaxed with poking my eyes and although I don't mind others trying my eyes seem to have another idea and just begin to water uncontrollably :|

[darrsi]

Contacts take practice. I spent ages in the store trying to get the buggers out when they were making sure I could do it. After a few weeks it became second nature and was easy enough to do - now and again one of them is a pain (my left eye) as I have a slightly mis-shapen eyeball apparently :|

Definitely will look in to laser surgery but uncertain as to how well I'll cope during as I have no idea what's involved. I'm fairly relaxed with poking my eyes and although I don't mind others trying my eyes seem to have another idea and just begin to water uncontrollably :|

Surgery itself is a piece of piss, it's very quick and 100% painless process during actual surgery.
Before i had mine done they offered me a deal of two people for the price of one and my brother wasn't interested so i let that one go.
Then about a month later they offered me a cancellation for half price to be done within 2 weeks so i jumped at it.
£60 consultation fee (examination) then £495 for both eyes.
I honestly thought the price would drop as it became more popular but they've really taken advantage of it and the prices have rocketed.
I know the procedure is more advanced now but it's still a lot of money, but once it's done and paid for you won't regret it.
My brother ended up having his eyes done about 3 years later and paid around £2300 i think.  :lol

[Doddsie]

I quite often have a problem with things looking blurred through my glasses but I just take them back to the bar and get them re-filled regardless!!!

[darrsi]

I quite often have a problem with things looking blurred through my glasses but I just take them back to the bar and get them re-filled regardless!!!

I'll drink to that  :b

[reillypadraig]

Lol, good replies, glad I'm not the only one that gets pissed of with glasses

[red98]

yep...i struggled like you DEADEYE...fitting them for the first time in the shop...had trouble seeing to put the first one in,once i had it in i could see to put the other one in  :lol .....the girl in specsavers was really helpfull.they are great when on the bike if iam out all day but not worth the time fitting for a short trip to the shops   

[Dead Eye]

Agreed, I use them occasionally for long trips out on the bike, but more often than not I just don't bother with them anymore. I have no real issue with wearing my glasses thankfully but it would be nice to not have to

[fazersharp]

Ive always wore glasses for the 30 years ive been riding, back in the day when you could only get your specks from very expensive opticians it was always a case of getting the specks for me first and the fit in the helmet came 2nd, gradually I learned that I need thin frames with taller lenses which made it tricky to get ones that I like to be seen in the rest of the time. But now I use an online glasses seller, you get your prescription from wherever and then order (free) 4 pairs at a time to try, my problem has always been that I have a thin head and the last glasses I had were sponge bob square pants as they were a perfect fit. Now the online seller gives all the dimensions of width height of lens and length of arm so after trying 12 pairs I now have the ones to be seen in and a perfect pair for the helmet, which are wire arms but strong enough to push on, rimless on the bottom and an oval lens that drops down low, and they are actually women's glasses !!. The problem I always had is that I push on the glasses and then they pop up on my face and don't sit right. So now I have the perfect pair and very very cheep.
Never had a problem with misting on the glasses untill I used the mouth mask that came with the hat which just directed me breath to the glasses

[notoriusb.e.n]

Pinlock. No more fogging even with glasses. This in an Arai Chaser-V.
That and I now wear contacts - which admittedly adds up to more than glasses per year (circa £30 a month), but the money I've saved in petrol changing to a 600 fazer from a 1100 boxer twin more than covers that anyway.  

[fazed600]

I've always worn glasses, last time I checked I was outside the tolerances for laser surgery due to my astigmatism. Didn't really get on with contacts so I'm stuck with specs for now. I've a got a Shoei helmet that has cut outs for specs I've also got specs with straight arms that don't rely on hooking over the ear. The Shoei has pin lock visor that prevents most of the misting.

As others point out you do need to move your head more at junctions etc so you are looking through the lens and not out the side but this isn't an issue.

The only thing I find an issue with is really dense fog that creates a film on the visor that constantly needs wiping off, without specs you would just be able to flick the visor up and blink but with specs this is no longer an option as the lenses just get coated in a fine mist. Thankfully pretty rare for fog to be that bad.

[ChristoT]

Caberg flip front with glasses seating. Done me proud. 

[reillypadraig]

So the glasses seating does help??

[ChristoT]

So the glasses seating does help??

Like mad.

I had (until a little shit dropped it) an Xpeed lid, which was lighter than my everyday, flip front Caberg. In better nick too. The Xpeed hurt my ears at anything over a 30 min run. And as only spec wearers know, sore ears are AGONY. My glasses have a smallish frame too, which helps.

[mr self destruct]

Whether you wear specs or not a foggy mask can be really good on cold dark winter days, keeps your snout warm and you can see better at night without a pinlock insert and it's starring of headlights etc.

I bought a foggy mask at the weekend, and it's definitely worth the £13 I paid for it as it seems to have cut my glasses misting down a lot.
It's not perfect though, it still mists up if not adjusted properly, but it's 90% effective.

[darrsi]

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Whether you wear specs or not a foggy mask can be really good on cold dark winter days, keeps your snout warm and you can see better at night without a pinlock insert and it's starring of headlights etc.

I bought a foggy mask at the weekend, and it's definitely worth the £13 I paid for it as it seems to have cut my glasses misting down a lot.
It's not perfect though, it still mists up if not adjusted properly, but it's 90% effective.
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It's summer  :lol

[mr self destruct]

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Whether you wear specs or not a foggy mask can be really good on cold dark winter days, keeps your snout warm and you can see better at night without a pinlock insert and it's starring of headlights etc.

I bought a foggy mask at the weekend, and it's definitely worth the £13 I paid for it as it seems to have cut my glasses misting down a lot.
It's not perfect though, it still mists up if not adjusted properly, but it's 90% effective.
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It's summer  :lol
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Still chilly when I leave for work at 4 in the morning. 

[darrsi]

mokin

[gerkin]

i wear contacts most for bike jouneys ,when wearing glasses i find they juder up and down over 70mph distorting vision .just think of eric morcombe jiggigiling them  up and down .! get the idea??

[mr self destruct]

Pinlock. No more fogging even with glasses. This in an Arai Chaser-V.That and I now wear contacts - which admittedly adds up to more than glasses per year (circa £30 a month), but the money I've saved in petrol changing to a 600 fazer from a 1100 boxer twin more than covers that anyway.  

Caberg flip front with glasses seating. Done me proud. 

Sorry for the 'thread from the dead' here, but thought I'd share my pinlock experiences. I bought a Caberg Duke and so my foggy mask wasn't useable, but luckily it came with a pinlock. This worked a treat for the visor at first (frigging glasses fogged up straight away - will have to find some way of attaching the foggy mask), but when the recent cold weather hit us I found the visor fogging up inside the pinlock more than outside. Turns out there's a gap between the pinlock and the visor that I couldn't get rid of.


So here's my handy tip for pinlock owners: Get a tube of clear gasket sealant and, very carefully, lay a bead around the edge of the pinlock. I held the visor in a soft jawed vice for this as the last thing you want is to slip and get sealant everywhere. Seeing as it never sets solid, it's perfect for making an air tight seal.

[Fuzzy]

Don't forget that you can adjust pinlock!

Pinlock "pins" on the visor are eccentric so by turning them you can tighten or loosen the seal between the insert and visor. You should be able to achieve a tight seal by positioning the insert correctly and adjusting correctly.

Depending on the type of pin, you might be able to adjust with a small flat blade or philips screwdriver, small spanner/socket whilst the insert is in place. If the pins are blank, they might be the type where you have to remove the insert, push and then turn the pin before refitting the insert.

Thought I'd remind folks as I've met loadsa people who weren't aware of this design feature  :rolleyes Worth checking yours is adjusted correctly before going to the lengths Mr self destruct did, although I imagine that's a sure way to get a good seal too.