Do you wear protective glasses when you ride?

[Steph]

I never thought about it before but am thinking about getting some. What kind do you use and will I look like a big bug?

[Kitsune06]

I always do. Looking like a bug is a small price to pay for the knowledge that at least you won't get sand/grit/debris in your eyes in the event of a (frequent!) crash.

[xeney]

I don't, but I just ordered a new pair of prescription sunglasses, and this time I specifically chose a pair that provided good protection for cycling. (These ones, I think, in black.) Not only do I need something to keep the wind and the dust and the cottonwood fluff out of my eyes, but I need something to protect my eyes from light from the sides and the top -- I hate having to leave the visor on my helmet all the time, but if I don't, my eyes feel burned at the end of the ride.

[Pebble]

I wear the ones below when I have my contacts in - unfortunately I can't get prescription sunnies in my prescription that wrap around to my liking, they have to be relatively flat (like normal specs)

Otherwise I just wear my normal glasses on short rides or when I'm not wearing sunnines.

Never tried moto goggles or those sunnies you can get that are more like swimming goggles!
Check this out: http://www.actiongear.com/cgi-bin/ta...COPY.ctx=24172


Bolle Downdrafts - seem great even when the weather turns & everything goes dull!

[xeney]

Pebble, my husband has a similar issue with his prescription, and he has these weird Bolle glasses that have a regular round lens behind the curved, tinted part. The nice thing about them is that it is cheaper to have the prescription updated, because they just slip in a new flat lens.

[han-grrl]

I ALWAYS where some kind of glasses when i mtb or road ride. Bugs, branches dust are no fun to get in the eyes. Also once when i was riding, i endo-ed and landed on my side. my face however was inches from a rock. actually the jagged pointy side of the rock tapped my glasses(not too hard) when i landed. i was glad i was wearing those things...

[Pebble]

Pebble, my husband has a similar issue with his prescription, and he has these weird Bolle glasses that have a regular round lens behind the curved, tinted part. The nice thing about them is that it is cheaper to have the prescription updated, because they just slip in a new flat lens.

Thanks Xeney - probably something I'll look into once the contacts run out this year. More often than not I can't be bothered putting the contacts in, and they get unconfortable after about half a day (particularly when in a drier climate).

Does he get much glare between the lenses?