Waverly,

I wear contacts when I ride and then always cycling glasses, which I wear with dark, clear, or amber lenses (interchangeable), depending on the weather. No excessive eye watering, though I do get a bit more of it in the winter when it's chillier.

I highly recommend wearing cycling glasses as a rock could pop up (from a car tire, another bike tire in front of you) and hit you in the eye. Or even more common for me is a big ole flying insect. I've whapped several of those on a sunglass lens this summer. I can only imagine how that would feel if it hit my eye instead!

I wear one of the Performance brand sunglasses for smaller faces. Very reasonably priced, easy to change the lenses, and do the job. I feel naked out there without them!

Emily