Contacts or Glasses?

[tulip]

Glasses are very important to protect your eyes from flying debris.

I wear prescription glasses--Tifosi wraparound cycling glasses (I think the model name is Alpine or Alpe). They work great.

I am blind in my left eye, so there's no peripheral vision there anyways. I use a rearview mirror on my left handlebar (by Ortleib, $20). It's very helpful. I never wear headphones because I depend on my hearing. If I do have to look behind me, I have to swivel to the right.

In my opinion, protecting your vision is really, really important, and sometimes we take it for granted. With only one eye, I don't have a backup, so I'm just extra careful.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I wear eyeglasses- graduated lenses to help me with both distance and reading vision. When biking, I wear Eagle Eyes polarized sunglass called "fit-ons' that go right over my regular glasses:
http://www.eagleeyes.com/products/staclips/fitons.lasso
They are very comfy, don't look weird, and are goggle-like- protecting me from wind, bugs, pebbles, sun, glare, and even freezing temps.
I really like them.

[SouthernBelle]

I've recently gone back to wearing contacts after many years away. My right eye is my distance eye, my left is for reading.

The advantage for me is that I can now read the little numbers on the computer, or Google Maps on my cell.

BTW, I was riding blind before. Well not that bad.

[OakLeaf]

Glasses are very important to protect your eyes from flying debris.

+1

I make sure I wear clear lenses when I commute at night, even though the speed is very low.

[Crankin]

I am very nearsighted and have worn soft contacts for about 30 years. I have cycling sunglasses with 4 shades of lenses. Actually I have 2 pairs; one I keep in my purse for "regular" wear with the darkest lenses. Sometimes I wear them cycling. The other pair, I keep in my bike "cubby" and those have the lighter brown lenses in. I find those fine for most days. I have put the yellow lenses in a couple of times for cloudy/rainy days and if there's any chance of changing conditions, I bring those with me.
I am also pretty farsighted now and wear my reading glasses over my contacts about 50% of the time. I can still see my bike computer, though without them. I stick them in my bike bag, more in case I have to change a flat.
I could never ride with my regular glasses on. They are transition lenses, like Lisa's, but I only wear them when I get into bed. The few times I have had to drive with them freaked me out because I was constantly looking down and I couldn't see through the near vision part! I have never had an issue with contacts during a ride.