bifocals

[amartha]

With my extreme farsightedness, I needed bifocal cycling sunglasses. Bolle SOS sun-shields work for me with Rx inserts. My optician fills them. I need distance and close vision for reading cue sheets. I've been using progressive lenses for 20 years. To find cycling sunglasses, I had to research the prescription limits for each design in Rx adapters.

[Catrin]

Does the combination of contacts and cycling sunglasses work if the sunglasses are a "wrap-around" style that helps to keep wind out of the eyes? My glasses are so expensive that I am balking at paying double to get a pair of prescription cycling sunglasses - and I NEED that bi-focal. I've been experimenting with multi-focal contacts that correct for my astigmatism.

[bmccasland]

I wear hard (semi-rigid) contacts, with non-Rx wrap-around sunglasses for riding (and airboating ). I tuck my readers in their hard case in my jersey pocket for the "just in case" factor. Although I can change a tire without them.

[redrhodie]

OP here, with a strange update to my situation. For the past couple of weeks, I haven't had to remove my glasses to see up-close. The main thing that changed was I stopped sleeping with a blindfold. After a couple of nights without it, I realized I hadn't been taking my glasses off to solder at work.

I also started doing some eye exercises that I remembered from a yoga class. I'm not sure if either of these things this is what's helping my vision, but my eyes have also been less dry and itchy. My vision isn't as good as it was 6 months ago, but it's better than when I started this thread, and some days are better than others. Maybe this is just the way it happens? From your experiences, were there good and bad days, or was it a steady progression into vision loss?

There's a yoga studio nearby that is offering a holistic eye class in April, which I'm going to take. It can't hurt to learn more about my eyes, and maybe I'll be able to slow this down for a bit longer.

[OakLeaf]

Does the combination of contacts and cycling sunglasses work if the sunglasses are a "wrap-around" style that helps to keep wind out of the eyes?

Works best that way. You get to keep your peripheral vision and your correction.

I carry one of those credit-card-sized magnifiers in a jersey pocket. Doesn't work as well as readers, but it's way easier to carry, and I don't need it that often on the bici. Mainly to read menus if we stop for a meal.