Glasses Wearer

Sounds great and just what I wanted to do but....... I just can't get past the blink reflex and sticking my finger in my eye
I tried contacts for a week and one day I got one eye done in 20 seconds
Yippee........ the second took 20 minutes and by that time it was itchy and irritated

I gave up on the idea by day 5.

As a non-glasses wearer up to 40 years of age, I do miss not wearing them .

Bifocal lenses can damage your confidence by putting the kerb, for example, in two focal planes on corners etc dependant on the angle or level of your view.

Glasses are a pain.

 

Not sure going up a size is your best option, a loose fitting helmet just isn't safe in any incident

 

You don’t have to stick your finger in your eye. Forefinger and thumb of one hand spreads the eyelids open whilst forefinger of other hand with lens balanced on the tip puts the lens on the eyeball. You will find that you don’t need to actually touch your eye as the lens, when very close will suck itself onto the eyeball.

I can get both eyes sorted in under a minute. 40 seconds this morning.

 

I wish I could

I know the theory but......

 

I'm of the same opinion with contacts. I tried but just can't live with them, or rather the putting in and taking out bit, plus, large sausage fingers don't help, useful for some things but a bit of a liability when they get anywhere near your eyes.

 

My glasses have very thin bendy metal legs, they are superb under my Shoei.

You're never going to be comfortable pushing bulky platic frames between your head and your helmet.

 

My glasses frames spring both ways so there's less chance of bending them feeding them into the helmet.

Arm angular movement gives around plus 30⁰ further than 90⁰ (on head position) and fully inwards to flat as normal, say about 120⁰ in total.

 

I had lens replacement done about 5 years ago. Best thing I ever did, Not cheap, but I don't need glasses now. I can even see the small print on restaurant menus in low light.

 

I’ve worn glasses since I was 7 years old. I wore contacts for a long time until I got married, and my wife convinced me to get LASIK. She used to laugh at me wearing my thick glasses. It worked, and I didn’t need glasses for a few years, but now I wear glasses again.

As for helmets, I’ve used a Nolan N70, an X-Lite, and now a Schuberth C5. All of them have a small groove for the temple of the glasses, and usually, I don’t have a problem.
If something is misaligned, it will hurt in a short period of time, and I need to stop and rearrange things.

My current glasses have thin metal temples that end in curved plastic that sits behind my ears.

I hope you soon find a combination that works, an uncomfortable helmet kills the fun of riding.

 

Definitely the ultimate solution. I have been told that Cataracts are on their way but will stick with the lenses until the good old NHS foots the bill. Whatever you do, do not go the laser route as your eyesight does not stop deteriorating.

 

I was very sceptical about it at first, but both my wife and a neighbour had gone that route and so as I was starting to develop cataracts and my close up vision was rubbish, I took the plunge. It is a weird experience but it doesn't hurt at all. You have a very bright light in your eye for what seems like an age, but is probably less than a minute or so. That was about 5 years ago and I've never looked back, if you'll excuse the pun. Since then another friend has had it done and he's extremely pleased with the results too.

 

I think you're on the right track in looking for frames that suit your helmet, and not the other way round.

AFAIK my frames are "silhouette" and must be about 1mm diameter in width.

 

This is what I was trying to explain above and they actually go further open than previously stated.
They aren't available everywhere but far more practical for getting into and out of helmets.





Sort of like double jointed.

 

Everyone I have spoken to who have had their eye lenses replaced have extolled the outcome. Looking forward to when it’s time to get mine sorted.