I wear glasses as I’m rather shortsighted. When I’m riding on the hoods, things are fine but when I get down on the drops, I have to strain my neck to see through rather than over my glasses. After a while this is really painful. I don’t want to wear contacts all day as I use a screen and find they dry out and become uncomfortable. What do you fellow Mr. Magoos do? Do I have to buy some Dennis Taylor specials?

I wear Oakley Jawbones; never had a problem with them on the drops (mind you I don’t tend to spend masses of time on them)…

I get this problem. I cant wear contacts but I did get some different shaped frames for riding (not quite dennis jobs!) with a more oval top than the narrow flatter ones i wear everyday. helped a bit for sure.

Jawbones are good for this problem actually – they come with two sets of nose pieces, one of which raises the glasses up higher.

Interesting on the contacts front though as I wear contacts and use a screen most of the day too without problem. When did you last try contacts? Current ones are WAY better than they were even just a few years ago.

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I can’t be the only shortsighted road bike rider that likes to see AND be on the drops!

I’m not that shortsighted, so don’t bother for the commute, but if I’m off on a Lovely Bike Ride and want to see the leaves on the trees etc., I’ll wear contacts.

So not much help, sorry!

Prescription Oakleys seem to be a good option?

I wear contacts though so can’t help. (all day, all night ones – bloody great they are).

I wear glasses that fit properly. if they’re close to your eyes then you can see through them no matter what angle your head is at, yes?

f they’re close to your eyes then you can see through them no matter what angle your head is at, yes?

Too close and do they not steam up – yes?

Try retainers around your head so you can tighten the gigs up close.

j fey do a nice range of frames which are a sport opthalnic hybrid they are a bit pricey but really do the job well,

I have this one

http://www.coolframes.com/?fid=35612

Too close and do they not steam up – yes?

Only if you go slow.

Buy some snug-fitting sports frames from Decathlon or TK Max and get them glazed to your prescription for £50. I got mine for £2.99 from TK Max .

Get your optician to glaze them so that they work for where you want to look when you’re in the riding position. That’s what I ask mine to do for me.

globalti – could I get my Endura Stingrays glazed to my ‘script in that case?

Endura stingrays, not sure just had a look at a pic, would need to see how they are held into the frame, pretty much any full rimmed frame yes, some v high wrap frames might cost a bit more for the lenses as they would need a higher base curve lense, infact i glazed these

for my little lad for skiing last year (he has a really strong prescription), and they are a decathlon off the peg goggle