[Closed] Clear shades (over contacts) Do I need quality?

Clear Bollé safety glasses from Screwfix are good if they fit your face

You can even get bi-focal versions !

Bolle safety glasses are pretty good but there are issues for me with misting.

I've eventually bitten the bullet and bought melon alleycats, just work so much better for me on the MTB, even use them on gravel. Pricey, yes but I'd say worth it.

Try riding without, you’d be surprised how little muck gets in your eyes. Unless you’re following someone doing rooster tails.

I wear contacts when riding (correction, did, up until I had cataract surgery. Don’t need contact lenses now) and never bothered with clear glasses, never really an issue

decent front guard (RRP max or similar) and I have no need for glasses even in the shittiest conditions.

I wear contacts because glasses steam up so whats the point in then wearing clear glasses...

[gets on soap box]

Don't ride without, having a blister in your eye from dirt is a crap game

[gets off soap box]

Yep Bolle, uvex or what ever safety glases will do the job if it's just clear ones you want. Try to find nice vented ones and they wont steam up much.

I've various different ones and some steam up on long climbs, but my Oakley jawbreakers are great and fog up a bit when you stop but clear straight away as soon as you start moving again. You don't need to spend that much though for jst clear ones. Although interchangable lenses, with yellow for dull days on the road can be good.

Welcome to the contact club (no, that sounds wrong...) - anyway. I wear contacts for riding all the time now, despite being a glasses wearer for 45 years or so...

As everyone is saying, wear some form of eye protection - remember that even rubbing your eyes to get crap out might dislodge your contacts, so it's best to avoid getting stuff in your eyes full stop. Check that even clear lenses have UV protection if possible - some of the cheaper Oakleylikes might not...

I usually ride with Oakley Flak 2.0 glasses with a light tint - Oakley's pink Prizm low light lenses are great. I perversely object to buying nice glasses that only have clear lenses... I might as well get something for my money - obviously Yorkshire is rubbing off on me...

I wear contacts on the bike, and don't wear glasses off-road, but always wear them on-road.

Maybe I've got it backwards, but my eyes stream if I don't wear glasses on-road.

After trying loads of cheapies, I ended up buying some used Oakley sunglasses (with a damaged lens) and swapping for a clear aftermarket lens. £50> all in.

I wear contacts and for those saying "use mudguards" etc, they won't keep flies out in summer. The things is, when something gets in your eyes when wearing contacts, it hurts like hell!

I'm also perplexed as to why anybody would spend a lot of money on clear cycling glasses for mountain biking, if they're likely to get covered in crap at some stage. I currently have a pair of RockBros photochromic Oakley copies. I think they were about £15 off amazon. For the money they are superb and I don't care if they get scratched, which in time they will.

Maybe I’ve got it backwards, but my eyes stream if I don’t wear glasses

Yeah, same.

I know you've just sorted contacts OP, but getting prescription lenses in my Oakleys (Racing Jackets) has been great for me. No need to faff with contacts, I just swap glasses when I head out to ride. It's a bit trickier to get proper prescription lenses in the more modern almost-goggle style though.

I’ve eventually bitten the bullet and bought melon alleycats, just work so much better for me on the MTB, even use them on gravel

You need gravel-specific ones

#behindthetimes

I wear oakley radars with a vented photochromic lens, utterly brilliant, never fogs up when moving, don’t really notice the tint changing.
Can’t remember how much they cost, but i do remember it was cheaper than any of the mirror lenses.
Worn contacts since 1989, no problems.

I've got these
https://www.evanscycles.com/brand/fwe/rayet-photochromic-hydrophobic-multi-lens-glasses-754632#colcode=75463203
They're nice n big and the photochromic lens is really good for less sunny days, goes from completely clear to a light tint. Never used the yellow lens.

[i]but my eyes stream if I don’t wear glasses[/i]
This.. I can't even ride to the local shop without shades on. My eyes are very watery.

and never bothered with clear glasses, never really an issue

Yeah but no, but yeah...I think this is only really something that folks can decide for themselves, isn't it? I understand what you mean, and lots of the time, I ride glasses-less, but I don't think I'd feel right about suggesting that other folk do the same. YMMV...

There's also no real answer to the question I reckon, folks all have different shaped heads, and what might be perfect some some, won't fit others, or what stops my eyes watering, might be particularly irritating for you. Generally, I don't pay bottom drawer, but I hesitate to pay top dollar for Oakleys either (mostly as I loose them with boring regularity) Having said all that; DHB (the wiggle in-house brand) do some pretty good value wraparounds if you need something on the larger size.

Oh, and welcome to world of contacts, isn't it great?

Nowt wrong with the Lidl/Aldi jobs for a fiver.

More airflow to reduce misting (compared to safety specs) and changeable lenses for summer, autumn nights etc.

Meet the same specifications as the fancy jobs too.

I always wear glasses with my contacts...even without contacts I would be hesitant to do a proper off-road ride due to risk of eye injury from debris or brambles, branches etc.

Rain drops on non prescription glasses with contacts seems to provide better vision than rain drops on prescription specs.

I tend to wear reactive clear to tint lenses, contact lenses are not nice when dried in the wind, squinting in bright light, and mud in your eye can be really quite annoying, especially if you wear monthlies as losing a lens can be £30 or more.

Original question, cheap is fine but much more susceptible to scratching.

Always worn glasses over my contacts when riding. Various pairs of Tifosi glasses over the years with interchangeable lenses.

I have been told by the optician that I have particularly dry eyes (or stringy mucus) so cannot wear contacts all day. I have recently tried goggles to see they help and eyes definitely feel better at the end of a ride.

I wear contacts and for those saying “use mudguards” etc, they won’t keep flies out in summer. The things is, when something gets in your eyes when wearing contacts, it hurts like hell!

This! I imagine the only thing more painful is child birth. goggles on the mountain bike, sun glasses on road / gravel. Sunglasses i swap between a grey lenses in low light and a red one when its sunny. Sun glasses wise i wouldn't use anything other than 100% or Oakley.

I've opted for Sun God Vulcans with the clear lens with the UV block, sort of image intensifying.

Also they're very deep, so should help with the aggressive head angle. With all my glasses including some Oakley Radars I'm either looking at the frame or over the top.
I joked about needing a pair if Ray Reardons, these look like they'll do the job.

They are for road, on a mountainbike alls fine. But I've always ridden pista stems on my road bikes, both have negative rise stems. And back in the early 80s my old Rudy Projects literally went up to my crash helmet. So fingers crossed.

I wear glasses to protect my lenses and eyes. Flies grit dust mud all horrible when wearing contacts.
Got hit by a Sitka bud a few years ago in the eye ended up with a blister like lump on my eyeball. Bloody sore and re-enforced the need for eye protection.

Definitely worth it so save an eye from flying stones and general bad things that can happen.