Contacts

Yes, absolutely. Riding with glasses is awful.

no problems at all wearing them. 

Contact lenses are life-changingly amazing for any sport of any kind, doubly so for those that may take place in the rain.

The only time I wear contacts is during any outdoor activity or riding my motorbike. They are a game changer for mtb. The only downsides are - my distance prescription contacts really wreck my close up vision so I have to have a cheap pair of reading glasses stashed for if I have a puncture or mechanical or need to look at a map. Also, on muddy rides any crap flicked in your eyes is especially unpleasant if wearing contacts. On wet muddy rides I wear clear safety specs to prevent that.

Yep. Daily’s single use ones. Don’t wear them often enough to mess around cleaning. <br /><br />

and can carry spares if you do get crap in your eye or lose one. 

Folding reading glasses FTW when cycling with distance prescription lenses in. Foster Grants go smallest for tucking in a pocket or saddle bag.

On wet muddy rides I wear clear safety specs to prevent that.

Mudguards, an absolute no brainer for this as well as many other reasons.

Mudguards, an absolute no brainer for this as well as many other reasons.

I use a front mudguard too.  Whilst it reduces the clag thrown up, it nowhere near eliminates it.  This time of year, on a wet, muddy downhill trail you are still going to get mud, water or grit in your eyes from time to time without goggles or glasses. I was reminded of this again today, when I forgot to wear my Screwfix cheapo safety glasses just briefly on one of several runs. Grit under your contacts is horrible!

Well that seems pretty conclusive, a trip to the opticians for me it is then. Thanks for the feedback

I’ve tried contacts for quite complex astigmatism, in both eyes but markedly different in each eye. Whilst they did help with my distance vision the correction also made height and depth perception almost impossible to ride with them in. My distance glasses I only use for driving, I’m unable to negotiate a set of stairs with my glasses on, it was better but not perfect with contacts. Like another poster up there^^^^ contacts wrecked my close up vision, so I’d need reading glasses on me at all times to see anything closer than a metre.

I’m not yet ready to admit I’m blind, so I’ll only see some of the world in some sort of focus. My trombone arms are getting regular workouts to see small things close up.

I wear one days. Revolutionary. 

and can carry spares if you do get crap in your eye or lose one.

I wouldn't want to do this on a ride as your fingers need to be pretty clean when putting contact in.

Yeah I wear one for biking etc etc. 

As it's not every day I buy the best I can get for comfort, at the mo it's dailys but maybe others know better.

Can't really think of any downside other than I find them hard to put in, although I found a new technique on YouTube that has improved things a lot

I wear a contact lens in my right "distance" eye.

Don't bother with the left which is my near vision eye.

Works well and a couple of friends do the same.

Front mudhugger with extender and never had any issues. 

Been using contacts for 35 years. So much better than glasses.

Just another +1. I found the whole process pretty grim the first time- just couldn't get them in, almost gave up just out of frustration and general unpleasantness. I mean, you're putting a thing in your eye, it's orrible. But so glad I stuck with it

Used them for over 40 years - offers so many more opportunities to do things especially in inclement weather. No more glasses misting up when you enter the pub on a winter's evening and frantically trying to clean the glasses so you can actually see where the bar is or your friends are. I'm now wearing one in my left eye which helps with reading and the one in my right eye does distance - this took a bit of getting used to as previously I would have to wear reading glasses for reading.

and can carry spares if you do get crap in your eye or lose one. 

I've worn contacts longer than I've ridden a mountain bike, and in all the time that I've ridden in all conditions both with and without shades/protective eyewear; I've never once had to take them out, or put in a spare, and that's going on 25+ years now. 

Whilst it reduces the clag thrown up, it nowhere near eliminates it.

It depends on the guard, and the bike. I used to use a crud catcher, but that also needed one of those thin plastic ones under the fork guard to stop crap coming through the gap between tyre and crown and then me riding into it. Now I use a mud hugger with an extra rubber flap stuck to the end, I get absolutely no mud or water in my face at all.

I wear shades a lot still though, to keep flies out - but in wet weather I can remove them and not have a problem with the mud hugger.