Very specific needs for glasses

Apatride

Hi guys,

I just bought a cool bike, all the safety gear and started commuting. Everything is fine except a very important thing.
My right eye is not working (due to an accident when I was a teenager). It never bothered me in France since when changing lanes, most of the time, I had to check traffic behind me on the left.
Unfortunately, in Ireland, I have to turn my head to the right and look with my left eye. This is not great but it becomes completely unsafe when wearing my cycling glasses since the nose support is huge and blocks my vision completely (if you want to understand what I mean, close the right eye, don t move your head and look as much on your right as you can. Now repeat with cycling glasses on your nose and see the difference).
I want glasses when cycling, this is part of my minimum safety needs (a bug in the left eye would make me completely blind for at least a few seconds and I want to protect this eye for other obvious reasons).

So I am looking for glasses providing an excellent visibility even when "looking over my nose". I would like to keep the costs as low as possible but if I find perfect glasses, I ll pay for them.

Would you have any recommendations regarding this?

RobertFoster

Not sure about glasses, but how would you feel about a rear-view mirror, either on your helmet or your handlebars?

Apatride

I would definitely feel ridiculous!!!
Let's say that this would be the very last option. On the helmet, this is not convenient anyway (the mirror would have to be on the right and I would look at it with my left eye). On the bars, my drop bars (Brev M Uno Speciale) would not allow this.
Thanks for the suggestion though.

By the way, I also need white glass (no need for sunglasses in Cork) and as mentioned, I need a proper cover of the eyes so not too much space between the cheek bones and the bottom of the glasses.

crosswords

You need a mirror.

Reevu used to make a helmet with a built in mirror.

The cycleinn in Tallaght had a few demo models.

See here http://www.reevu.com/view_rv_dlx.asp

doozerie

You can get plugs for drop bars which have a mirror integrated into them, like this which might help.

Apatride

A mirror on the left side won t allow me to see traffic and a mirror on the right side won t be seen by my left eye (unless I find glasses giving me proper "over the nose" clearance but then turning my head should be enough, no need for a mirror). So I am not saying that a mirror is a bad idea but on its own, it would be useless since if it is on the right side, it will be hidden by the glasses or the bar or knee.

Ryath

Most sports sunglasses have fairly chunky nose-pieces and bridges but one of I can think of that may suit would be Oakley M Frames
http://www.oakley.com/products/5544/17954

A better option though may be safety glasses not as stylish but a lot cheaper and a lot of them have clear nose-pieces and bridges
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bolle-Safety-Glasses-Mamba-Clear/dp/B003UR4M04/ref=pd_sim_sbs_diy_35

Apatride

Ryath, I used to wear safety glasses for work and shooting, I never thought of them as an option for riding but this is, actually, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot for the suggestion, I just need to find some with the right shape to prevent steam and hold properly.
I owe you a beer!

snapplejacks

Apatride wrote: »

Ryath, I used to wear safety glasses for work and shooting, I never thought of them as an option for riding but this is, actually, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot for the suggestion, I just need to find some with the right shape to prevent steam and hold properly.
I owe you a beer!

after much googling around the other day (as i have eye problems also) i came across this site which should give you plenty of ideas.
http://www.safetyglassesusa.com/