that's funny, i stopped wearing contacts 12 years ago because i had so many problems with contacts and bike riding.
My eyes were drying out from all the wind and that's even when I was wearing fancy bolle and oakley sunglasses. Dry eyes and wind equals the contacts flying out, losing them and not being able to see. Or I would get a little dust particle in my eyes, that's very painful, have to stop immediately and pop out my contacts and ride to my destination with poor vision until I was able to get to a restroom to clean my eyes and contacts and put them back in. My rain riding plus glasses wearing now includes a fancy waterproof light weight hiking rain jacket that has a form fitting hood with integrated brim. I put my hood on under my helmet so my hood moves with my head and the hood doesn't block my vision at all. On Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:37:08 PM UTC-8, velomann wrote: > > Probably not a reply that's going to be super-helpful, but I commute about > 24 miles RT every day, all year long, in the Portland area. Needless to > say, rain is a regular companion. And I'm blind as a bat without > glasses/correction. I haven't found rain to be a huge nuisance so much as > fog/mist. Rain tends to bead up & run off, but those tiny droplets and the > constant wiping are downright dangerous. > > 2 years ago, at age 50, I finally took the plunge into contacts after > telling myself for years that my eyes wouldn't like them. Absolutely > transformed my commuting. Now I wear clear cheap glasses (winter) or shades > to keep my eyes from drying out too much, and when it's foggy/misty - I > don't. Cycling was the BEST thing about going to contacts. > > As an aside, I was most worried about racing NW cyclocross (read: MUD) > with contacts, but for the most part, with the same cheap cycling glasses, > it has not been a problem. Definitely better than racing in my prescription > glasses. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
