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I'm blind without my glasses, and now that I'm old so I've started using bifocals. My face is too pretty to risk on the trail so I've been thinking about a full face helmet. Likely a Fox ProFrame as I can try it on locally, which means I'll buy it locally too.

So to my fellow graduates of the Handsome Boy Model School, and those that wear glasses, what do you do, googles over your glasses, only glasses? I'm sure some of you will say contact lens.Contacts aren't an options for me.

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Solid helmet. I have a TLD Stage but the Pro Frame is similar. Very light, well ventilated, and you could wear your glasses with or without goggles (you'll want to make sure the specific goggles you're looking at are big enough). When I'm wearing my full face I almost always wear goggles. I always prepare for a branch or rock popping up and hitting them, which is why I wear them in the first place. If your glasses could crack if/when that happens, I'd wear wear glasses over them. That's just me though, I'm at the bike park fairly often and I see a lotta guys with full faces and just glasses on.
 
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I had lasik before I became a mountain biker, so take this with a grain of salt. But in your shoes I would be actively looking for a solution that gets rid of glasses while riding. The thought of glasses breaking during a crash, and having a splinter of lens get lodged in my eye, is super disconcerting. Shatterproof eyewear is the #2 most important piece of safety equipment, behind only your helmet.
 
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I use one of these in snow and bike goggles. Work great if you get the right size. Glasses don't work that well with goggles IMO, tried a bunch of different combos.
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The problem with goggles and glasses is your are going to fog in any cooler weather. Any time you aren't screaming downhill.
 
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I have a Proframe and Dropframe Pro helmets. Love both of them. Very comfortable and plays very well with goggles. Maybe you can get custom goggle inserts for your lenses!
 
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I wear prescription glasses and ride with a fullface full time as it’s either a TLD Stage or D4. I use these Oakleys with prescription Prizm golf lense which makes greens pop which really helps on the trail. When I’m forced to wear goggles I wear 100% Accuri 2 OTG’s which fit my daily prescription glasses well.

 
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Jayem said:
The problem with goggles and glasses is your are going to fog in any cooler weather. Any time you aren't screaming downhill.
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My riding glasses don't usually fog up, but my goggles certainly do. I can get away with wearing goggles in cool weather if the humidity isn't too high, which is a rare thing around here.
 
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BmanInTheD said:
I use one of these in snow and bike goggles. Work great if you get the right size. Glasses don't work that well with goggles IMO, tried a bunch of different combos.
www.sportrx.com

Prescription Snow Goggle Insert

SportRx s custom collection of prescription ski goggle inserts are tailored to fit virtually any snow goggle on the market! Whether your Rx recently changed or you just bought some sweet new ski goggles without a prescription, our friendly opticians are here to get you ready for snow season with...
www.sportrx.com www.sportrx.com
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I also use Oakley prescription (progressive) Prizm Trail glasses in various models with half-shell AND full-face helmets unless it's really dusty or cold or going mach speed at the bike parks. This is preferred from a comfort standpoint but goggles are more protective from wind and elements.
 
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I don't usually wear a full face but goggles cut off too much of my field of view for comfort. Especially when I'm going down a steep, rocky chute, the bottom of the goggles cut off peripheral vision of anything below my waist. It's hard to gauge where my feet are placed in relation to roots and bigger rocks. Goggles look better with a full face, but I understand why riders prefer just glasses. Oh yeah less fog too
 
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aphilso1 said:
I had lasik before I became a mountain biker, so take this with a grain of salt. But in your shoes I would be actively looking for a solution that gets rid of glasses while riding. The thought of glasses breaking during a crash, and having a splinter of lens get lodged in my eye, is super disconcerting. Shatterproof eyewear is the #2 most important piece of safety equipment, behind only your helmet.
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Unfortunately, I’m not a candidate for Lasik for the same reasons I’m cannot use contact lenses.
 
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If I ride park I wear goggles over glasses.

If I'm trail riding I wear a half shell with just glasses.

I tried the Rx inserts for goggles but the fish eye effect was overwhelming. Didn't feel safe in those. Depends on your Rx though.
 
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RideTheEast said:
Are contacts an option? I know you said bifocals, and there are bifocal contacts, but you'd probably be fine with just the distance prescription.
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You mean like in the OP where they say they arent an option?
 
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