I use glasses with the unbrakable metal wire frames. Sometimes it takes a bit of poking around to get them just where you want them but they never bend or break so they work out pretty good. I do agree with the guy about the frames sometimes beig in the way for spirited riding. That can be a bit of a pain at times.

 

I'm too much of a little girl to try contacts. I let the optician put one in for a tester session, freaked out and eventually went back to the shop about four hours later for him to take it out. I had to apologise something chronic for the hell I gave him when the poor sod was trying to get it out...

I wear glasses full time but struggle with them under a helmet unless I'm going slow and can keep my head up so the frames don't obscure the view. So I normally ride 'quickly' without them on and then all I see is grey, green and blue bands. When the grey and green shift left, I turn the bike left, shift right, turn right.

How shameful is that? I really must man up and sort that out...

 

Not being lazy about contacts....I tried it...I agree contacts would be optimal under a helmet. I just don't get the wear hours I want out of them before my eyes dry out and get blurry...and forget about opening the shield a bit for a breeze with contacts on...and about reading anything close-up (menu) with contacts on.

Thanks again for the info. I'll check out the Scorpion 700 and some new glasses.

 

Check out Nike frames with the straight sides (or probably most any with straight sides). Very easy to go on/off with the Scorpion and they don't move around in there.

 

Wear your contacts. How lazy are you anyway

 

Two different brands of helmets (RF1000 and Quantum/Fs) and three different pairs of sun/prescription glasses. The whimpy framed prescrips are a pain to get into the helmet. Once on I usually have to leave the visor shut all the time. Even a slight breeze at low speed waters my eyes. The "arms" on my sunglasses are stiffer, and harder to get comfortably behind my ears, but once behind they are okay. Glasses under a helmet are a curse by design. Not sure of the optimum solution.

 

Thanks for the replies. Good to hear about the EXO 700 and glasses...that helmet fits me well.

Now the glasses...I checked Wiley-X's site today. There maybe a model or two with straight temples that would be relatively easy to slide under a FF helmet...have to try some on. I currently have their Rage model (prescription)...they fit my face well but I can't get them on under a Shoei without destroying them. Anyone else wear this model or something similar? I need something that will handle precription lenses.

Thank again....
Regards

 

I've worn glasses with my Scorpion helmet(s). Very comfortable.

 

I have the Shoei RF 1000 and it's no where near as "glasses friendly" as my scorpion exo-700. That one held my glasses tight. I've learned to live with it with the shoei though

 

LASIK! Other than that I have no reason to post here since I don't wear glasses.

 

I've riden with glasses wearing a suomy spec 1R. No issues, and there was a space in the check pad that almost seemed as if it was meant for glasses.