Helmets for people with glasses

[James Deuce]

Get Contacts.

[Wasp]

just do what I do - wear contact lenses!

pros:
1) you look normal (more normal in your case)
2) no "double layer glare" (hate this)
3) i find wind rushes around the frame and into my eyes so they water

editL: beaten by jim

[yungatart]

Get Contacts.

just do what I do - wear contact lenses!

pros:
1) you look normal (more normal in your case)
2) no "double layer glare" (hate this)
3) i find wind rushes around the frame and into my eyes so they water

editL: beaten by jim

Not all of us can wear contacts !
I wish I could tho, but at least my hair and my glasses are colour co-ordinated!

[Wasp]

oh, didnt know that. why not? (have heard about people who wear contacts damaging their eyes so not being able to wear them anymore)

[Rosie]

I would agree that you need to try on lots of different helmets, and see what is best for you, and your frames. I've got a KBC TK-8, I really like it. My partner also has glasses and has the same helmet.

When I got new frames the optometrists weren't terribly helpful about the motorbike helmet thing, I was having to explain to them that having flexible frames, wide arms etc wasn't going to work. They did let me take a few frames home for several days, which was useful, so I could see which frames would be comfortable under my helmet. Unfortunately the frames I got are being trashed by being taken on and off so much, being held in one hand while I put my helmet on etc.

As an almost-related aside, if you are getting prescription sunglasses (or clip on sunglasses for normal prescription glasses), mine have polarising lenses, and it interferes with the UV coating on my helmet and turns everything various shades of luminous green and purple.

[The Pastor]

Niggas.

I just got a flip face helemet from m2r. what a POS. its good for glasses though, I tend to strech it out wards when putting on the helmet with the filp up. I think thats bad for it.

[Freakshow]

I have no issue with the helmet and it's a Xpeed. Getting straight Arm glasses definalty helps

[Big Dave]

I do not understand this conversation - I've been wearing sunglasses (various styles) inside helmets for 40 years. Put the helmet on and then put the glassses on.

????

[vifferman]

bascally i need to wear glasses to drive/ride.

i just wanted to know some brands models and prices of helmets that are made with a section with less padding on the sides where the arms of glasses are, so i dont bend my glasses.

(sorry for bad spelling)]

any information and help is welcome.

You just need to go into shops and keep trying till you find summat that's right. It depends so much on the shape of your glasses frames/head/the helmet.
We were looking at flip-fronts for the vifferbabe, as she had a loaner BMS System 3 helmet. but it turned out they were all crap (fitted badly). Plus she has a small, square head.
In the end, she bought a Shoei Raid. Not what she had in mind, but she loves it! It's comfy, quiet, and with a bit of practice, her glasses fit OK .

Before I got my XVent with its tinted visor, I used to wear sunglasses nearly all the time under my helmets (all AGV). But my current sunglasses won't fit under the current AGV anyway, as it's too tight, even though they fit under the previous one (AGV Vento).

[Pwalo]

I do not understand this conversation - I've been wearing sunglasses (various styles) inside helmets for 40 years. Put the helmet on and then put the glassses on.

????

Same (but only for 35 years). But I do like my HJC.

[Big Dave]

Same (but only for 35 years). But I do like my HJC.

hmmm- I wasn't taking the piss - just never had any issues.

[Pwalo]

No offence taken mate.

[kiwifruit]

i've never had problems with glasses in lids.... had trouble with contacts tho, they would get really dry and end up being blinked out.... not good when you're as blind as me! (-6.5)

[yungatart]

oh, didnt know that. why not? (have heard about people who wear contacts damaging their eyes so not being able to wear them anymore)

Sensitive eyes that are prone to hayfever, allergies etc - trust me, they don't want to be irritated further by plonking a pair of contacts in them!

[aderino4]

It depends with your head size and glasses style.

Both my Oakleys (glasses and sunglasses) fit well with my Arai.
It was hard in the beginning but it's all good now.

With the straight frame be careful with the end of the frame hitting the helmet causing the glasses to get pushed forward.

Another problem is frameless glasses. they are too weak. I broke the glass on my frameless Oakley on one ocassion and second ocassion the screws came off. I've given up on frameless glasses