I ride with my glasses, but at speed I tear up and in the sun I can't look towards the horizon. So I feel I need glasses. I got astigmatism so I either need contact lenses or inlays to go with the sunglasses. I visited my local optician, and the nice lady there told me they only had one option (too small), but could fit glasses if I just found sports glasses that supported inlays.
I looked at two glasses that fit my head. Just the very few the shop has on display and neither they could fit inlays to. But that was the Oakley Jawbreaker and an Armani exchange model
https://www.armani.com/en-si/item_cod1647597308480897.html
just as a reference to the kind of glasses I am after. I saw also an oakley with the same design as the armani, but I liked how the bottom of the armani swinged inward.
An extra bonus would be mirrored (so you don't see the inlay through the glass, less dorky looking) and photocromatic (so I can use it all year). But to be honest, anything that works well with an inlay is good.
by moijk
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Have you looked at reactive lenses? Cycling conditions can change from weather or tree cover so being stuck with a prescription tint can cause problems or you’re riding with your tinted and non-tinted
In terms of your choices, I’d always go for oakley as they are better all around (probably made in the same factory but the QC is much higher)
I’d be looking at contacts as you eliminate the potential for steaming/fogging up and risking your prescription glasses as well as flexibility of wearing sunglasses over the top.
Your other option is laser
You can get prescription lenses on the Jawbreakers, the choice of lens tints is limited and it will look weird as the prescription part is inserted into the lens.
For something with two lenses, like the Flak 2 the choice of prescrition lenses is better.
The really bad thing about these is that it’s not cheap
I have Oakley Sutro Photochromic and use contacts for my astigmatism and they work great in all light conditions. You can also purchase inserts that attach to the nose support, if you do not want to wear contacts,
I use [this](https://www.futurumshop.nl/bbb-impulse-optic-ph-bsg-71ph-fietbsbril-op-sterkte-mat-zwart.phtml)with an insert, which works well. Had the lenses for the insert made at my local optician. You can also look at bananaoptics.com, saw an ad from them and it seemed interesting but can’t vouch for their quality.