AMoney

I am looking to replace my prescription sunglasses and need to replace my sunglasses. Are multiport sunglasses ok? Or should I get cycling specific sunglasses? I primarily do road biking but occasionally do mountain biking.

Mtracer

I've found no difference with the style of sunglasses I wear on road rides. This includes plain old wire rimmed sun glasses to a more bike specific, and some just generic wrap-around types. Of course, I've not done side-by-side comparisons. I know I've done some long fast descents in cold weather where my eyes teared up a lot. But I can't say this had anything to do with the style of glasses.

Common sense suggests that the more wrap-around and close fitting to the face, the less likely it would be to have air channeled near the eye.

bruce19

There's another post here about this subject. I went from Tiffosi to Oakley to my everyday Maui Jim sport sunglasses. The MJs are working for me and they are the lightest. OTOH none of them are prescription.

https://www.bikeforums.net/general-c...-dont-get.html

WhyFi

If you don't already *know* that you need/want cycling-specific glasses, you're probably fine without them.

The additional coverage of cycling-specific glasses is great for high speed and unimpeded vision in aggressive/low body position. For some, those are nice benefits.

seypat

Multisport work for me in all outside endeavors.

Calsun

I use what are termed "safety glasses" which are available in a readers style with a + diopeter section at the bottom. I only need the magnification for my bike computer so these work very well.

The safety glasses wrap around and fit close enough to my cheeks to keep wind and dirt and bugs from coming into my eyes from below or the sides of the glasses. These also have thin arms so as not to interfere with my peripheral vision which is critical. There is no metal and with the plastic lenses there are no worries about a part breaking off in a fall and injuring an eye.

I have paid less than $20 for them and they are available with no tint, a light yellow tint, or various levels of gray tint. They also have 100% UV A B protection for the eyes.

KerryIrons

But that can also result in fogging issues in cooler, humid weather. Good glasses deal with both issues of keeping stuff from hitting your eyes and preventing/minimizing fogging.

Eric F 

Maybe, but is that a good thing? For me, I've found that some airflow around the lens helps reduce the amount of sweat in my eyes when I'm working hard.

wolfchild

I use safety sunglasses which I get at Home Depot.

79pmooney

Glasses fogging has been a life-long issue for me. The more seal, the more fog. I only use prescription glasses (contacts would probably cost ma an eye) so I've been unwilling to spend big bucks on the gamble. Rayban style frames and now bifocal polarized lenses work for me quite well.

Inusuit

I somethings wear sunglasses that were free from a trophy and engraving shop. I sometimes wear Maui Jims that showed up in the lost and found. I sometimes wear Oakleys bought new. I don't see much difference. Of course I am old and slow.

urbanknight

The biggest difference in my experience is that cycling specific sunglasses often ride higher on the face so that they don't block your view when you're in an aero tuck with your head down. If you never ride that way, you probably won't care.

Garthr

Check out WileyX brand, they make all sorts of shapes and lenses and many have RX options. I personally wear the Saber Advanced, no r/x, just the glasses. These are my go to glasses for everything outdoor related in any season as I prefer their Light Rust lenses over anything else in any weather as the light transmission is still high @ 60% and the slight tint subtly enhances the environment but doesn't alter any colors. I wear them mostly to keep stuff out of my eyes in the wind as I don't need sunglasses to make things dark as the very concept never made much sense to me.

I find the WileyX's are not only more solid in construction than any brand of cycling/athletic specific glasses, their QC is excellent. The frames are straight and everything fits together as it should. Before I found WileyX I was brand surfing glasses trying to find a brand that offered a lighter lens and a frame that wasn't crooked fitting, and not one fit the bill. If it wasn't the frame, it was the lens quality or lack thereof. The WileyX lenses have no distortion. The replaceable nose pieces are bendable for adjustment. The lenses are thicker for sure as they are intended/marketed more as a shooting/safety brand, and that's fine by me as the clarity is excellent. Lens replacements are $25, that's my kind of great.
​​​​​​https://www.wileyx.com/saber-advanced-308t

burnthesheep

Amazon special $20 or so photochromatic cycling glasses. The changes in visibility with light conditions is nice and is affordable these days.

Rock Bros? One photochromatic pair is just $18.

Edit: just saw prescription. Scratched my post out for that. I cannot help with prescription. Above is for not prescription.

staehpj1

I love my Wiley X Twisted model for my trail riding. My eye doc reccommended the brand (he is a mountain biker). They may not be ideal for some who need real cycling glasses that are higher on the face. For me they are a bit less than optimum for use on the road bike, but I can live with them. If I were inclined to ride the road bike more I would have picked something more bike specific, but I mostly ride the MTB these days.