daihard 

Hi.

Do you have helmets that have vents / holes that are designed specifically to hold eyewear? If so, do you recommend yours?

If you're wondering what I'm taking about, see the attached image for a reference.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Note to admins] This has nothing to do with safety.

tomato coupe

Not too surprising, but Oakley helmets have them.

Camilo

I don't know if they're intended this way, but both my old LG and new and inexpensive Giro helmet hold the glasses in vents.

noimagination

The vents in the picture of the helmet you've attached to your post are for ventilation. Yes, you can stick your glasses in there, but they are not designed specifically for holding glasses. You just need to find a helmet with vents located there, as nearly all are (maybe not aero helmets for time trials).

Saying that those helmet vents are designed for eyewear is like saying that a shirt with buttons is designed to hold eyeglasses because you can fold your glasses and stick one of the earpieces down the vee above the last button to hold your glasses.

Bici Veloce

I have a Smith Ignite helmet that holds my Oakley sunglasses. Smith actually markets this as a feature...

Sy Reene

supposedly, but never fiddled with this rear holder:

mstateglfr 

I have 2 helmets and both have vents that line up with the glasses I use. I flip the sunglasses upside down. The glasses have a relatively straight arm instead of the curved around the temple style of many cycling glasses.

Abus Stormchaser
MET Rivale MIPS

daihard 

I wasn't aware that the vents of the particular helmet in the picture were general-purpose ones rather than specifically to hold eyewear. Thanks for the information.

That said, I am looking for a helmet with vents that are designed to hold eyewear. (Those helmets do exist.) My current one, the Specizlied Propero3, doesn't hold my sunglasses. I tried to stick them into the vents, but it just resulted in the arms hitting my head.

urbanknight

Not that I am aware of. Considering how varied the design is for eyewear, it would be impossible to design a helmet to be universally compatible with them all. Perhaps some brands that make both helmet and eyewear (like Oakley or Rudy Project) make theirs compatible with each other, but anything else is likely to be pure luck. Maybe if you post which model your glasses are, someone here might have a helmet that they fit into, but otherwise I would suggest bringing them into a shop and testing them on various helmets.

prj71

I just have a lanyard on my glasses.

datlas 

This. I am not saying there are not helmet makers who might claim this feature, but I think you are overthinking it.

tomato coupe

It's not all that difficult, since the distance between the temples doesn't vary much.

Eric F 

Met Trenta 3K..."Sunglasses Ports - Dedicated sunglasses ports with rubberized grips for securely stowing your shades when they aren't on your face". I'm fairly sure I've seen other helmets also indicate sunglasses docking as a feature of the design.

Temple width doesn't vary a lot, and a large number of sunglasses targeted for the cycling market have straight temples. If your helmet works with Oakleys (for example) it will probably work with quite a few other brands.

Eric F 

There are a couple out there that indicate glasses docking as a feature - Met Trenta 3K is one ($$$!!!). As has been suggested, the best bet would be to take your glasses with you to a LBS with a wide selection and see what works best for you.

My Scott Centric Plus works fairly well with Oakley and Tifosi glasses. I can feel the temples/arms against the top of my head, but it's not enough to be bothersome. My Ekoi Legende holds glasses really well.

mstateglfr 

The two I mentioned are designed to hold eyewear.
Also, POC helmets(some? all?) have little rubber pads on a couple of vents and they exist specifically for holding glasses in place.

Eric F 

I don't think I would like my glasses dangling off my neck while riding.

surak

I bought an Oakley ARO3 recently to hold my sunglasses. They have a groove cutout at the sides of the vents for a snug fit.

My Bell Z20 has rubberized grips in the vents to hold sunglasses, but they don't work at all for my Flak 2.0s. They're better at holding the wider Radar EVs, but I forgot while using the Flaks and chipped my lenses looking down a few too many times for my liking.

Sy Reene

I just tuck an arm of the sunglasses into my jersey/base below my neck -- old habit doing the same in street clothes while wearing a t-shirt. Am I doing it all wrong?

urbanknight

Sounds like this is the answer the OP is looking for then.

Eric F 

Reading through all the responses, it seems like there is a selection to pick from - Met, Abus, POC, Smith... That said, there will be others that hold glasses very well, but don't advertise it as a "feature".

Bici Veloce

I only remove my sunglasses if they fog up, usually while climbing at slow speeds and damp weather. We've had a lot of that lately in So Cal. I've used the tuck under the neck method, but I always seem to get sweat and sunscreen on my sunglasses. I saw this helmet holder feature advertised by Smith when shopping for a new helmet and figured I would give it a try. It works pretty good and I'm able to use one hand to get them into the helmet.

I never knew this existed until a couple weeks ago, ironic that a post arrives soon after. We've probably spent way more time than necessary on the subject, but I thought I would toss in my two cents

Eric F 

Scott Centric Plus with Oakleys…

t2p

Smith Forefront 2

features ports / slots designed to hold eyewear in the front or rear of the helmet


https://www.smithoptics.com/en_US/p/...223K45155.html
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staehpj1

I have that same helmet on order (supposed to arrive tomorrow). I hope that it will hold my sunglasses on the front with the visor up or down. I'll wait and see. My sunglasses are Wiley X not Smith. It never occurred to me to carry them on the back of the helmet, but that might be something I need to try. I forget which Smith helmet that I compared said what in the description but one said it had a dock for eyewear and one said it had a dock for "Smith eyewear". Not sure how significant the dirrerence is if at all.

RB1-luvr

I've always been a little jelly of those with helmets that hold their sunnies. None of mine have ever been compatible.