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Sevulturus wrote:Just buy a tank bag and throw a map in there, it's actually kinda fun to get lost once in a while, you can find all sorts of neat roads doing that.

that's good and all for leisure rides but not when im on a time frame which coincidentally is when i get lost a lot since im not yet familiar w/ the roads.

i can't read street name from afar so i sometimes miss my turn on a new road. i think im gonna go for a free consultation for a laser eye surgery and see if i can afford it.

wearing glasses is out of the question since it's annoying and actually dangerous on a bike. contact lenses are ok but im not sure how well it will work when riding.

VermilionX wrote:wearing glasses is out of the question since it's...actually dangerous on a bike.

eh???

ZooTech wrote:

VermilionX wrote:wearing glasses is out of the question since it's...actually dangerous on a bike.

eh???

if you get into an accident and you fly, the impact might cause your glasses to puncture you or even take out your eye. at least, that's what i heard.

Oy vay...

Sevulturus wrote:Just buy a tank bag and throw a map in there, it's actually kinda fun to get lost once in a while, you can find all sorts of neat roads doing that.

Got a tank bag, got several mapa and love getting lost but....once you're lost, you've got to find your way back and I have the *worse* sense of direction on the planet.

My wife and I are going to DC at the end of March/early April and want to meander our way up there. Using a GPS will allow us to meander in the right direction.

VermilionX wrote:if you get into an accident and you fly, the impact might cause your glasses to puncture you or even take out your eye. at least, that's what i heard.

Uhh, Verm, dude........ if I don't wear my glasses I will definitely get into an accident......which is, umm, like waaay more annoying, y'know whad i mean???

And according to my license, if I am stopped without mine I'm in trouble!

jstark47 wrote: Uhh, Verm, dude........ if I don't wear my glasses I will definitely get into an accident......which is, umm, like waaay more annoying, y'know whad i mean???

my eyes are not bad on seeing objects on the road.

reading is my problem. so it's ok, if i miss my turn, i just go back. im not gonna try to force a turn and get into an accident.

but yeah, i really wanna get a laser eye surgery since i learned that having 20/20 vision is one of the best tools a rider can have on and off the tracks.

oh and i don't have any restrictions on wearing eye correction on my license.

ShawnKing wrote:My wife and I are going to DC at the end of March/early April and want to meander our way up there. Using a GPS will allow us to meander in the right direction.

I've held off on buying one as I'm scared that it will take some of the best surprises that one can come across while on a bike. Getting lost is fun!

VermilionX wrote:

Sevulturus wrote:Just buy a tank bag and throw a map in there, it's actually kinda fun to get lost once in a while, you can find all sorts of neat roads doing that.

wearing glasses is out of the question since it's annoying and actually dangerous on a bike. contact lenses are ok but im not sure how well it will work when riding.

I don't know where you come up with all of this stuff, but it's pretty funny. Tinted visors are safer then sunglasses, regular glasses are unsafe, slow speed riding has nothing to do with high speed riding... wow, just wow is all I can say You don't need to justify your style like that.

The majority of prescription lenses now-a-days are not glass, they are shatter resistant plastic, which can be argued is actually safer then the relatively cheap plastic that visors are made of. It's also thicker and smaller meaning it's less likely to break. Additionally it's a second layer between your eyes and anything that comes flying at them (first layer being the visor assuming a fullface).

Now the nose pieces can potentially cause injury, but that's cutting and scraping to the bridge of the nose. Basically the same thing that would happen with sunglasses. Even this should be rare wearing a good helmet.

If you want to get right down to it, contact lenses are actually MORE dangerous for your eyes in general, and more likely to cause problems, as there is no easy way to adjust them should something bad happen. I can pop open my visor and fiddle with my glasses one handed, but I'd love to see someone fix their contact at speed.



And the thing you dont' seem to realize is that if you have trouble making out details such as street signs this means that you might miss other details, like a patch of sand/oil/gravel, a little dog, or a rock flying at your head.

Not to mention that your eyes are currently focused at two different distances meaning your balance is affected. Which might explain some of your apparent problems with cornering.

Want me to go over the problems with laser eye surgery? And it's dangers in the event of an accident...