Helmet for 4 eyes.

[hugh jarrs]

Many years of self abuse have finally caught up with me and i've had to get spectacles for driving and watching tv etc. I have a Caberg V2 and a Schuberth C1. Cant get them on at all with the Caberg and with the Schuberth the specs move about when i turn my head.
Anyone got a suggestion on the type of helmet i need or is it just a case of trying lots till i find the right one?

 

[earthmover]

May not be your helmet, but your glasses that need changing.
DAMHIK
Mark

 

[NeilDD]

Try the Shoei Multitec, it's designed with glasses in mind

Neil

 

[GSmonkey]

Bog standard Arai full face helmet works for me. The type of glasses do have an effect.

You certainly don't require a heavy flippy helmet.

 

[Schtum]

I recently got my first pair of spectacles for distance vision. The first thing I noticed was that, on my favourite B road commute home in the car, I was doing an easy 90 where I'd previously been doing 80. Funny how you don't notice the gradual deterioration.

Anyway.....nice, light, springy Pentax frames from Specsavers fit easily under my Shoe Hornet and even fit under my non OTG Scott goggles.

Also needing sunglasses, I found a local optician who made up and installed prescrption lenses into my Raybans for the princely sum of £25.

 

[oblertone]

Having tried ...

... a variety of solutions over the years, I've now got some titanium frames specs without any hinges, they are so flexible that they'll fit any helmet

 

[earthmover]

... a variety of solutions over the years, I've now got some titanium frames specs without any hinges, they are so flexible that they'll fit any helmet

I have the opposite idea, my "flexible" specs were harder to put on whilst wearing an Arai full face, but I now have a pair with more substantial side arms, which are simple to slide on. With my system 5 either pair weren't a problem putting the lid on whilst wearing them. If I'm riding for any length of time, I wear contacts anyway.
Mark

 

[hugh jarrs]

Thanks for all the info.

 

[Rushy]

I learnt many years ago, by mistake, that its a good idea to take your lid with you when you pick your specs. Especially in the late 80's / early 90's when big specs were in .

Reasonably substantially sides to 'push' into the helmet is useful and then make sure that the sides are sprung too 'cos that helps too

 

[nick.ct]

I learnt many years ago, by mistake, that its a good idea to take your lid with you when you pick your specs. Especially in the late 80's / early 90's when big specs were in .

Reasonably substantially sides to 'push' into the helmet is useful and then make sure that the sides are sprung too 'cos that helps too

Or a flip front that enables you to leave your specs in place when you put your helmet on. I use a C2 that works fine fo this.

In the past, specs with robust arms that could be fitted after putting on your lid, tended to be a bit of a squash behind my ears.

Just my 2p

 

[D6]

my mate uses the same as mine, caberg trip

 

[Hman]

I have the opposite idea, my "flexible" specs were harder to put on whilst wearing an Arai full face, but I now have a pair with more substantial side arms, which are simple to slide on. With my system 5 either pair weren't a problem putting the lid on whilst wearing them. If I'm riding for any length of time, I wear contacts anyway.
Mark

me to, i mainly wear glasses but on the bike i wear disposable contacts. i find it makes life a lot easyer. contacts are so comfortable these days i forget im wearing them somtimes. although for people with toric eyes they are expensive.


Hman

 

[Rushy]

Or a flip front that enables you to leave your specs in place when you put your helmet on. I use a C2 that works fine fo this.

In the past, specs with robust arms that could be fitted after putting on your lid, tended to be a bit of a squash behind my ears.

Just my 2p

I never could quite get the hang of that with my caberg flip and still had to take the specs off. The sides behind the ears can be a problem if the sides are too long because the optician then bends them too much behind the ear to stop them slipping. Specs with straight sides can be good.

 

[santrix]

Sorry i thought this was a swap posting....