Geezer? Need reading glasses?

[JetSedgwick]

I need reading glasses because I'm old-ish. When biking I wear biking glasses but when I need to look at my phone I need readers, very annoying (same for outside dining or other sunglasses uses.

So I had the idea of inventing just the reader/lens part of a bifocal...turns out someone else already did...so I bought it and I'm just posting to say that the product totally works. You can add these lenses to your sunglasses and turn them into bifocal readers as well. I have zero affiliation with this company simply posting as a PSA.

>amazon>Optx 20/20 Hydrotac Stick-On Bifocal Reading Lens

Bezos wins again.

 

[TheRealPoMo]

I use Maui Jim polarised sunnies with a bifocal element on the bikes. They are getting a bit cloudy now and the health fund no longer allows them to be claimed so I looked into these stick ons. They are currently on an old pair of glass RayBans and work very well for driving. Unsure how they'll go on the eMTB because of the sweat factor, given they affix with water.
They don't seem to stick as well to polycarbonate lenses, though I didn't try that hard.

 

[Slowroller]

How do you find riding with bifocals though? I've tried it and wasn't a fan. I stick a pair of cheapo readers in with my tools in case I need to fix something that requires eyes....

 

[Chrispy]

I use bifocal contact lenses....when I worked and needed small print too I used trifocal versions....this way I can use any sunglasses I want to.

 

[OldGoatMTB]

I need reading glasses because I'm old-ish. When biking I wear biking glasses but when I need to look at my phone I need readers, very annoying (same for outside dining or other sunglasses uses.

So I had the idea of inventing just the reader/lens part of a bifocal...turns out someone else already did...so I bought it and I'm just posting to say that the product totally works. You can add these lenses to your sunglasses and turn them into bifocal readers as well. I have zero affiliation with this company simply posting as a PSA.

>amazon>Optx 20/20 Hydrotac Stick-On Bifocal Reading Lens

Bezos wins again.

I wear one 'reader' contact lens. Takes some getting used to but it works for a lot of people.

 

[Bacalao]

I ride with prescription bifocal sunglasses. No problem. But I do keep a set of readers in my pack just in case. For night or low light conditions I go to the local hardware store and buy bifocal safety glasses. Something like this.

https://www.grainger.com/mobile/product/CONDOR-Clear-Scratch-Resistant-Bifocal-6PPC3

 

[urastus]

I keep meaning to put a fresnel lens in my kit. I have quite a few; they're about the same dimensions and weight as a credit card.

 

[Mike D.]

Whatever you do, consult someone who can offer styling advice.

Don't be like Jeremy. ??

 

[Tim1023]

I can follow the gist of a map without glasses, but if I'm desperate to read something on my phone, I use the old make-a-pinhole-camera-out-of-your-hand trick.

It works surprisingly well at a pinch

 

[TheRealPoMo]

How do you find riding with bifocals though? I've tried it and wasn't a fan. I stick a pair of cheapo readers in with my tools in case I need to fix something that requires eyes....

Very good. I can see my phone if I need to check a map and it does not interfere with normal vision over the top of the bifocal.
Similarly on the motorcycle, the Optix RayBans let me see the instruments which are unclear without bifocal.
I too however keep an old pair of reading glasses for emergencies like undoing the combination lock in low light.

 

[mak]

I can see where I'm going, apparently my Fenix 6 watch is a cracking piece of kit but fucked if I can see it on the bike, I can just about make out how much charge I have on my kiox when I squint in the right light.

My Garmin 830 is actually quiet clear to read directions in 3d mode, god help me when I actually need to program a route into it though.

All becomes clear when I get home and stick the reading glasses on, my watch actually works, my kiox said it ran out of charge 3 miles ago and id totally not followed the Garmin route

The joys of getting old

 

[JetSedgwick]

I can follow the gist of a map without glasses, but if I'm desperate to read something on my phone, I use the old make-a-pinhole-camera-out-of-your-hand trick.

It works surprisingly well at a pinch

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I never knew this. thank you.