I too am now a 4-eyed g1t of STW but a novice seeking wisdom...
I've been lucky enough to have had 37 years of 20/20 vision and despite having a glasses-wearing brother was totally ignorant of the everyday impact of poor vision. I last tested 20/20 (or French equivalent) during a work medical in Sept 2016 but the doctor said there was trouble on the horizon. Oh the irony of not seeing the horizon coming, I lost my top notch vision within a month, Nov last year. Fatigue, headaches, moving head back and forth (not like that) to work.
The opthalmologist diagnosed me with astigmatism, and apparently mine isn't too bad. (I don't have my prescription to hand, currently working in Tagaung, Myanmar). I can't imagine what it's like for those with severe eye problems.
Why have I posted in the bike forum? Well, when I left the optician in my new spectacles I was tripping over everything and felt I was 3 metres tall. He said I'd get used to it but a month in, I have not. I seem to have a choice between depth perception (no glasses) or clarity (glasses). I am getting a bit of MTBing here in Myanmar but nothing technically demanding. However I've spent the last week in the mountains and the walking downhill has proven quite difficult - falling much more than I usually would as I can't judge my paces. So thinking forward to the summer and the Alps...
How do you lot ride downhill with dodgy eyes? Glasses off to gauge drops and accept vision will be blurry anyway due to vibration, or glasses on to admire the views, followed by a faceplant at the first step?
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4-eyed g1ts of STW - depth perception or clarity?
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Sounds like the inter-pupil distance is messed up, you could ask them to check.
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Sounds to me like the curvature of the lense is wrong or something. Yes, there's a little period of familiarisation, but nothing like that
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Your glasses are wrong - they shouldn't do that.
Go back and get them to sort it out as it shouldn't alter perspective.
My eyesight went after I was 18.
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I have really bad astigmatism in both eyes.
My glasses and contact lenses are correct so I don't have any of the problems you describe.
I think you need to go back to the opticians.Posted 1 hour ago # -
Get your glasses set up so that you focus on everything 6 inches in front of your bars.......
#jediwasnotimpressedwiththistechnique
At 48 I’ve just got reading glasses and been told I’m slightly short sighted in one eye which is exasperated by the other eye being very good.
#gettingoldsucks
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Did they tell your wife how thin your lenses are?
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Hmmm, that would explain a few things wouldn't it! The opthalmologist did use a series of lookey-in-eye jobbies, seemed professional. Well pee'd off if I have to change glasses after dropping hundreds on first set. Cheers for the input.
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If they messed them up, they should replace them. It's possible that they wrote "89mm" on the form and the lab made the lenses at 98mm, or something stupid.
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If they messed them up, they should replace them. It's possible that they wrote "89mm" on the form and the lab made the lenses at 98mm, or something stupid.
Sounds like they've mixed the OP's up with this fella's glasses perhaps...
Posted 27 minutes ago #
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