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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

By Yokota Fritz

Win $25 gift card from Sunglass Warehouse.

Do you believe eye protection is important while cycling? For a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Sunglass Warehouse, post a comment below with one reason why (or why not) eye protection should be worn while cycling. Two winners will be selected at random from everybody who enters.

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Comments:

Bugs at 30 MPH. That's reason enough.

# posted by

Keefer : 5/26/2009 10:47:00 AM

You don't want to end up like Appleby: with files in your eyes.

RudyRedSox at hotmail dot com

# posted by

Anonymous : 5/26/2009 11:08:00 AM

Have you ever had a truck kick a stone up into your windshield and crack it? Now imagine that stone hitting your soft, fleshy eye... I'm gonna wear sunglasses while riding MY bike!

# posted by

Cyclin' Missy : 5/26/2009 11:18:00 AM

A single reason? Oh, there are so many:

• I wear contacts and sunglasses keep my eyes from drying out
• Random flying debris that is magnetically or cosmically attracted to the cyclist's eyeball
• Sunglasses make you look even cooler than you already are
• UV rays are bad, mmmmmkay?
• The sun is bright

# posted by

Greg : 5/26/2009 11:19:00 AM

I always wear sunglasses since gnats seem to flock to me at 50 mph downhill. They also look so cool! Who doesn't want to wear the same glasses as their fave pro?

bikemann.blogspot.com

# posted by

Bikemann : 5/26/2009 11:21:00 AM

The helmet makes me feel self-consciously dorky... but cool sunglasses negate the dork aspect. :D

# posted by

Sssonya : 5/26/2009 11:39:00 AM

Bugs and wind. Simple. Plus, the right glasses look cool, which is important for ... you know ... the ladies. :)

# posted by

danielo danielo : 5/26/2009 11:44:00 AM

1. if not riding at night, uv protection for your eyes.
2. barrier protection for your eyes, as mentioned above (insects, rocks, wind)
3. to look cool.

# posted by

kawika : 5/26/2009 12:04:00 PM

Sunglasses or eye protection is a good idea (eyedea?) because it is really hard to see through a bug that's smashed into your eye at high speed.

Though, truth be told, I don't wear sunglasses when I ride in Nisene Marks, too dark to see properly and those sideways roots are sneaky!

# posted by

Erik : 5/26/2009 12:41:00 PM

not only should you wear glasses to keep the crap the buss blows up when it passes you with 3 inches to spare i think that our poor lawmakes should make it manditory that cyclists wear glasses.

# posted by

Wuss912 : 5/26/2009 01:52:00 PM

I took my glasses off one time because they were steaming up when I was climbing. On the following downhill I forgot to put them back on. The guy in front of me bumped a tree which caused a dry branch to drop to my head level. The branch hit my eye socket and missed my eye by a few mm. Had my head been an inch to the left it would have stabbed me through the eye socket. The glasses would have deflected the branch and saved my eye.

A picture of the carnage: Stick to the eyeNow I always wear glasses when I'm riding.

# posted by

Ryan : 5/26/2009 02:21:00 PM

I ride year-round, and I can assure you that it is nearly impossible to keep your eyes open while moving >25mph while it's snowing if you don't have eye protection. Ice pellets are even worse, and usually warranted goggles.

Precipitation should be called "eye protection awareness periods."

andy at ithacacarshare dot org

# posted by

GeekGuyAndy : 5/26/2009 02:33:00 PM

so your buddies can't see you cry when they lap you......(which means i never need sunglasses ;)....but hey i like the way they look.

www.danjrichards.com

# posted by

dan richards : 5/26/2009 02:35:00 PM

those dry winds can blind... better get some sunglasses

# posted by

---- Ed ---- : 5/26/2009 04:08:00 PM

My best friend, Doctor Walter Crankset, wears those same chrome lenses the Highway Patrol uses. He says that the metallic coating, when coupled with the aluminum foil lining his helmet, is quite effective at preventing the effects of those illegal government mind control waves.

I gotta get me some of them glasses.

# posted by

Ed W : 5/26/2009 06:40:00 PM

'Cause stopping to get a foreign object out of yer eye sucks...
(cokecop@aol.com) LV NV

# posted by

Ron : 5/26/2009 09:04:00 PM

Keeps you from getting dry eyes!

# posted by

Len : 5/27/2009 09:24:00 AM

Day or night you need eye protection. I can't count the number of times I've seen a bug get squashed right in front of my eyes.

Plus, as some one said above ^^^ you need glasses to prevent your eyes from watering up.

TrueGeek.com

# posted by

Bradley : 5/27/2009 10:38:00 AM

I'm never outside without sunglasses, so my 1 reason would be to protect your eyes from the sun.

velofreak@live.com

# posted by

Kendall : 5/27/2009 10:48:00 AM

I wear sunglasses when I bike because:
1) I live in Texas and it's REALLY bright outside.
2) I don't want to have some sort of road debris hit my eye or eye area.
3) Bugs in the face not fun. Bug in the eye...OUCH!

# posted by

SavingDiva : 5/27/2009 04:23:00 PM

I wear glasses to stop my eyes from tearing and getting cold and also to protect from rocks and bugs getting into my eyes.

# posted by

Jon : 5/27/2009 08:03:00 PM

I love to wear sunglasses, the bigger the better, in fact I like the really BIG Jackie O type sunglasses. I find they're good for protecting the delicate skin around the eyes plus giving the expected UV protection for the eyes themselves as well. Ditto for the wind factor, blowing dirt, as others have mentioned. Then there is the glam appeal...

# posted by

RidingPretty : 5/27/2009 08:05:00 PM

Cause my futurez so bright I gotta wear shades.

# posted by

Benjamin : 5/27/2009 08:51:00 PM

There's just a little bit of unknown material on the streets of NYC that you don't want in your eyes.

A half a second of getting the grit out of your eye can be the difference between a fun ride and a trip to the hospital.

# posted by

JDogg : 5/27/2009 09:39:00 PM

If I don't cover my eyes, all my fellow cyclists are easily distracted and run into things.

Please, think of the distracted guys before you blink and ride...

paula@paulaschultz.com

# posted by

Paula : 5/28/2009 12:52:00 AM

So I can "check it out" without being obvious.

# posted by

Dave : 5/28/2009 11:51:00 AM

Grasshoppers - enormous sticky, gooey, grasshoppers - far easier to wipe off than to fish the parts out of your eyes

# posted by

Greg : 5/29/2009 12:59:00 PM

And Greg's entry is the last!

Thanks so much for your comments -- they've made for enjoyable reading. I'll pick and contact two winners today.

# posted by

Yokota Fritz : 5/29/2009 03:54:00 PM

Having a bug hit you in the eye while going down hill is no fun. Neither partially losing site because of no glasses or bad glasses and the wind makesyour eyes tear up. Swallowing a bug is also no fun. When I am mountain biking and the trail is kinda unkept I have had a tree branch hit my glasses. Thank God I had them. CS

# posted by

Seezor : 6/14/2009 09:10:00 PM