Generally speaking, when riding in the scorching sun, it is easy to damage the eyes due to the light reflected by the road or excessively strong ultraviolet rays, causing punctate skin breakage, inflammation, and pain in the cornea, causing tears, foreign bodies, burning sensation, and eye strain. Symptoms such as pain and inability to open eyes.
If there is a lack of proper protection measures, it is very easy to cause eye diseases, especially when long-distance riding is windy, and there may even be serious consequences caused by flying insects or foreign objects flying into the eyes. In addition to small flying insects or foreign objects flying into the eyes during cycling, the strong sunlight and strong ultraviolet rays in summer can easily cause damage to our eyes.
If you want to protect our eyes. Choosing a suitable pair of cycling glasses is a must. Next, let’s take a look at how to protect our eyes when riding in summer.
Why Wear Cycling Glasses?
1. Windproof, dustproof and sandproof
Because when riding on the road, the speed of the vehicle will be above 30km/h, or even above 50km/h. If the eyes are exposed at this time, it will be a great harm to the eyes; when encountering a road with a lot of wind and sand , your eyes get sand easily. If you ride without glasses for a long time, it is likely to cause trachoma, and your eyes will become bloodshot and red. Therefore, when riding, you need to wear windproof glasses that fit the face shape to be effective.
2. Block strong light and ultraviolet rays
The weather in summer is just hot and dizzy, and the blinding sun will make people unwilling to open their eyes. Everyone must have experienced this feeling. If this happens for a long time, the eyes will suffer from cataracts. The most effective way to avoid strong light damage to the eyes is to wear glasses and not look directly at the strong light.
3. Prevent visual fatigue
We wear sunglasses because the sun’s rays are too strong, but ordinary sunglasses block the light and also reduce the surrounding light, which increases the burden on the eyes to a certain extent, makes the eyes overly tense and causes visual fatigue. Some glasses with polarizing effect can make up for this shortcoming very well, enhance the resolution of surrounding buildings while blocking light, and reduce the visual burden on the eyes.
How to choose cycling glasses?
Since cycling glasses are so important, we should choose a full-featured and suitable cycling glasses. What aspects do we need to consider?
★Structural strength
When we ride fast, sometimes foreign objects such as stones or insects flying in front may hit the glasses. The strength of the glasses you wear is very important. If the strength is not enough, it may cause damage to the glasses. Damage to the glasses is likely to cause irreparable damage. For example, if the cornea (the transparent layer outside the black eyeball) is damaged, it cannot be completely restored and will leave scars. So it is very important to choose a pair of good quality glasses.
★Coverage
Cycling is an outdoor sport. Sunshine and wind in nature will come from all directions. If the covering of the glasses is not good enough, there will be some dead spots, which will not be able to better protect the eyes. Therefore, when choosing glasses, it is best to try them on in person to experience the overall coverage of the glasses before purchasing.
★Breathability
When cycling in hot summer, especially after the rain, will water vapor adhere to the lens on the glasses, so when choosing cycling glasses, the anti-fog performance of the lens is also an aspect that needs to be considered by everyone. If the heat inside the glasses dissipates, it will also produce fog, which is also not acceptable.
★Fixity
When we ride fast, the stability of wearing glasses also needs to be considered. When riding fast, if the glasses often fall off, you need to keep holding the frame with your hands, which is very dangerous. Maybe your frames are too big and don’t sit securely on the bridge of your nose, even the best glasses are useless.
★Polarization
Polarization is the ability of glasses to filter the messy light waves generated by sunlight hitting objects and then reflecting them. It can filter out a lot of polarized light in the diffuse reflection, thereby reducing the intensity of light in the sky. For this function, there are some professionals, and many people will confuse it with the color of the lens. The two are actually different meanings.
★Lens Color.
The different colors of the lenses of cycling glasses will have different effects. We need to choose lenses of different colors in a specific environment. The darker the color of the lens, the darker the light. Wearing different colors of lenses in different environments can also increase the contrast of the light and make the objects we see clearer. Otherwise, choosing the wrong color will be counterproductive and cause unnecessary noise. harm.
Eyes are the window to the soul, and it is very important to protect your eyes. You need to start from many details to protect your eyes when riding a bicycle. Remember to wear a pair of A pair of cycling glasses that fit you.
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Post time: Aug-21-2023