Middle-aged issues

[ebikeerwidnes]

Yes, it's a problem....

I wear my contacts so I can drive to the restaurant and look gorgeous without my glasses on a night out, but then can't read the menu!

GLW has the opposite problem and can't read the menu if she forgets her reading glasses, which means we are snookered!

Sorry, I don't have a solution

Look at the menu on-line from home before you go and decided what to have then
or remember a few options and just choose from them

You are clearly screwed as far as "Specials" go - but you would look cooler

 

[Drago]

Or just say "pie and chips please garçon, chop chop."

 

[Alex321]

I've worn contact lenses for 48 years, and wouldn't dream of riding without them.

Have also needed reading glasses for more than 10 years now, currently using strength 2.5.

I find I can see the values on my Wahoo, but not the labels, I just have to know where each value is on the screen (most are obvious, but I do sometimes get confused between the distance travelled and the average speed).

 

[lazybloke]

Sering data fields on the garmin is just about okay without glasses, but the map is a nightmare at most zoom levels!

 

[Cathryn]

Some of us have been wearing glasses since our late teens. It’s not a middle aged problem, it’s a glasses or contact lens wearer problem!

True! I meant it’s just been the case for me since middle-age!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Today's ride was fun. Lots of raindrops all over my glasses and also on the screen. Visibility small things like map details was very bad. The only things I really need are turn instructions. Total distance I like too. Anything else is nice to have.

I find it's useful to have tissues and lens wipes on a rainy day as most cycling gear (jerseys etc) is very smeary if you try use it to clean your glasses. And lens wipes can prevent raindrops from beading on the lens. Of course I forgot to take these today.

 

[HLaB]

Look at the menu on-line from home before you go and decided what to have then
or remember a few options and just choose from them

You are clearly screwed as far as "Specials" go - but you would look cooler

But getting older also mean you forget things 😉

 

[HLaB]

I've worn contact lenses for 48 years, and wouldn't dream of riding without them.

Have also needed reading glasses for more than 10 years now, currently using strength 2.5.

I find I can see the values on my Wahoo, but not the labels, I just have to know where each value is on the screen (most are obvious, but I do sometimes get confused between the distance travelled and the average speed).

When it says 50, is that a half century or a very big hill 🤔

 

[Alex321]

When it says 50, is that a half century or a very big hill 🤔

That one is easy to tell, because it has a coloured bar in the same box, which is grey for going downhill, green at 0-4%, Yellow 4-8%, orange 8-12%, read 12-20%, and purple above 20%.

 

[PaulSB]

@Cathryn one observation about varifocals, they are not for everyone. I'm well aware many users, my wife for one, finds them marvellous. I, on the other hand, can't use them at all. If you decide to go down this route chose an optician who will take the glasses back and refund you if they don't work for you. I got mine in Boots on a 28 day refundable basis.

Fortunately I don't really need distance glasses so stepping back to readers only wasn't a problem.

 

[cyberknight]

Or just say "pie and chips please garçon, chop chop."

I use my phone camera to zoom the menu

 

[Person]

I had a garmin edge explore 2 and had to put the time of day and current speed at their maximum size so I could see them. I'm also one of the people who's looking for some prescription cycling glasses that don't cost serious amounts of money.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Lots of raindrops all over my glasses

I find a casquette is surprisingly effective in reducing that.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

But getting older also mean you forget things 😉

What’s this thread about?

 

[PaulSB]

I find a casquette is surprisingly effective in reducing that.

Seconded. I always wear a casquette. It has so many functions; sunshield, rainshield, warmth, soaks up sweat. A very useful bit of kit.