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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 4208056" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>The thing that worked best for me was going to high-index polycarbonate lenses (which have their own issues but are lighter), smaller lenses (also lighter), semi-rimless frames (lighter), and the super-flexible metal (titanium, I think) frames (lighter)--basically, as the old race car designer put it, "add lightness." Combined with silicone nose pads and having the optometrist get the fit right, I rarely have trouble with my glasses slipping, even when I was haying. (There was one day when I was haying that I drank three or four liters of water and didn't have to pee once, so you know I was sweating profusely.)</p><p></p><p>One of the fun aspects of high-index polycarbonate lenses is color shifting. Not just color changing (though I can get some red- and blue-shifting on straight verticals by turning my head), but actually displacing certain colors horizontally. F'rinstance, when I'm a fair distance from a stoplight (maybe a quarter mile or more), if I turn my head slightly, it makes the green (or red) light look like it's hanging out in space beside the actual light housing. It's the damnedest thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 4208056, member: 26737"] The thing that worked best for me was going to high-index polycarbonate lenses (which have their own issues but are lighter), smaller lenses (also lighter), semi-rimless frames (lighter), and the super-flexible metal (titanium, I think) frames (lighter)--basically, as the old race car designer put it, "add lightness." Combined with silicone nose pads and having the optometrist get the fit right, I rarely have trouble with my glasses slipping, even when I was haying. (There was one day when I was haying that I drank three or four liters of water and didn't have to pee once, so you know I was sweating profusely.) One of the fun aspects of high-index polycarbonate lenses is color shifting. Not just color changing (though I can get some red- and blue-shifting on straight verticals by turning my head), but actually displacing certain colors horizontally. F'rinstance, when I'm a fair distance from a stoplight (maybe a quarter mile or more), if I turn my head slightly, it makes the green (or red) light look like it's hanging out in space beside the actual light housing. It's the damnedest thing. [/QUOTE]
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