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I have severe myopia and astigmatism, and need heavy lenses. have done so since a teenager. Because of this I have always had open faced helmets with where possible a sunshield. Sunshield and visor is best.
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I also wear glasses and found my Caberg Justissimo too tight for the frames. I removed the lining and 'sanded' down the polystyrene padding around the ears with a stainless steel pot scrubber and replaced the lining. Perfect! I'm sure you could do this with any helmet.

You need to vacuum clean the helmet after doing this.
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I recently tried to buy a Arai Tour-X for the same reason but didnt really want to spend so much on a helmet. I decided to go for the other off-road with visor helmet around, the HJC CL-XS. It was a gamble but I can honestly say after wearing various helmets far more expensive before, this is the most under-rated helmet around, and a third the price of the Arai. Glasses fit in just right and dont give you a headache after 200miles or so on.

If this is the type of touring helmet you want, dont bother with the over-priced Arai, grab a bargain!

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I would recommend my Airoh S4 (+/- £100), light, good ventilation and you dont get the usual headache after a 200km ride wearing sunglasses, the beak is quite prominent you could easily smoke a cigarette with the helmet on so if you are a kind of fragile guy i would recommend a scarf to prevent a sore throath if you are riding at night or in cold weather - for the same reason plenty of air in hot weather...
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While I didn't have any problem with my full face and glasses, wife did because she couldn't hold her head very steady after the stroke while I put the helmet on. We bought Flip-front helmets and so for the past year, she has been smiling when we go for a ride instead of cringing and trying to hide behind the sofa as I approach with the helmet. We both wear glasses and she weards large frames with polar-gray to protect against cataracts. I wear smaller frame to more openly expose my stunning good looks.

Nolan, Shoei and HJC all make a good flip front.
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i have been wearing glasses for ages but only been biking for 3 years but never found them any problem but after 10hours with my helmet it does get a bit annoying but nothing mega. I was in a bike shop the other day and dont know if any one has put this up or not but shoei had 2 different types of helmets that had pieces of foam removed for the glasses to slide down in easier.

Didnt get a chance to try the helmet on but they looked like they would work but the only thing i though was that if you ride with the visor slightly open then wind will just go straight down the glasses cut out and into your ears!!!! Hope this might help
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Hi I also wear glasses and have suffered with the same problems ie not fitting easily inside my helmet. A cheap simple fix is to sew a bit of the helmet linning together just where the arms of the glasses need to feed into the helmet. I did this on my cheap helmet and it works a treat. On better helmets with removable linnings it would be even easier to do.
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