thank you!!Hey Steve.
I'll just touch on a few key things. It is too bad that your RX is strong enough to see chromatic aberration. This is common in an RX about 3.00 diopter. I would recommend a couple things if these are sticky used as cycling glasses. Try raising the seg height at least 2 or 3 mm. That way you aren't looking so far from (so far above) the "MRP" major reference point of the design at high speed... this should eliminate about 20-50% of the chromatic aberration. That being said you should consider also changing the design to the "cycling progressive " Oakley makes. This will make the lenses still comfortable optically w a higher fitting height. Otherwise, the "+5.25" total power on the bottom of the lens will be "too distracting " and dominate a lot of your precious usable lens real estate. Lastly, they don't offer many colors in the cycling design... you might be stuck w prizm road, prizm black, prizm Tungsten, maybe polarized in black or Tungsten. But that's about it. Covid has limited availability in progressive cycling designed prizm road Jade and prizm road torch.
Be very specific with your Oakley optician that you want cycling design... and not fishing, golf, or standard OTD Oakley progressive designs. Not all of them even know those are options on top of lens color.
Trivex would have better optics, and Shamir (Google that) has great progressive designs for 8 base curve. BuT your RX will be WAY TOO THICK in that material... also 1.67 hi index would be slightly thinner but less impact resistant, and not much better on ABBE value "rating".
If you go w those materials, you'll need to pick a flatter 6 base curve frame. Offering less protection on the sides.
Back in the day I wouldn't have recommended anything above a +2.00 sphere power (add power irrelevant... whatever up to +3.00)... but since true digital edge came out several years ago your rx should be ok.
I hope that helps. And remember w your age related limited flexibility, and posture, we both know your eyes are higher in the lens.... so that's not the way they were measured at the optician Desk (well I bet). Easily raise that seg 3mm and change design. You'll be much happier. Add mentioned even if it's 30 to 50% better I bet you could love them w adaption for another week.
Trust me when I do your eyes aren't "bad" this is normal aging stuff, but glasses are limited by the physical world and our understanding of light and "mediums" like lens materials. Good luck!
i stumbled on this forum 4/2/22 and have learned an immense amount. too bad google buried it when i searched for "high prescription sport sunglasses.
if sking and cycling are my passions should i still move the segment up?
