Eyeglass Case for Cycling

[Peter P.]

I carry my prescription eyeglasses in a spring loaded clamshell case when I ride.

Today, while sprinting, the case slid out of my jersey pocket and landed on the pavement. I picked up the case and discovered the eyeglasses weren't in there!

Fortunately, they fell out onto the pavement without a scratch.

So I seek an eyeglass case that's a little more secure. I have one with a zipper closer, more suited for larger, cycling sunglasses like Oakley's, but I need something smaller yet secure.

Any suggestions?

[dbnm]

This?
https://www.rapha.cc/us/en_US/shop/rainproof-essentials-case-large/product/LEC05LRJET

[Louis]

If your existing case is the basic clamshell like the image below, and your primary goal is to be sure that it stays closed, I'd just put a rubber band around it. Or, if you want a cycling-related solution, cut a cross-section off a bad inner tube and use that to keep the case closed.

https://m5x8q6q6.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/best-glasses-case.jpg

[Veloo]

Do you have a good relationship with your optician? Maybe they'd offer some options for free?

Here are mine: one that came with Oakley frames, the old style soft pouch with a velcro closure, clamshell and the screw style container that comes with the IC Berlin brand.

[rustychisel]

The problem is that the case slipped out of your jersey, no?

A softcase may not slip out of the pocket so easily, or why not wrap a strip of velcro material around the case you have to hold it closed. Win and win.

[pdmtong]

Glasses inside case
Case inside ziploc

[Peter P.]

The case I have is like the one Louis pictured; fuzzy on the inside-fuzzy on the outside.

I guess either solution would solve my problem; keep it from slipping out of the jersey in the first place, or keep it closed when it falls out.

Or stop pretending I'm Mark Cavendish.

Thanks for the replies.

[Veloo]

How about keeping it in one of those water bottle tool capsules?

[Hellgate]

I leave my good glasses are home and bring a pair of readers from Walgreens. I use a leftover Oakley glasses bag to hold them, then tuck them in my jersey pocket.

A proper glasses case is too big and slick to stay in a pocket.

[charliedid]

Yeah I'm with Hellgate on the slippery. if I don't have a tiny bar bag I wear magnetic readers around my neck or I put glasses in a wool sleeve designed for my iPone. Seems to grip well and no worry of ejection.

[OtayBW]

I just need some readers that I carry in my jersey 'phone case'. For that application, these are pretty good:
https://www.thinoptics.com/headline/flashcard

[djg21]

My cycling glasses are photo-chromatic and progressive so I can see at distance and still read my Garmin, and needn’t carry any additional glasses with me.

[pdmtong]

i've never had anything eject from my jersey pocket - that said a different solution is to put the case in an old cycling sock - fold the top over and now you have friction surfaces inside and out

[crownjewelwl]

i have a pile of oakley cases that zip shut

pm if you want one and i can throw in the mail

you can just treat me to a steamed cheeseburger when the lockdown is over

[Peter P.]

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