LOL the two of you going at each other is good entertainment for me!
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[What] are you talking about? I have no idea who you are. I don’t seek out anyone’s posts. I don’t stalk anyone because I don’t care about ANY particular poster on this forum, or any other forum. I’m here for the content and the discussions.
However, you bring up some garbage about being “attacked” on a thread I started that’s pretty much exactly the same as this one and damn straight I’m going to search MY topic starting history and re-read it to make sure my memory of no attack taking place was correct.
You are not being attacked, followed, or any other thing. At least, not by me. I can’t vouch for anyone else. Maybe there are people that do that. I wouldn’t know because a) I don’t care and b) I’m not paranoid enough to think that someone here might be watching my particular posts. If there are, whatever, it makes no difference to me. If someone gets their entertainment by following my posts so be it. Whatever floats their boat.
Now please, wipe your tears and know that I have no idea [who] you are and I don’t care to know.
OMG…this is such a girl thing. 
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Wow.
Anyway…
OP, if contacts aren’t an option for you, then the types of safety glasses worn by athletes in high intensity or contact sports like basketball and football are probably the next best thing. They won’t eliminate the dust/mud, rain, etc. issues but will at least slide around less than regular glasses.
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I’ve worn glasses my entire life, and i’ve tried all the doodads out there to put on the arms to stop slipping, and the only thing that has actually worked for me are elastics. I take a regular size rubber band and wrap it around the arms on each side. Only noticeable when my hair is up or when I take them off. The rubber is grippy so it doesn’t slip, and if your frames are too wide for your face, it takes up some space
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I use the ear hooks as well. Lifesavers for my plastic frames.
I wear progressive trifocal lenses with the transition sunglass effect. For my last pair, I went to the optometrist and tried on every pair by leaning forward and shaking my head. The only stable ones were lightweight titanium. They are wonderful.
I was killing my last pair because the frames were not secure enough to lean over and clean feet etc so I would put them in my pocket and that eventually scratched the lens coating so they always felt dirty.
The right frames make a huge difference
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I can’t reply for riding as I’m dedicated to contact lenses but pre-contacts and when I was windsurfing these types of retainers were a godsend:
Only problem may be if the frame arm is too big to slide into the neoprene.
I used neoprene straps for kayaking but hesitate to use them for sports where you may fall on hard ground and it’s best if your glasses bounce away.
I’m -9 in both eyes, if my glasses bounce away I am well and truly stuffed
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I’m worried about having glass frames tied to my face and then smashing into my eyes.
Ditto, which is why I prefer contacts. Generally I hope that my riding helmet gives me a safety envelope around my eye area to prevent this happening.
I can’t read anything without my reading glasses. I live in Phoenix and am in my sunglasses when not inside. I discovered sunglasses with a bifocal reading lens at my local CVS. I live in these at the barn. They are the typical “cheap sunglasses” frames, with plastic lens - very lightweight (so, they stay on my nose really easily). Game changers. Love them and always have a backup pair in my truck.
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Braiding elastics to the rescue last night. Some idiot left their silicone hook thingies on the counter at home. Not as perfect for me as the hook things, but I was able to ride without pushing my glasses up every other stride.
Thanks for the tip!
I have metal framed glasses, and I have no problem ending the ear pieces so they don’t slide down my nose.
I tried contact lenses about 40 years ago, and gave up on them after about 6 months. I am no good putting things in my eyes first thing in the morning, and I felt vulnerable not having the protection of glasses lenses.
I haven’t used this but saw it on Shark Tank.
I do use this on my regular glasses, it works best on frames that have molded nosepieces and not the ones that attach to a hinge.
I wear Goodr sunglasses to ride - never slip, lightweight, cheap if I drop them (which I do all the time)
However I am thinking I might need a prescription pair and these hooks have me intrigued. For $5 I will buy them.
Several years ago my horse charged out of his stall and the door knocked me into the aisle. My glasses flew off my face and since I had the rimless kind, I could not find them! I also had two cracked ribs and there I was crawling around blind as a bat. Luckily my horse jumped over me, so I guess it could have been worse. And I did eventually find my glasses. I also had a fall out hunting one time where my glasses broke. Thank goodness my horse could see where we were going as for me, it was like riding through an impressionist painting.
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My allergies affect my eyes badly enough that wearing contacts is a painful endeavor, especially here in Virginia where I am allergic to almost everything outdoors except molds.
I accidentally discovered that Saddl-tite, the stickum in the tiny deodorant-style dispenser, dabbed on the nosepieces and earpieces kept my glasses firmly in place jumping cross country in high sweaty summer as well as in the occasional downpour. I hated what it did on leather, but it was amazing for my glasses!
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I use sticky spray!
