Do You Wear Goggles or Glasses for Mountain Biking? [Survey]

Mountain biking poses all kinds of eye hazards. How do you protect your eyes on the ride?
By Jeff Barber
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Mountain bike sunglasses do a good job keeping the sun and tree branches out of our eyes when we ride, but sometimes that’s not enough. For rides when wind and dust are a factor (and when are they not?), goggles are the way to go. Of course there are tradeoffs with either choice.

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