I just wear clear now to keep the bugs out. I found photochromic ok but my mtb helmet has a visor which helps block most of the direct glare and i tend to look down the trail rather than at the sun. Anything too dark and you start losing stuff in the shadows. I had a really bad crash because of that.
Yeh I think I agree with that. A lot of the downhill or tech trails here are under trees or partly so. I nearly had a big off today for the same reason as you, couldn’t see the trail had washed out so there was a big drop into loose rock on a corner
I just wear clear now to keep the bugs out. I found photochromic ok but my mtb helmet has a visor which helps block most of the direct glare and i tend to look down the trail rather than at the sun. Anything too dark and you start losing stuff in the shadows. I had a really bad crash because of that.