Cycling Glasses

CYCLING GLASSES

Cycling glasses are part of the basic clothing of a cyclist, no matter what level you have, if you are a beginner or more professional. Cycling glasses protect our eyes from sunlight, UV rays and any external element that may affect our driving, such as a splash, stone or branch that could harm us.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT CYCLING SUNGLASSES?

To correctly choose cycling glasses we must take into account several points.

TYPES OF GLASSES DEPENDING ON OUR NEEDS

Looking for road cycling glasses is not the same as looking for MTB glasses or, in the most extreme case, for downhill. The benefits sought in each case are totally different.

COMFORT OF CYCLING GOGGLES

This is a very important aspect, since you can not only look at design and trends, but the important thing is that the cycling glasses you choose must fulfill their protective function. That it has an ergonomic design, that the size of the glasses is adequate so that it does not bother with the helmet, the coverage of the lens and the type of lens used.

WHY IS THE USE OF CYCLING GLASSES ADVISABLE?

There are many advantages that cycling glasses offer you, but especially the protection they offer you to achieve safety during your pedaling stands out. To begin with, the use of cycling glasses protects you from the sun's UVA rays, whose prolonged exposure can be harmful to the eyes, both in winter and summer. In addition, it also protects your sight from other external factors such as wind, cold, or even others such as dust or mosquitoes and insects that may impact the lenses instead of your eyes.

Cycling glasses also offer vision optimization. That is, the contrast of your lenses increases the vision of obstacles or irregularities. In this way, it will allow you to react with greater anticipation and precision, both on road and mountain routes.

WHAT TYPES OF GLASSES ARE THERE?

Depending on the type of cycling we practice and the needs we have, we can choose different types of glasses and lenses. We must carefully assess the type of cycling that we practice, the area in which we usually ride, the degree of coverage that we need and with all this choose the one that best suits our needs.

WHAT LENSES DO CYCLING GLASSES USE?

The lenses of sports glasses are made of polycarbonate, which have numerous advantages over conventional ones: greater lightness, less thickness, resistance to breakage, protection against ultraviolet rays and ease of bending to create sports designs.

WHAT ARE SUNGLASSES WITH POLARIZED LENSES?

Polarized lenses have a technology that blocks reflected light, that is, they eliminate reflections generated by shiny surfaces such as water, snow, asphalt, etc... This improves vision, as well as reducing eye fatigue. However, it must also be taken into account that these types of lenses have a higher darkening due to the layers of polarization and reflection elimination. This may remove some information from the terrain such as ice sheets, puddles, cracks. etc... and make it difficult for us to see the screen of our device clearly

WHAT ARE GLASSES WITH PHOTOCHROMIC LENSES?

Photochromic lenses have the property of darkening and lightening depending on the brightness, although most of them are activated by the intensity of ultraviolet radiation and not by visible light.

The advantage of this type of lens is obvious, since the same glasses can be used in different situations without having to change the lens, which is the only option we have with glasses with monochrome lenses. Its use is becoming more widespread among cyclists, especially those in the mountains, which is where there are more changing areas of light.

However, it is important to keep in mind that this type of lens also has its limitations. The range of variation of the majority is two categories of sunscreen, there are few options that we have that cover three categories of filters.

Those that start from the medium or high range of luminosity of category 1 reaching category 2 in its most opaque mode. It is a versatile range for moderate light conditions and valid for night use if necessary.

The most versatile are those that range from category 1 to 3, but the reality is that these are the least present in all catalogues.