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rapha city shades.pngRapha unveil new City Glasses collection
Rapha's latest eyewear range has all the features of highly technical sports sunglasses, but they look like a pair of high fashion shades.
21 of the best cycling sunglasses
Rapha say the City Glasses are "styled for everyday living while possessing the technical functionality required of sports eyewear". The Italian-made shades weigh just 30g, which is lighter than most sports-specific pairs, and have a two-position locking hinge system to keep them secure on the move.
Manufactured in Italy, the lenses from Carl Zeiss are scratch-resistant, hydrophobic and oleophobic for visual clarity. The brown lens version offer the least light transmission at under 10%, and the green transmit just 12.81%.
The Rapha City glasses in tortoiseshell colours
The arms are made with tough stainless steel, with a cotton-based material on the temple grips so the shape can be customised to the rider's head. The frames are made from Mazzucchelli Italian acetate that is both lightweight and durable.
The City Glasses are available in five different colours, and the lenses are prescription ready. They're retailing at £160 on Rapha's website.
Jack has been writing about cycling and multisport for over a decade, arriving at road.cc via 220 Triathlon Magazine in 2017. He worked across all areas of the website including tech, news and video, and also contributed to eBikeTips before being named Editor of road.cc in 2021 (much to his surprise). Jack has been hooked on cycling since his student days, and currently has a Trek 1.2 for winter riding, a beloved Bickerton folding bike for getting around town and an extra beloved custom Ridley Helium SLX for fantasising about going fast in his stable. Jack has never won a bike race, but does have a master's degree in print journalism and two Guinness World Records for pogo sticking (it's a long story).
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Bit of an expensive niche too far. They'll look daft if you're in cycling gear, but riding to the shops, why would I need to spend £160 on some special sunglasses?
It's Rapha though, so someone will buy them to go with their chamios cream that apparently smells of mont ventoux.
" the green transmit just 12.81%" Fick. For £160 for this vaguey Ray-ban esque tat I would have been in at 12.82%, but they have blown it.
And: "the lenses are prescription ready. " WTF?
Really nice, good alternative to Tom Ford et al.
Neither expensive nor niche enough.
Next.