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Old 07-22-20, 06:33 AM
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Hiro11
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This isn't a new thing. 80s cycling glasses like the Oakley Eyeshade were absolutely huge ski goggle looking things. The early ones even had foam brow pads. Jawbreakers are a deliberate reference back to the Eyeshades and Factory Pilots. When I first started racing in '87, I searched high and low for a pair of Rudy Project Super Performance glasses which were a very large wrap around design. These were like a holy grail for a cycling kid in late 80s America, I never found a pair for sale. The current Oakley Sutro looks very similar to those classics. The smaller designs didn't really start to be popular until the early 90s when the Oakley Blades came out. Lance made that style famous in the late 90s / early 2000s.

Personally, I currently like the 100% S2 and Racetrap. If you don't want to spend that money, no name Chinese brands (non-bootleg) on Aliexpress have recently started producing some nice designs for $15 shipped with lots of lenses. I have many, many pairs of sunglasses now.

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