photochromatic sunglasses reviews
Eyewear is a new string to the bow of Swiss cycle clothing trade-mark Assos and due to their inexperience in the field, they brought on lodge no fewer than nine specialist companies – including lens makers Carl Zeiss – to help develop the Zegho range.
With all cycling glasses optics are key, and it's here where the new Assos eyewear grabbed our publicity. All three models – Noire, Werksmannschaft and Elaborate on– have huge, visor-like lenses that cover a substantial portion of the face and feature what Assos call Tunnel Vision.
The lower third of the lens is clear, with a sharp transition to tinted in the upper two-thirds. This means that if you enter a tunnel you can tilt your head upwards and stop your world from going dark. Assos say they've steered clear of polarised lenses, because cutting out reflection can be hazardous in wet conditions, and photochromic lenses, on the principle that they don't change quickly enough to keep up with the rapidly changing environment of road cycling.
