After the launch of its Shifter sunglasses last year, Bollé has introduced a new semi-rimless design derived from this model. The new Lightshifter seeks to pay tribute to five years of collaboration between Bollé and UCI World Tour team AG2R La Mondiale. The pro team has been the first to wear Bollé’s latest cycling dedicated sunglasses and wore them during this year’s Tour de France.
As thhe latest addition to Bollé’s Performance eyewear range, Lightshifter is available with Phantom photochromic lenses, Bollé’s latest and most advanced lens technology. Made of NXT offering a mix of optical clarity and impact resistance, Phantom lenses lighten and darken quickly, adapting automatically to surrounding light conditions.
In addition, the lens features a hydrophobic treatment (so that water droplets roll off) and an oleophobic treatment (to repel dirt), helping to keep the rider’s vision clear. Lastly, a frontal air vent aids optimal air flow and prevents fogging.
Lightshifter is available with prescription lenses that are inserted directly into the shield, ensuring all the frame’s properties and lens performance remain. Bollé adds that this aspect has ‘convinced and seduced all AG2R La Mondiale riders wearing prescription eyewear.’
Bollé offers a wide range of prescriptions (+6 to -8 / cyl-4) and a large choice of tints to cater for varying types of weather and light conditions.
In addition to the lens technology, Lightshifter’s modern and sharp semi-rimless design combines lightness and stability, with the top of the frame staying in contact with the face while the rimless part allows for a wider field of vision.
The curve of the temples improves comfort and stability by allowing more of Bollé’s Thermogrip hydrophilic rubber to be in contact with the skin. Also placed on the adjustable nose piece, Thermogrip helps to ensure a ‘grip during the most intense action’.
Designed for slim faces, Lightshifter will be available from November in six colours, including two Phantom lens options.
