Cross-over game strong: Café du Cycliste launches first-ever sunglasses

Today Café du Cycliste launches its first-ever sunglasses - a pretty slick-looking collab with independent eyewear specialists, Article One, an eyewear company based in Flint, Michigan.

Co-styled in France and handcrafted in Italy with a purposeful blend of function and style, the sunglasses are made of a lightweight polymer and feature adjustable silicone nose pads and grippers on the insides of the arms. They pick up on the cross-over trend in cycling - popularized by Oakley’s Sutro frames and others - offering a one-pair-fits-all solution for all things bike life.

Available in three colours - amber, grey, and black - with blue stripe details on the ear silicone pads.

"As brands, we share the same values: producing and pursuing the highest quality of products manufactured in Europe with a distinct style and which are fit for purpose in a variety of uses. The result more than lives up to our expectations,” explains Remi Clermont, Café du Cycliste's Co-founder and Creative Director.

Italian-made, polarized lenses block 100% of UVA/UVB rays and prevent glare. Further anti-reflecting treatment on the interior of the glass are designed to give clear vision to the vanishing point on the road ahead.

I’ll be curious to see how the glasses fair on climbs when temps get steamy. Few “lifestyle” sunglasses stay put in said circumstances.

Divel - a small, 70-year-old frame and lens manufacturer based in Italy is making the glasses. Comes with a single lens. Available today at www.cafeducycliste.com