Cycling glasses from PPEEQQ protect your eyes from debris, sun, and wind, and prevent tearing. In short: they enhance your vision. The range of cycling glasses is vast, so there's plenty to choose from. In this guide, we'll tell you what to look for when purchasing and highlight popular models.

» 5 Reasons to Wear Cycling Glasses

You rarely see a professional cyclist without cycling glasses, but why should you wear cycling glasses as a road cyclist, mountain biker, or gravel rider? We give you five reasons.

Reason 1 | Improved Vision

Many cycling glasses have lenses that enhance contrast. Certain colors are accentuated, and others fade into the background. This increased contrast helps you distinguish things better. For example, you'll spot a pothole in the road sooner.

Reason 2 | Protect Your Eyes from the Sun

You apply sunscreen to your skin when going out in the sun, but your eyes can also get sunburned. Cycling glasses with a good UV filter protect your eyes. Not unimportant if you're going to cycle in the sun for a few hours!

Reason 3 | Protection from Dirt and Wind

Lenses of cycling glasses seem to be getting larger. Partly for style, but a large lens also provides extra protection against wind, dirt, and bugs. A bug in your eye is super annoying, but a splashing pebble can even be dangerous.

Reason 4 | Style

Let's be honest: an important reason to wear cycling glasses is that they just look great. Your cycling outfit is only complete when you have nice cycling glasses on your nose. It's no coincidence that you see the pros cycling with increasingly larger and striking frames.

Reason 5 | There's No Reason Not to Wear Them

Many cycling glasses can fog up or retain raindrops on the lens, which might be a reason not to wear them. However, there are more and more glasses with coatings to prevent this. Take, for example, the PPEEQQ PRO cycling glasses. These have a treatment that keeps the lens cleaner for longer and prevents fogging. Even in the rain, raindrops don't stand a chance.

» What to Look for When Buying?

A Beautiful, Wide Field of View

A few years ago, a new trend emerged in the cycling world: large cycling glasses! This coming season, cycling glasses with beautiful large lenses will again be the eye-catchers. That's not just because they look tough, but also because of a major advantage: you have a beautifully wide field of view, even when you're low in the handlebars. Left, right, up, down - there are virtually no limitations.

What Do All Those Terms Mean?

People sometimes talk about polarizing lenses. In that case, the lenses offer protection against glare; the reflection of bright light is filtered out. Something else are photochromic lenses: these adapt to the light intensity, whether you're cycling in a dark forest or in an open, sunny area. It does take a while for the lenses to adjust to a new light situation, but the advantage is that you don't have to switch lenses. Finally, you also come across the term hydrophobic. For lenses with a hydrophobic coating, rainwater beads off.

Ventilation = Clear Vision

Nothing is as annoying and dangerous as lenses fogging up while cycling. How do you prevent that? The lenses of some glasses are specially treated on the inside. There are also glasses with ventilation openings on the sides or top to ensure your lens fogs up less quickly. You can also regularly treat your glasses with Anti Fog Spray. This spray prevents your glasses from fogging up and makes the surface anti-static.

Categories for Light Transmission

Officially, sunglasses have a so-called CE marking. This is also called the category. It is scaled in 5 categories, from 0 to 4. For the glasses in this guide, you'll find which category the corresponding lens falls into.

• Category 0: 0-20% absorption or 80-100% light transmission. Lets through a lot or all light. Protects against cold, wind, and insects.
• Category 1: 20-57% absorption or 43-80% light transmission. Contrast-enhancing lens. Suitable for cloudy weather and twilight.
• Category 2: 57-82% absorption or 18-43% light transmission. Contrast-enhancing lens. Filters more light than category 1. Suitable for bright days.
• Category 3: 82-92% absorption or 8-18% light transmission. Often used in various sports and activities in bright sun.
• Category 4: 92-97% absorption or 3-8% light transmission. So-called glacier or high mountain glasses. Disadvantages: very dark, somewhat impairs depth perception.