What does a bike company know about sunglasses? A lot. Uracco’s bike pedigree is evident, because it incorporates a long checklist of the features that make roadies cheer, starting with the all-important cut of its attitudinous jib—its rakish styling makes you want to glance back at the peloton with a sneer before launching a solo breakaway. More important are features like generous eye coverage and a grilamid frame with just-so grip that’s as close to bombproof as sunglasses get. Nice touch: Half of each temple is embedded with a soft rubber grid that keeps the shades firmly in place even when they’re propped up on your headbone during the post-race interview. I’m a big fan of photochromic lenses for cycling, because light conditions are so likely to change in the course of a long workout. Specialized’s Adapatlite lenses strike a just-right balance, ranging from 39% to 12% visible light transmission. Their high-contrast vermilion tint makes them seem lighter than that, and that’s a good thing—they’ll let you start out at dawn, get you home at dusk, and spend time in dark woods without feeling blindfolded. These also are open at the corners like the wind wings in your dad’s old sedan that kept the windshield from fogging. Specialized uses NXT lenses—a shatterproof plastic with fine optical quality. They’re not polarized, but then again, roadies spend most of their time on dry land, not staring across bodies of water. $95 (including hard case and lens cloth) from Specialized.