I wear jawbreakers, part of the reason I went for them was they offered the Low Light Prizm lens for them which I wear a lot. Currently the only other model that suits me that has the low light lens is the Sutro Lite Sweep but my next ‘just for looks’ upgrade will be white shoes and a white helmet, saving that purchase for when I break hit a FTP goal I set at the start of the 2023 season (4 more watts needed).
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I have SunGod. The ones without frame.
The field of vision is incredible and they also fit my face well. I had photochromatic Uvex ones before, they just didn’t sit as well and they were smaller and had frames and especially if you go a bit down with your head and look upwards that was annoying.
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Can you all going forward mention how well your glasses stick to your head? After clarity that’s the thing I want the most. Nothing quite as annoying as descending a trail or bumpy road with your glasses taking a stroll down your nose making you crane your neck higher and higher. I’ve had some Smith Wildcats and POC Aspires and while both looked nice they both would slip off my face. I don’t think I have a particularly small head either.
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Every pair of Oakleys I’ve ever owned never slip on the bike, running, or swinging a golf club. Can’t say the same for my Rudys or Tifosis that I’ve owned.
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A few comments - I’ve been looking at sunglasses a lot recently after losing a lens while commuting, so I’m pretty clear about what I look for in cycling/running glasses…
Coverage and frame shapes : After going from Rudy Rydons to Radar EVs I now find it extremely annoying to have the top of a frame in my vision when riding road/gravel. I don’t have a super aggressive position, but I hugely prefer glasses with an extended top.
Also after Radar EVs I now find it annoying to have bottom or side frames, so hugely prefer half-rimless (I tried some Julbo Rush glasses and loved the optics, but hated the bright orange lower).
I must look like an absolute maniac in shops and opticians when trying on glasses as I’m dipping my head and twisting around like a third-rate drunken boxer.
I’ve recently acquired a pair of Bollé C-Shifter glasses. These are very much in the modern big-ass glasses mould and slightly to my surprise are nicer to wear than the Radar EVs just because there’s less frame edge in my field of vision, so they’re a bit more forgettable.
Lens quality : a big thing for me. Oakley get a lot of criticism for being fashionable or delicate, but the optical quality of their lenses really is good - I’ve had a few third party lenses and there’s a huge difference. One third party lens I had looked perfect but had just enough optical distortion that I felt slightly queasy if I nodded my head up and down (see above for “looking like a maniac in shops”). Bollé and Julbo are also good for this - haven’t tried many others.
Lens colo(u)r : Oakley Prizm is a massive disappointment to me. Others try them on and go “wow”, I try them on and go “hmm?”. I suspect that I have slightly odd color perception, but prefer to claim that I already have optimal color perception.
Lens tint/category : The Bollé C-Shifter has photochromics that claim 0-3. They are great for night to moderately bright days, but the 3 is definitely at the bottom end of 3… For winter, spring road/gravel and all-year MTB and trail running I really like them, or the Oakley Prizm Road - it’s Category 2, so light enough for most conditions. I really need something a touch darker for full Mediterranean summer.
Touch points : Another thing that Oakley do well - the rubber nose and ear pieces stay in place really well, to the extent that Oakleys that don’t actually fit my nose that well stay there. The Bollés are good too. I don’t think I’ll buy glasses without decent grip (like the Decathlon Road 900 glasses I recently tried on), as any running or triathlon activity isn’t going to be as good.
Helmet interference : I didn’t think this was a real thing, but the big Bollés do rattle against the Scott Cadence helmet that I use most of the time. A couple of millimetres more and I can see how some helmet/glasses combinations would be unusable due to pressure.
So to sum up, my perfect cycling/running glasses are light half-frames with good coverage, good nose/ear grip, photochromic or light tint for most conditions or darker tint for summer.
Radar EVs are still good.
Bollé C-Shifters are good.
I think I’d like Oakley Sutro Lite Sweeps with a Prizm Road lens, but that’ll have to wait for some good sales.
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I live in a place that is summer for most of the year and very bright light. I really like the Prizm Jade lens for road.
Also, I take my helmet into the Oakley store with me, and always take the glasses outside to test before I buy, so you’re not alone!
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I have some Jawbreakers from back when, but the past few years I have had a pair of AGU Verve’s which are fantastically comfortable and light
Not sure how I missed them - I assumed that they were just a different colour, but they’re the same base tint as Prizm Road but 15% vlt instead of 20%, so in between Road and Black. Thanks! I shall look out for them.
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Thank you @Pbase 
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I currently have the smith reverb glasses. They are mostly good. I wish they were just a bit bigger. Their height is 50mm. I’d think I’d like something in the 55-58mm range. Definitely options I will likely just wait for sales
Resurrecting an old thread, but specifically looking for recommendations on glasses that will not fog in high humidity.
I’ve used Oakley Flak Jacket XLJ for years but they have been fogging up every time it gets humid. Might be the cheap replacement lenses I have but still interested in suggestions for cycling-specific glasses that avoid this. Photochromatic, sizes for small heads, and affordable would be a bonus, too. Thanks!
Bolle Shifters, they have an anti fog coating, mine never fog. A few different photochromic options, I have the phantom vermilion gun ones, marvellous, 47-11 % VLT
For a smaller fit perhaps try the light shifters.
I’ve got a pair of Smith glasses and whilst they are good from a lens perspective, the arms don’t have enough tension in them so they are a bit of a ‘baggy’ fit and the end of the arms have no grip whatsoever, which means if I turn my head at speed, they just fly right off. Disappointing overall.
One question I do have is why do glasses manufacturers make the arms so long and with no bend to go over the ear? All my glass get in the way of my bike helmet cradle.
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Yeah, I have same issue. I simply cut arms ~2cm shorter. Another problem is eyelashes touching glasses, so they get smudgy. So far only Oakley Radar hasn’t had this problem, so I am stuck with them although I’d like actually bigger glasses.
I live in a high humidity area, and honestly my Oakley are probably the best at combating fog. All my glasses fog to a degree, but 100% and Agu glasses are worse
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Same. My Sutros do this with my Giro Eclipse helmet. I’m probably between a S and M in that helmet and maybe downsizing would help with the not hitting the cradle and feeling like they’ll fall off.