Earlier this year I wrote about how hard it is to find good prescription cycling glasses. Specifically, I wished for a company that designs performance glasses for prescription lenses from the ground up. While I have yet to encounter this exact scenario, I have since made an effort to seek out high-quality prescription glasses to test out.
One of these is the French company Julbo, headquartered in the Jura region near the Swiss border, which has developed a proprietary prescription system that uses a “baked-in prescription insert that is cohesive with the lens.” The company is best known for its climbing and mountaineering products, but also has a full range of cycling glasses and sponsors the Groupama-FDJ WorldTour team as well as several World Cup XC athletes.
