When it comes to eyewear, there are three filters I apply before a purchase:
1. Can I afford them?
2. Do they fit?
3. Do they look good?
Unfortunately for me, I've only had the green light on all three once in my life and as a result I'm still wearing a 10-year-old pair of Tifosi Crit sunglasses. There's nothing theoretically wrong with them; they pass the first two filter tests, but they are now decidedly dated. Like ankle socks, and short short sleeves, my sunglasses are retro, and not in a good way.
While most riders have been donning large lens eyeshields, commonplace among the best cycling sunglasses, since the early 2020s, my small face means that not only do they look more like a windscreen, but they are so ill-fitting that, unless I point my nose in the air, even the slightest road imperfection will send them crashing to the ground.
However, my decade-long streak of facial fashion faux pas has finally abated. And it's thanks to the same brand that had managed to turn all the sunglasses filters green before, Tifosi.
