For years Cébé has been synonymous with high performance eyewear. In these spring months we have used two different eyewear models that Cébé has designed for MTB. The modelUpshift with photochromic lens e Hilldrop with lens suitable for medium visibility conditions
Two different glasses, both from the point of view of the technology used and the structure.
TECHNOLOGY
Both models use lenses with Sensor technology. A product made of injected polyurethane in which colored pigments are inserted to allow the creation of a spectrum of personalized colors. The goal of this structure is to improve the vision of the color shades and to highlight the shades of brown. This is to allow you to better see the unevenness in the ground, a better view of stones, roots and all the roughness that can be found in off road practice.

Cébé technicians tried to achieve this by improving the perception of red and blue light, while reducing that of yellow light. In this way they managed to find a compromise that highlights the contrasts.
PROOF
The two glasses available have different characteristics, both in terms of shape and properties of the lens.
UPSSHIFT

Let's start by analyzing the glasses upshift. It has a structure that uses Symbiotech technology for the realization of the temples, in this way they are much more enveloping than traditional ones. The housing of the lenses also includes the presence of air intakes that allow proper ventilation and limit the heat around the eye. The adjustable rubber nose pad maintains good comfort.
But the heart of these glasses is the photochromic lens with sensor technology 1-3. This means that it can be used indiscriminately in conditions of poor visibility and full sun. If we have already briefly explained what sensor technology consists of, it is good to spend a few words on the other feature that makes this eyewear a very interesting all-rounder. Photochromia is the characteristic for which the glasses darken in contact with UV rays, this allows you to use a single pair of glasses in different light conditions. If we think about the practice of MTB we understand how to have only one to use both in the undergrowth and in the more open sections where the sun beats strongly, is a plus of no small importance. This characteristic occurs thanks to the presence of chemical substances such as oxazie or naphtopira which change their chemical structure in contact with grape rays.
HILLDROP

A pair of glasses with half-day frames and interchangeable lenses, to be able to insert even the transparent ones to be used in the most extreme conditions of very low visibility. The structure of the lenses is scratch-resistant, the gradient of the lens is 2, therefore a pair of glasses suitable for situations of cloudiness and poor visibility, typical of rainy days.
THE TEST


As mentioned at the beginning we used these two glasses in different spring situations, from the blinding sun with a few sprinkles of snow here and there, to rainy and dark days. Sensor technology actually does its job at its best, all without realizing it. To understand the quality of the image, it is necessary to compare the two different visions, with and without glasses. This is the only way to understand what is meant by a better view of the details. The naturalness with which this happens is a great advantage, not in some cases it hardly seems to have it on, but both in conditions of strong light and poor visibility the roots can be seen better. We didn't feel the need to use Hilldorp's clear lenses, the sensation with the sensors was so positive.
The sore side of the glasses tested there was the structure, solid but very bulky, to the point of making it difficult to fit them in some helmets we had available.
PROJECTED IMPACT
A product that, in addition to protecting our eyes from sunlight, is able to improve the visibility of the roughness of the ground, which is of no small importance, but before purchasing it you must make sure that it can be comfortably housed in your helmet.
