Oakley Jawbone, NEW cycling sunglasses

Lance Armstrong Jawbone Oakley Sunglasses

After stage 5 of the Tour Down Under what sunglasses did Lance have on? The answer: Oakley’s new sports spec, called Jawbone.

According to velonews.com this isn’t the first time we’ve seen these shades. They repoted that they first appeared at last year’s Tour de France on the faces of Thor Hushovd and George Hincapie. Back then, Oakley simply called the prototype sunglass the New Racing Jacket. Hushovd, Hincapie, Armstrong and the rest of Oakley’s heavy hitters are set to formally release Jawbone to the public on Stage 6 of the Tour of California, February 20, which is the individual time trial.

The reason for the two-tone look and the circular feature on the outside of the lens carrier is the locking hinge design of the frame. The Jawbone has replaceable lenses, but unlike previous designs — M-Frame, Racing Jacket and Radar — the lenses don’t snap into the frames. Instead, the frames lock and unlock at the nosepiece and pivot at the outside to mechanically capture the lenses for easy changes. The unique system, which Oakley calls SwitchLock, also has the effect of cradling the lens with virtually no extra tension, versus locking it into the frame rigidly. This, Oakley claims, rids the lens of any sort of twist or pressure that could cause optical distortion in the lens.

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