Scicon Aerowing Lamon sunglasses
Considering they’re one of the first things to cut through the air when you’re on your bike, surprisingly few sunglasses claim to be aerodynamically efficient. As the name suggests, though, the lenses of the Aerowing Lamons are slitted on the outside edges – mimicking wings – to ensure air exits the sides smoothly. Scicon claims this both helps reduce drag and brings extra air behind the lens to avoid fogging.
The lenses are shaped to offer a wide field of vision and are impactresistant. They’re also eco-friendly, as Scicon says the frames are made from a bio-based material that helps reduce its carbon footprint.
And if all that isn’t enough for you, these are the glasses that young Tadej Pogačar wore to victory in this year’s Tour de France. What more endorsement do you need?
The Bora has been in the Campagnolo catalogue for so long it’s ostensibly a brand in itself. These Ultra
WTOS are the latest iteration to roll off the production line at Campy’s Vicenza HQ, where all Bora wheels are developed, tested and manufactured in-house.
The rim shape is essentially the same as the regular Bora WTOS that sit one branch lower on Campagnolo’s carbon wheel tree but, thanks to some investment in production facilities and the resultant adoption of new technologies, the manufacturer says the Ultra WTOS are 100g lighter for an equivalent rim depth. These 60mm-deep versions are a claimed 1,547g, the 45s are 1,425g and the 33mm depth are 1,385g. The rims’ carbon layup is all new and is responsible for much of the weight loss. The fabrication method also results in a high-gloss finish straight from the mould – the process is so precise, says Campagnolo, that no additional finishing work is required. That finish, labelled C-lux, extends to the 19mm-wide rim bed, where Campagnolo says the gloss finish’s low-friction nature helps tubeless tyres seat more easily.
Also helping tubeless setup is the fact the rim bed isn’t drilled so is naturally airtight. Access is usually required to install spoke nipples, but the Ultras use magnets to guide nipples through the valve hole and into dedicated seats moulded into the rim (a shop or skilled home mechanic can therefore replace a broken spoke).