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Kask eyewear to debut at Tour Down Under

Helmet brand to offer sunglasses for the first time
by Mat Brett
Tue, Jan 12, 2016 09:39
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The first glasses from helmet brand Kask will be used by Pro Continental team Drapac Pro at Australia’s Tour Down Under next week. 

Italian brand Kask provides the helmets for Team Sky, although Sky already has an eyewear sponsor in Oakley. 

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Kask says that the sunglasses are designed to work best with Kask helmets although, of course, there’s no reason why you have to use the two together. 

Kask already makes visors for bike, ski and mountaineering helmets, but this is its first venture into sunglasses. The model pictured here looks a little like a Poc design in terms of shape and coverage.

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Those are all the details we have at present. More info, including prices, will be revealed in spring, ahead of a summer launch. 

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Mat Brett

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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bikelover | 8 years ago
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What are they thinking.., Kask has been on the market with sunglasses (and goggles) since a year ago already... Kask Eye 1 is great for biking, sits great for both road and mtb. Goggles Mask 3 for DH with tearoffs or roll offs..

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James Warrener | 8 years ago
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I had a Kask helmet and hated it. 

Lazer is much better for me. 

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macrophotofly | 8 years ago
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I wonder if they've solved the problem of if the sunglasses arm sits neatly over or under the rear head frame (just behind the ear). That (and the chinstrap wearing out within 3 years, with no replacements available) are the only things that I dislike about Kask helmets. "Under" can feel uncomfortable and "over" makes the arms slip up and down occasionally

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bendertherobot replied to macrophotofly | 8 years ago
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macrophotofly wrote:

I wonder if they've solved the problem of if the sunglasses arm sits neatly over or under the rear head frame (just behind the ear). That (and the chinstrap wearing out within 3 years, with no replacements available) are the only things that I dislike about Kask helmets. "Under" can feel uncomfortable and "over" makes the arms slip up and down occasionally

 

Drop the distributor an email. They sent me a new strap for nothing. Incidentally my Radars were terrible with my Kask Vertigo. My new Jawbreakers are superb with it. 

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bendertherobot | 8 years ago
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I appreciate making eyewear is tricky, in terms of defining a "look" but POC will be very interested.

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