Put Your Stunna Shades On

In modern cycling, sunglasses provide more than just protection for the eyes. They also add style, but only if the eyewear is stylish. Look at the professional peloton, you will immediately notice that most riders wear sunglasses with bright-colored frames, or team-colored frames, or just plain white frames.

Michael Matthews, winning in style.

Frames with bright colors stand out, such as neon green, yellow or hot pink. Frames with matching team colors are cool too, but white frames are the safest bet and will go with any kit. Any of those three choices are stylish. Try to avoid black-framed sunglasses or other boring colors like gray, brown, silver, etc. Those are colors you wear for suits in the office, except for silver.

Sorry Mr. Armstrong, try again.

If you have to have black-framed sunglasses, at least use colored lenses and a few color accents on the frame to show some contrast. Also notice the brands both riders are wearing are not exactly cheap, but other sunglasses that fit the aforementioned criteria could still be stylish, just not on the same level of style. Designer sunglasses are banned; those are reserved for soccer moms out for a jog.

Now go put your stunna shades on and ride your bike. Don't ghostride your whip though.