Keep An Eye Out Tomorrow...

[mpmcgaughey]

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[Rustpot]

That does appear to be a hinge on the stem, rear of the temple with the circle. Battery compartment or something?

 

[mpmcgaughey]

That does appear to be a hinge on the stem, rear of the temple with the circle. Battery compartment or something?

 

[Ventruck]

That does appear to be a hinge on the stem, rear of the temple with the circle. Battery compartment or something?

Looks too small for a battery that could do something worthwhile. If it were anything to be electronics-related, I'd think it's an optional mounting point.

 

[Tavers]

Guess the hole could also be for air flow?

 

[nlgrav182]

It looks like a sport version of the new cam hinge. I doubt there's anything electronic in there.

 

[Patient_Cero]

There was brief public coverage of the Jawbreaker via a VeloNews article from Interbike that was promptly deleted a few hours after publishing. Like most things on the net, it's never gone...

LAS VEGAS (VN) — The big unveiling of Oakley’s new sunglasses, the Jawbreaker, came up just 200 meters short. Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) wore the prototype Oakley Jawbreaker on the first stage of the 2014 Tour de France. It was a stage that Cav had been eyeing, with a finish in his mother’s hometown. He was a favorite and a victory would catapult the new shields to the front pages of newspapers and websites around the world.

Cavendish crashed near the finish, however, sending him home from the race early and squashing Oakley’s plans.

Oakley teased the Jawbreaker again last weekend at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on the face of race favorite Nino Schurter. Schurter came in second, while Julian Absalon scored the win and the all-valuable post-up shot.

We caught wind of the Jawbreaker’s name this week at Interbike and learned a bit more about the sunglasses, thanks to a source close to Oakley. The new sunglasses use some of the frame technology found in the Racing Jacket (formerly known as the Jawbone), but use a single lens, like the Poc Do Blade. The single lens would result in an unobstructed range of sight, but with a frame design like the Racing Jacket, lenses could be easily swapped out without having to put stress on the lens or the frame itself.

The size and look of the Jawbreaker is very similar to Poc’s Do Blade sunglasses worn by Garmin-Sharp. However, the shape of the frame encompassing the lens is a nod to the Oakley Eyeshade, Oakley’s first sports shield design.

Oakley’s Steve Blick would not comment on the new sunglasses, saying, “we’re not ready to talk about the Jawbreaker yet. They were Cav’s idea and we want to respect that. You might have seen them last weekend in Norway and you might see them in triathlon soon. We’re still testing them.”

One obvious difference between the Jawbreakers Cavendish wore and the ones Schurter wore was that Schurter’s had a lighter tinted lens with an orange hue. Blick referred to the lens as the “trail lens.”

“If you’ve been paying attention to the riders at the front of the World Cup races, you would see them wearing this trail lens. It’s intended to help riders pick what lens they need for a mountain bike ride, since there are so many options. It’s a lighter lens, but they’re not looking at the sun, they’re looking at the trail and it really helps them see the trail.”

We expect it will be after the first of the year before we know more about the new Jawbreaker, but we’ll be sure to keep our eyes peeled for them being worn at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. We’ll be on the lookout for the trail lens as well, especially around the UCI cyclocross circuit.

 

[Rustpot]

Poc Do Blade?

Also, your flickr photo asks me for a Yahoo sign in.

 

[Patient_Cero]

It was just a screenshot of the article for authenticity of the text I copied, the picture they used is one from the TDF already seen earlier in the thread. The POC is another eyeglass company worn by many cyclists. I don't think Oakley liked that comparison. This is a Do Blade from the POC company.

 

[Rustpot]

Yikes. People wear those? (I don't watch cycling much)