Performance riding gigs that don’t break the bank and look rad as hell, yes please! Melon Optics have been making affordable performance eyewear for the snowsports world for almost 10 years now, in the last 4 years have been developing eyewear for mountain biking shenanigans. 

The Alleycat is a bold pair of riding glasses. Using ZEISS lenses is proof that Melon is striving for high quality. Zeiss lenses are shatterproof, trail-specific and in the Alleycat interchangeable meaning there's a lens for every condition, come rain or shine (or more rain). The trail performance lenses from ZEISS are developed to give you the best clarity and optimise your view of the trail, green and orange light is reduced to improve depth perception and give you a view of the trail like no other lens can offer.

The Alleycat frame is built from a super flex, super tough TR90 with rubberised nose piece and arms. Each pair of Alleycats comes with a low light lens and microfibre bag, all packed into a hard carry case. 

Lenses: 

Silver Chrome - 19% VLT Cat 3 - Reduces green and orange light with a smoke tint. This lens works best for bright days.

Smoke - 19% VLT Cat 3 – Doesn’t reduce any colour of light with smoke tint good for bright days.

Red Chrome - 28% VLT Cat 2 – Slight blue tint, good for those cloudier but still bright days. Melon's staff favourite lens.

Violet Chrome - 25% VLT Cat 2 - Reduces green and orange light with a slight yellow tint. Good for slightly bright days, but still some shady bits involved. 

Amber - 29% VLT Cat 2 – Reduces green and orange light. Good for sunnier days in the woods. 

Low light – 86% VLT Cat 0 - Slight yellow tint, great for those low light winter days. 

Features:

Made in Italy by experts in high-performance eyewear
ZEISS vision sunlens trail performance collection increased contrast and improved clarity for the best view of the trail.
Interchangeable lens system.
Smart venting system to keep your view fog-free
Hyperflex TR90 frame
Rubberised nose piece and arms