RACE DIVISION · UNIT 01 / 03
See the trail. Read the numbers. A bifocal sport lens with a discreet near-vision segment — so you can rail the descent, then glance down and actually read your GPS watch or head unit. No readers. No squinting. No slowing down.
SEC. 01 — SHOP BY DISCIPLINE
Head unit at 90 RPM. Drop-bar tuck, full field of view, near-segment low and out of the sightline until you need it.
AVG 34.2 KM/H · FTP 265W D-02Roots, rocks, switchbacks — and a nav screen you can actually read at the junction instead of guessing left.
+1,204 M · GRADE 14% D-03Glance at the wrist mid-stride. Pace, heart rate, lap split — sharp at arm's length, without breaking cadence.
4:32 /KM · 178 SPM D-04One pair, three legs. Anti-fog through T1, wind-sealed on the bike, sweat-proof on the run. Read every split.
T1 — 01:48 · T2 — 01:12 D-05All-day dirt and washboard. Dust-sealed against grit, tinted for canyon glare, and your route file still reads clean at hour six.
140 KM · 1,900 M ↑SEC. 02 — FLAGSHIP UNIT
FIG. 01Sport-wrap frame — 8-base curve, full peripheral coverage
FIG. 02Photochromic lens — clears in shade, darkens in full sun
FIG. 03Bifocal near segment — reads watch & head unit
FIG. 04Grip temple & nose pads — locked down under sweat
The problem is simple: your distance vision is still race-sharp, but the numbers on your wrist went blurry somewhere around your 40th birthday. The Kona TT puts a discreet magnifying near-vision segment in the lens — invisible when you're eyes-up on the road, instantly there when you glance at pace, heart rate, or the climb profile on your head unit. And the photochromic lens shifts from clear in the trees to dark in open sun — the light never catches you out.
ON A BUDGET? — The Archer: fixed small lower bifocal, same glance-down reading · $24.95
SEC. 02B — PHOTOCHROMIC · THE LENS READS THE LIGHT FOR YOU
The Kona TT lens tints itself. Duck into tree cover and it clears so you can see the roots; punch out into open sun and it darkens to a smoke shade — automatically, no lens swap, no squint. Drag the slider to watch it happen.
SHADE — LENS CLEAR · UV400 ALWAYS ON
SEC. 03 — THE MANIFESTO
Your legs didn't get the memo about turning forty. Your eyes did. You can still bury yourself on a six-hour ride, still negative-split a marathon — but the watch that tracks it all turned into a smudge on your wrist. The industry's answer was readers on a string. Ours is a race lens that reads.
Presbyopia comes for everyone who logs enough miles to earn it. It doesn't mean slowing down, and it definitely doesn't mean fumbling drugstore readers out of a jersey pocket at 35 km/h. It means your gear finally has to work as hard as you do. Eyes up for the descent. Eyes down for the data. One lens, both jobs.
SEC. 04 — FIELD REPORTS
LOG 047 · GRAVEL — 142 KMELEV +2,310 M · AVG 27.4 KM/H
“First gravel race in three years where the head unit wasn't a blur. I read the climb profile at speed, paced the last ascent by actual watts instead of vibes, and caught two guys who blew up. The bifocal segment just disappears when you're eyes-up.”Mark D., 52Gravel racer — Bend, Oregon
LOG 112 · ULTRA — 100 KM TRAILMOVING 13:41:22 · 178 SPM
“Mile 60, cooked, and I could still read my split without holding my wrist out at arm's length like a sundial. At the aid stations I read the course map straight off my phone. Small thing on paper. Enormous thing at hour eleven.”Sarah K., 47Ultrarunner — Flagstaff, Arizona
LOG 089 · 70.3 TRIATHLONSWIM 34:12 · BIKE 2:41:07 · RUN 1:52:44
“I used to ride the whole bike leg on feel because I couldn't read the computer. This time I held my target power all 90 K and had legs left for the run. No fog out of T1 either, which has literally never happened before.”James R., 49Age-group triathlete — Victoria, BC
SEC. 05 — FINAL TRANSMISSION
Every pair ships race-ready: your magnification, anti-fog lenses, and a sport-wrap fit that stays put from the gun to the line.
