ALLEYCAT RX

From: R3,255.00

  • Frame
  • Lens
  • Nose Rubber
  • Icon
  • Optical Adapter
  • Frame : Pink
  • Lens : Pink Chrome (trail)
  • Nose Rubber : Black
  • Icon : Black Gun Metal
  • Optical Adapter : Black Matte
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    Our low-light lenses are a customer favourite (just read the reviews!) and perfect for winter/evening rides. Add one to your pack and save over 45% off the regular price

1 x Alleycat Sunglasses.
1 x Zeiss optical clip.
1 x Alleycat nosebridge optical adaptor (small piece connecting your optical clip to the nose rubber. Choose your colour above).
1 x Optical nose rubber.
1 x Microfibre pouch.

All custom eyewear orders placed weekdays before 2pm (SAST) are built and shipped the same day.

365 days any reason returns are accepted for all products that are unused.

It's simple. If you break your eyewear due to a manufacturing defect, we will either repair or replace it, free of charge.

GET READY TO SEE BETTER

Designed with minimalism at its heart, the Alleycat optical clip allows you to enjoy the epic Zeiss experience that our best selling performance sunglasses lenses are renowned for, without the need for contact lenses.

Weighing just a few grams and fitted with two rubberised disks, for a secure lens connection, our optical insert is designed to go unnoticed and works across the whole Melon performance sunglasses range.

Choose your perfect lens

Awesome Clarity meets serious style

Using technology developed by one of the world’s top lens manufacturers, the Alleycat features lenses from ZEISS’s Trail Performance lens range. Developed with riding clarity in mind the trail performance lens range filters light to give you the optimum view of the trail. By reducing green and orange light you get greater clarity of the environment as well as improved depth perception, meaning you get a view of the trail like no other lens can offer.

Alleycat Paintsplat with Smoke lens
Alleycat Turquoise with Silver Lens

ALLEYCAT features

ZEISS TRAIL PERFORMANCE LENSES

increased contrast & improved clarity for the best view of the trail

INTERCHANGEABLE LENS SYSTEM

Switch up your lens to match weather conditions in a matter of seconds

HYPERFLEX TR90 FRAME

Strong, Flexible & lightweight for total confidence

SMART VENTING SYSTEM

Maximum airflow to keep your view fog-free

RUBBERISED NOSE PIECE AND ARMS

For comfort and stability

Ripel Coating

Keeps dirt, dust and sweat off of your lenses

MADE IN ITALY

Experts in high-performance eyewear

UV 400 Protection

Keeps your eyes protected from nasty rays

ABOUT THE ALLEYCAT

The raddest and baddest pair of performance riding shades on planet earth! We combined the world’s best lens manufacturer, years of riding experience, and a heavy dose of pure radness to create a pair of glasses that are built to perform with the best whilst looking better than the rest!

The Alleycat uses Zeiss’s proven 100 years of lens manufacturing experience to offer riders a choice of interchangeable, shatterproof, trail-specific, lenses suitable for all conditions – come rain or shine, forest single track or open mountain side trail, we’ve got a lens that’s perfect for you.

Built from super flex, super tough TR90, and featuring a rubberised nose piece and arms for ultimate comfort.

What are you waiting for? Go customise yours, then Go Ride Wild!

FAQ’S

The Alleycat has easily interchangeable lenses. If you want to grab some extra lenses, you can do so here and if you need just an extra low light lens, you can grab it here. You can see how to change your Alleycat lens here

The Alleycat lens ratings are as follows:

Low-Light = S0 (86% VLT)
Amber = S2 (29% VLT)
Violet Chrome = S2 (25% VLT)
Red Chrome = S2 (28% VLT)
Silver Chrome = S3 (19% VLT)
Smoke = S3 (19% VLT)
Photochromic = S0 – S3 (85% – 18% VLT)

The higher the category (and lower the VLT %) the more light the lens blocks, so an S2 lens is often good for if you’re riding in varying light conditions, whilst an S3 lens will perform best if you’re mostly riding bright conditions. You can check out our in-depth video on the lenses further up this page or you can access it here.

Our photochromic lenses are not made by Zeiss, as Zeiss currently doesn’t make a photochromic lens in a shield option. However, they are from one of the worlds leading photochromic lens makers and the optical quality is also fantastic.

We offer a lightweight, low profile optical clip that connects to the Alleycat nose bridge. This can be purchased on its own or with prescription lenses from Zeiss included. You can check all of our prescription options here

The main difference is in the lens technology. The Alleycat trail lens optimises for orange/green environments whereas the snow lens filters out more blue light, as there is a predominance of this in snowy environments. As a result, you’ll get much better definition, contrast and depth perception when in the snow. Also, the snow version doesn’t come with a low-light lens included, which the Alleycat Trail version does.

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