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Until recently, Agu was more known for its good value, no-nonsense rainwear than anything else, but with its sponsorship of Lotto-Jumbo and moves into pro-racing (plenty of Lotto are wearing the Bolds) that looks set to change.
The Bolds have a great squared-off shield design that’s both retro and modern. The full frame is set slightly back from the lens itself, meaning that it’s actually well vented, and combined with an anti-fog coating on the lens these sunglasses stayed pretty clear throughout testing.
The minimal arms are well sprung and the temple tips sticky and generous in size.
Fit is excellent and they stay put in the rough too with help from those tacky arms and the adjustable nose-piece.
Protection from the wind is excellent and the clarity of the lens is sharp too.
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Warren Rossiter is BikeRadar and Cycling Plus magazine’s senior technical editor for road and gravel. Having been testing bikes for more than 20 years, Warren has an encyclopedic knowledge of road cycling and has been the mastermind behind our Road Bike of the Year test for more than a decade. He’s also a regular presenter on the BikeRadar Podcast and on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel. In his time as a cycling journalist, Warren has written for Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Urban Cyclist, Procycling, Cyclingnews, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike and T3. Over the years, Warren has written about thousands of bikes and tested more than 2,500 – from budget road bikes to five-figure superbikes. He has covered all the major innovations in cycling this century, and reported from launches, trade shows and industry events in Europe, Asia, Australia, North American and Africa. While Warren loves fast road bikes and the latest gravel bikes, he also believes electric bikes are the future of transport. You’ll regularly find him commuting on an ebike and he longs for the day when everyone else follows suit. You will find snaps of Warren’s daily rides on the Instagram account of our sister publication, Cycling Plus (@cyclingplus).
