Julbo Athletes Rock the Podium at Les Gets XC World Cup
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Julbo Athletes Rock the Podium at Les Gets XC World Cup

Austrian Mona Mitterwallner won Sunday's women’s elite XCO race, Americans Haley Batten and Savilia Blunk earned the fourth and fifth podium spots, and Joshua Dubau placed fifth on the men’s side....
Haley Batten’s Five Lessons in Concussion Recovery
Biking

Haley Batten’s Five Lessons in Concussion Recovery

During her final preparations for the third XCO World Cup of the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Series, one crash quickly changed elite MTB racer Haley Batten’s approach to the rest of her season. T...
The Best Mountain Bike Sunglasses Lenses For XC, Enduro and more
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The Best Mountain Bike Sunglasses Lenses For XC, Enduro and more

Selecting the best mtb sunglass lens can feel as complicated as dialing in the optimal gear ratio or the perfect tire pressure. Constantly changing light, humidity, sweat, precipitation and tempera...
Lessons from a First-Time Ultra-Cyclist
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Lessons from a First-Time Ultra-Cyclist

In early July, Julbo USA’s sports marketing manager, Tyler Cohen, along with his wife, Rachel, participated in Memory Bike Adventure, a 720-kilometer self-supported ultra-distance bike race in nort...
Desert Solace: Biking Arizona's Borderlands
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Desert Solace: Biking Arizona's Borderlands

In the winter of 2023, Julbo athlete and endurance gravel cyclist Yuri Hauswald ventured into the vast landscape that stretches east along Mexico's border, biking between the southeastern Arizona t...
Edge Review
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Edge Review

Outdoor pro Quinn Keating reviews the new Julbo Edge. Read on to learn what makes these sunglasses his new favorites.
Four things I learned at the epically muddy Unbound XL
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Four things I learned at the epically muddy Unbound XL

The 2023 edition of the 352-mile Unbound XL gravel race in Emporia, Kansas, pushed professional riders and amateurs alike to their limits and beyond. Julbo athlete Chris Mehlman was among them.
Haley Batten and the Julbo Density
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Cyclists Review the Density Performance Sunglasses

The Density reinvents the rules of performance sunglasses with its bold look and REACTIV photochromic lenses. A favorite among cyclists like Unbound gravel winners Ian Boswell and Yuri Hauswald or ...
New Julbo Athlete Haley Batten
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Haley Batten Joins Julbo Athlete Team

Elite cross country mountain biker Haley Batten joins the Julbo athlete team for 2023 and beyond. The Olympian and member of the Specialized Factory Racing team from Park City, Utah, plans to race ...
Savilia Blunk wearing the Julbo Density
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Savilia Blunk Joins Julbo Athlete Team

Savilia Blunk, the 2022 U.S. Elite XCO Mountain Bike National Champion, has joined Rockrider Racing and the Julbo athlete team. She plans to race a full World Cup XCO calendar this season. "My goal...
Kelly Catale racing her mountain bike in Julbo Sunglasses
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Our Ambassadors Review Their Top Picks For Biking

Whether your two wheels are on pavement, gravel, singletrack or a downhill run, Julbo makes eyewear that covers each and every style of riding. Julbo ambassadors Kelly Catale, Starla Teddergreen, M...
Julbo Athlete Hannah Otto Wears the Fury
Biking

Behind My Lenses, An Essay

If you could see behind Hannah Otto's sunglasses during a bike race, you'd see a lot of things: pinpoint focus, hope, the plotting of a plan, the wince of pain. In this essay, the gravel and elite ...
Jake Inger Biking to Mt. Washington
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Port to Peak: Biking and Skiing Across New England

When Jake Inger was in high school, he first skied New Hampshire's Mt. Washington. It’s the highest peak in New England—6,288 feet above sea level—and a rite of passage for any East Coast skier. Bu...
Julbo Athlete Chris Mehlman Comes in 99th Place at MTB World Championships
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99th-Place and Life Lessons At Marathon MTB World Championships

Even a year ago, the idea of racing the UCI Marathon MTB World Championships would have been a far-fetched fantasy for Julbo ambassador Chris Mehlman, a college student who works and races on the s...
Hannah Otto Winning the Leadville 100 MTB Race
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Hannah Otto Wins Leadville 100 MTB

Hannah Otto won the 2022 Leadville 100 MTB with a time of 7:24:12, finishing about five minutes ahead of Rose Grant, who won the race’s last two occurrences. “I didn’t let myself accept the win unt...
Julbo Athlete Max Morgan Racing Downhill MTB
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Julbo Athletes Recap Mont Sainte Anne and Snowshoe World Cups

Across the East Coast of North America these last two weekends, international bike athletes of the highest caliber gathered for not one but two UCI Mountain Bike World Cup events. Julbo athletes Ma...
Ian Boswell gravel biking in the Julbo Rush
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The Best Cycling Sunglasses

Sunglasses are essential equipment for any ride, whether it’s a gravel epic or a singletrack rip after work. But like your favorite pair of riding shoes, sunglasses need to fit well and match your ...
Julbo Athlete Amy Morrison Wins Enduro National Championships
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Amy Morrison Wins Enduro National Championships

Last weekend, two-time Enduro National Champion Amy Morrison returned to the track at Winter Park, Colorado, to defend her title, confident in her ability to perform at elevation and on Colorado’s ...
Julbo Rider Celebrates finishing L'Etape Du Tour De France
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Julbo and L'Etape Du Tour De France

Last Sunday, July 10, some 16,000 cyclists took to the roads around Briançon, France. Among them were a handful of Julbo employees, athletes and associated media. Together they were participating i...
Hot Tubes Junior Bike Team Races in the Julbo Fury
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Hot Tubes Junior Development Team Eyes National Championships

Right now, most 17-year-old are settling into summer, basking in the glow of graduation or getting started with a summer job. For the young men of the Hot Tubes Junior Development Cycling Team, sum...
Cory Wallace and his gravel race bike
Biking

Q&A: Cory Wallace Defends 24 Hour MTB Worlds Title

Just six days after Cory Wallace earned his fourth title as World Solo 24 Hour Mountain Bike World Champion, he was in Emporia, Kansas, to compete in the Unbound Gravel 200, a race where he’s twice...
Ian Boswell racing the Unbound Gravel 200 race
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Mud, Grit and Determination: Reflecting on Unbound Gravel 2022

Storm clouds and the threat of heavy rain cast shadows over this year’s Unbound Gravel, the 200-mile race through the Flint Hills around Emporia, Kansas. And even though the course was rerouted due...
Riders at the Unbound Gravel Race
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Julbo at Unbound Gravel

Julbo is the official eyewear partner of Unbound Gravel, the June 4 bike race through the Flint Hills of Emporia, Kansas. We’re heading there next month to race, ride and party. Here's where you ca...
Ian Boswell riding in the Julbo Rush
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Racing the Unknown: How Ian Boswell Tackles Unbound Gravel

When Ian Boswell lined up at the start of last year’s Unbound Gravel 200 in Emporia, Kansas, he didn’t know what to expect. “I’d never done the race before; I’d never done a race that long; there w...
Ian Boswell on a gravel bike ride wearing Julbo sunglasses
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New Perspectives: Why Ian Boswell Wears Julbo

In 2019, during stage four of Italy’s Tirreno-Adriatico stage race, a crash sidelined Ian Boswell. The latter effects of that concussion ended the professional road racing career of the cyclist fro...
Ian Boswell Riding in the Julbo Rush
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Road To Emporia: Ian Boswell's Unbound Advice

For the fastest racers, the Unbound Gravel 200 is a 10-hour effort. Others race the sunset while even more race midnight. And for former World Tour cyclist Ian Boswell, the race is different than a...
Brice Shirbach Biking in Guatemala
Biking

Brice Shirbach's "Sight Unseen, Guatemala"

In Brice Shirbach’s latest chapter of his Sight Unseen video series, the mountain biker heads to Guatemala, partnering with nonprofit World Ride, riding previously unridden trails on Central Americ...
Yuri Hauswald gravel biking in the Sierra Nevada mountains
Biking

Yuri Hauswald Gets "Lost On Purpose"

Throughout California's Lost Sierra lie 15 towns and an expansive network of dirt roads and new trails. Yuri Hauswald recently traveled there to learn how these trails and access to public land can...
Mountain Biker Wearing the Julbo Rush
Biking

Buyers Guide: Choosing The Best Biking Sunglasses

There are many considerations to take into account when investing in a high end pair of sunglasses that will last a lifetime. With endless options of sunglasses on the market, it can be hard to cho...