Smart Glasses Just Got a Pro Cyclist Nixed From a Race

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. There are lots of ways to get disqualified from a cycling race, but until recently, wearing the wrong glasses was not one of them. This is 2026, though, and “the wrong glasses” can actually mean smart glasses loaded with a camera, speakers, and AI, and that distinction is increasingly swaying people’s opinions. Just ask professional cyclist Willie Smit, who recently took to social media to chronicle his disqualification from a race for wearing what appears to be Oakley Meta smart glasses. According to Smit, this is his first disqualification in 14 years of cycling, and he was unaware, before starting the race, of a rule passed in April prohibiting the use of smart glasses while racing. I can’t say for sure whether Smit was actually unaware, but given the fact that the cyclist posted POV footage from the glasses on social media after the race, I’m going to choose to believe his claim to ignorance. Today I was disqualified for the first time in my cycling career (14 years), for wearing glasses that record video. Un

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