Did I see right? Oakleys £499!!

[betty swollocks]

Gasp , at that price, I would hope I do see right in them:-

Taken by my mobile through local Optician's window.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Some idiot will pay that price though.

 

[zimzum42]

If you really need to look like Lance!!!!

I still reckon M-Frames are worth the ton though.....
Especially with the lifetime warranty on the frames and excellent aftersales and free replacement

 

[HLaB]

At that price I'd have 2 pairs
I wonder if you get a free lens cloth

 

[willhub]

I'd rather but bike parts.

 

[zimzum42]

Someone will be along soon to tell us how some specs from Aldi or Madison D'arcs are good enough for them and only cost half the price of a whippet

I bet they've not tried a pair of Oakleys for more than a few seconds though! There is a difference...

Try driving for hours in a pair of Aldi specs and then compare to Oakleys. You won't have a headache with the Oaks!

 

[Will1985]

They look like Jawbones to me - should be around £150-170 for the frames. Prescription lenses add up to £100 to the price....

It has to be a fool who buys that pair!

 

[iLB]

that price may be with prescription lenses...

 

[HLaB]

I've a few pars of shades including the LIDL (or is Aldi) ones and IME the more you pay (actually I got my dearest pair Rudy Project) for free the less liable they are to steaming up.

 

[peanut]

Someone will be along soon to tell us how some specs from Aldi or Madison D'arcs are good enough for them and only cost half the price of a whippet

I bet they've not tried a pair of Oakleys for more than a few seconds though! There is a difference...

Try driving for hours in a pair of Aldi specs and then compare to Oakleys. You won't have a headache with the Oaks!

thats a pretty pointless analogy as the glasses are made for cycling not driving conditions and speed.
No plastic sports glasses are worth paying £100 for . Precision engineered prescription glasses don't cost that much.

Only someone daft enough to have paid that much would advocate them ...apart from those who want to impress others with their spending power that is.

 

[zimzum42]

Well, I'll pander to the whippet crew for a while...

I bought one pair of M-Frames in 1995. I have bought a couple of sets of lenses.
Oakley have replaced the frames for free once.

So that's roughly 3p a day they have cost me, and I wear them on every ride and every sunny drive I do!

Not bad IMO....

 

[addictfreak]

Dont own a pair myself, but have tried my mates. Well worth it especailly with transitions lenses.

 

[colly]

£500 for a pair of shades??

They must have seen you coming mate?

Most likely with a pair of £20 shades from M&S on.

 

[betty swollocks]

£500 for a pair of shades??

They must have seen you coming mate?

Most likely with a pair of £20 shades from M&S on.

I didn't buy them. For that price - not on yer nelly!

 

[colly]

I didn't buy them. For that price - not on yer nelly!

No I didn't think you did really.