Now, I like my Oakleys, but really? I once tried a pair of these on and they were rather lovely. Not $25k lovely, though.

Oh, and here’s hoping the creepy nude dude in the photos isn’t included in the sale!

Why are you inside a hairy naked chaps home trying on glasses ?
It’s only Thursday.

I do like my oakleys too but, barring being made from carbon fibre they really don’t look very different to those for a mere 1% of goods asking price. No naked people were included with mine though so maybe that’s the thing.

I know of someone with 6 pairs

And that ebayer seller is known as quite a chancer amongst us collectors and is avoided

why are they $25k? How much were they new?

They were $4000 when they were released in 2009. 500 (i think) pairs only. Frames made by a British firm that makes stuff for F1.
That ebayer is just a chancer and lists everything so high

Yep, 500 pairs.

I was, I hate to admit, sorely tempted at the time. However, I had also been sorely tempted with the original X-Metals when the nice people at Oakley assured me they’d only be a limited edition. Then they made loads of them! Glad I missed out.

The C-Six was, despite the “exclusivity” stuff, one of the best fitting pairs I’ve tried.

Six pairs is just greedy, though! 🙂

They’re too big for me, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it

🙄 not even enduro-specific

And that ebayer seller is known as quite a chancer amongst us collectors and is avoided

He’s not the one who pops up in the wanted section every now and then asking for X-metals?

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