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Richard A Thackeray
Joined: 31 Jan 2009
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Location: Normanton, Wakefield. West Riding Of Yorkshire
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 Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:53 pm Post subject: Oakleys RIP................ |
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After 'knocking on the door' of 25 years use, my blue Oakley Mumbos have finally succumbed to age
They've seemed slightly loose, and been moving/almost fell off (in the slipstream) when l turned my head to look behind
The frames split this morning, when I took the lens out to clean it properly
The lens has been swapped with the frame that houses my 'Purple Iridium' lens
The arms are salvageable, so they will be retained
Dear when bought, as a present, in about 1992 (£90 ish). by g/f - wife since 1998
Worth every penny
Why so?
Because they probably saved my eyes, when I RTC'd back in 1997
It was on the A61 (Leeds - Wakefield road) late one night when riding home from work
I rode into the back of a (later found to be abandoned, when Police came to talk to me, at home) car, on an unlit section of road, after being dazzled by oncoming traffic
It was an Austin Metro
Back then it was unlit, & a national speed limit section - not 40MPH, & lit, as it is now
There were plenty of glass-slashes on my jacket/t-shirt/gloves/face, from going through the rear window, onto the back seat
I counted myself lucky that I was wearing glasses, I still have the scars
(contact lenses, so always wear them)
I could blow my nose, & squirt blood out of side for a week or so 
The worst part was carrying the bike, the remaining 6 miles home, as I didn't have a mobile phone back then, & the pubs that I passed were closed by then
(the phones boxes I passed, weren't working)
Rather fortunately, it was about a month before I started working at Pinderfields.
However, Joanne knew a lot of staff in A&E when we attended, as she was the Chief Bed Manager for the Trust at that time, so she got me seen by the ENT team
The frame still hangs in the garage, as a reminder
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Gunner
Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Location: Under Whitestone-Cliffe on the Lake.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Ruddy Norah, Richard, that is certainly some "ding" in that frame. 
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Richard A Thackeray
Joined: 31 Jan 2009
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Location: Normanton, Wakefield. West Riding Of Yorkshire
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| Gunner wrote: | | Ruddy Norah, Richard, that is certainly some "ding" in that frame. |
It was a fair old impact!
Where it happened was at the base of a dip (old mining subsidence), & I was probably on the big-ring
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Ashleydwsmith
Joined: 31 Jan 2012
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Location: Camberley Surrey
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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You should speak to Oakley and see if they can sort you out! 25 years on one frame! Amazing!
Failing that there may be a shoot round the corner from me that still sells them!
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