How much they care for minimal change in optics, and what a huge difference there is between brands... Did you ask them maybe if there are any health issues with wrong optics, or just simply annoying?
It would be cool to see behind the scenes at GCN. See around the office/work shop and meet the people who make it possible like filmers, editors and people who run the social media accounts
th-cam.com/video/O1SRv05G_Hk/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/blNvYpBBbFs/w-d-xo.html but they're behind the scenes of filming epic rides. I do remember a vague touch on BTS at GCN - seeing Lasty in the Social Media area answering farcebook things, but can't find the link.
This proves my theory, I always save for that bit longer and purchase Oakley. You can just tell the difference when playing sports or simply driving. Great video GCN
I've been rocking a pair of Oakley's for the past 10 years I love them so much, my full polarized lens is god send! and yes I had Oakley BMX grips on my Norco.
The stated price for those molds is pretty accurate, I was the designer of them back when I worked at the mold vendor that built their lens tooling, and the molds were not cheap to build. The accuracy demanded by Oakley was no joke, and every aspect of the design was looked at to help produce the most optically accurate lenses in the world. Pretty cool to see that my designs are still making lenses today!
Good to see the simplicity of how the eye shade was born, still wear mine to this day. They have stood the test of time, and I feel they are still up there with the coolest shades. Thanks as always for an insight into Oakley.
OMG back in the 80s we were all into BMX racing and their goggles were the ones to use while racing. One day while on holiday in France I saw a Vanns shoe shop and popped in while I could not wait for the custom made trainers for racing I picked up the Glasses they made by Oakley and I still own them today I did not know that they were the first, wow I had better put them on display lol
Guys, thanks for visiting my back yard! I am at the Oakley facility all the time. You should let your fans know when you are traveling, you never know what we may do for our brothers across the pond! Great video.
As a SoCal moto dude, I had Oakley grips and goggles as a 12 year old, and then I spent all of '85 - '87 in Blades..... and yes, I had an 80's mullet too.
Thanks for the very informative video. I got a pair of Flight Jacket Prizm Road glasses after I saw all the benefits (safety, vision) and I'm really thrilled. Love all the GCN videos - keep it up!
Firstly: Thanks! Mad respect! 🙏Sitting here with 10 stiches in my face as my normal power specs broke and tore my face.. during a bad crash in a Grandfondo last week where I landed head first on the tarmac. I never knew glasses this good existed. But now I'mma save up and buy one of these soon. Thanks a lot for the video guys!! 👍
This is probably a minor thing, but I will say, with regards to helmet design, and him talking about brand recognition: Yes, he says that brand recognition is #2, but then goes onto say "If every other helmet on the market looks like swiss cheese, you can't really see whose is whose. The biggest thing is how can we create something really identifiable from the front..." Yeah see I don't want my designers even considering that. If every other brand looks a certain way, and they were designed with cooling and aero in mind, maybe there's a reason for that. I don't know, could be reading too much into that, but I'll take form following function any day of the week.
agreed if anything they could have made a went or something looking like a O but then the aerodynamics would be off but you get where i am comming from
I just finished my first 400 km on my road bike within 2 months which doesn't sound like a lot but I am in the 9th grade which is highly demanding here in India Thanks GCN for inspiring motivating and teaching me a lot
Fantastic video. I watch something else that sportrx did and that's what made me really like Oakleys even more than I already had. I've got three pair now and I love each one of them and they are very well made and constructed. Keep up the good work Wonderful video
Back in the day when it was OAKLEY i bought a pair of T WIREs. Ive owned many brands of sun glasses. And i would say my favorites were always REVOs. The real glass lenses.
It does make me appreciate Oakley a lot more. I've been wearing my pair of Oakley's for almost a year now, and I doubt I could ever go back. My lens is a prizm lens and has made a lot of colors just pop, which is really amazing since I'm colorblind.
I LOVE OAKLEY from the 80s with the bmx grips all the way to many lab jackets i still have my original kitchen sink from the 90s and my gascans are timeless .
This is a question about your videos in general. Do you have the same 20 people always give you a thumbs down each week or do you give yourself the thumbs down so you don't look so perfect? Another excellent video by the way.
its called marketing, they show these tests in very "ad" they pay people to come and do .... do you really think every lens goes through this test? its basically mass shipments from china and they maybe do a sample of some of them and 'assemble in usa' and if the tests fail they prob ship em back but still some get through
I’m collecting 24 years Oakley’s, mostly Only the pre luxottica” one’s and None of my was peel..Yes vintage 1998-99 Straight jacket’s and Eye Jacket frame was cracked..but 20+ years old 🤷..
I love that picture of Glen Plake in the background at around 5 minutes. He can be referred to as the grandfather of hors piste extreme skiing. Because of him, all my friends and I skied on K2 skis, wore North Face, and of course, the obligatory Oakleys.
Unfortunately Oakley failed me when I needed them the most. This summer racing with a pair of Kato 24K, they broke letting me without glasses to ride for the rest of the month. Sure Oakley sent me a brand new pair because two years warranty, kudos! It's a bitter-sweat feeling, not having them when I needed the most, but at least getting a new pair.
i was looking at these glasses price (after i saw u talking about them in a video) and i would not buy them if i did not see this video !! thanks a lot ! for this quality to really protect my eyes YES i pay the price.
Dang ok, I’m ordering a couple pairs now for for cycling/tri and a pair for driving. Impact resistance and thoughtfulness on fogging-up sold me on them!
Did have good customer service, which was needed, but when bought by Luxottica everything went to worst. So I decided to go with other companies. Can't get spare parts for a 2 years old Jawbone! Greatings from an ex Oakley fanboy (like Si still is or have too for ad reasons). But you did a good vlog!
Paid around £180 for my Jury (made out of metal) and they dont sell the plastic hinges. And guess what the plastic hinges broke (under warranty) and they only gave a coupon for a 30% discount on another pair. WTF??! Oakley give worse customer support.
note Jim Jannard, Oakley's founder, sold the company to Luxottica, probably the biggest optics and glasses manufacturer, years ago. Nowadays, it is an Italian company. notice the fact, when you visit an store, if your oakleys are made in USA or Italy (in fact, for frames have six factories around the world). Only lenses are still made in USA.
Miss my crystal framed Mumbos!!! Recall buying & wearing my early 90’s Blades & Razor Blades - because of Greg Lemond. Also love that Oakley came up with the “Asian” Fit...
Excellent video. As the extremely fit woman explaining the lense colours and spectrums of the lenses was wearing spectacles, what hope is there for those of us who need specific lense requirements such as long or short sightedness?
Very interesting tour video for their Sport glasses which are still the best. But I totally lost interest in Oakley - it’s very obvious that Luxottica pressures Oakley to release as many glass designs as possible regardless of whether they will do well. It used to be a big deal when something new was released, but for the most part, not anymore.
Yea, my lenses started peeling off very quickly on my Oakley Flak (and I am very carefull and take care about my glasses). I would expect more from 200 USD glasses. Otherwise they are very nice, optics is great, but durability of lenses is shit.
I've always just ridden in different tints of shooting glasses. If they can stop an ejected bullet casing, they can stop anything I'll encounter on the road. Best part is they're $15 at Walmart.
been an Oakley fan for long time. First pair of real sunglasses Oakley, last set Oakley fuel cell. I must admit I can't follow the product after it moves operations to China. I used to be the same with Dr. Martin's then they moved to China and the boot went from comfortable to absolutely agonising.
What did you find most interesting about the factory tour? 👇
Hmm, that's a hard question...
How much they care for minimal change in optics, and what a huge difference there is between brands... Did you ask them maybe if there are any health issues with wrong optics, or just simply annoying?
You mean other than Lemonds jersey??? The prizm segment.
TATIANA
Great video, never realised how strong the lenses are. Always use Oakleys, will keep using em after this.
It would be cool to see behind the scenes at GCN. See around the office/work shop and meet the people who make it possible like filmers, editors and people who run the social media accounts
Second this
Third this
That would be great.
th-cam.com/video/O1SRv05G_Hk/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/blNvYpBBbFs/w-d-xo.html but they're behind the scenes of filming epic rides.
I do remember a vague touch on BTS at GCN - seeing Lasty in the Social Media area answering farcebook things, but can't find the link.
Let’s give the people that make this channel work some love
This proves my theory, I always save for that bit longer and purchase Oakley. You can just tell the difference when playing sports or simply driving. Great video GCN
I've been rocking a pair of Oakley's for the past 10 years I love them so much, my full polarized lens is god send! and yes I had Oakley BMX grips on my Norco.
The stated price for those molds is pretty accurate, I was the designer of them back when I worked at the mold vendor that built their lens tooling, and the molds were not cheap to build. The accuracy demanded by Oakley was no joke, and every aspect of the design was looked at to help produce the most optically accurate lenses in the world. Pretty cool to see that my designs are still making lenses today!
Good to see the simplicity of how the eye shade was born, still wear mine to this day. They have stood the test of time, and I feel they are still up there with the coolest shades. Thanks as always for an insight into Oakley.
I met” The Duke “at ROCKVILLE BMX SHOP back in the 80’s. What an AWESOME DECADE!!!!!!!
"Oakley behind the scenes" .... Alows Simon into the tourist shop and a picture of factory on Google maps 😏
Secretly sponsored by Prologis
I still have my Oakley Razors from 1985 and the packaging they came in!
Would you be willing to sell em?
Willing to sell me a pair?
OMG back in the 80s we were all into BMX racing and their goggles were the ones to use while racing. One day while on holiday in France I saw a Vanns shoe shop and popped in while I could not wait for the custom made trainers for racing I picked up the Glasses they made by Oakley and I still own them today I did not know that they were the first, wow I had better put them on display lol
Guys, thanks for visiting my back yard! I am at the Oakley facility all the time. You should let your fans know when you are traveling, you never know what we may do for our brothers across the pond! Great video.
Love this video. I have loads of Oakley so seeing inside the factory is great. Thanks guys.
Such a cool tour of Oakley. Thank you GCN. Much appreciated!
The Life of Odd You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it
Hey, Si! Glad to see you here in the states! Hope you enjoyed your visit.
As a SoCal moto dude, I had Oakley grips and goggles as a 12 year old, and then I spent all of '85 - '87 in Blades..... and yes, I had an 80's mullet too.
Si with that major swagger stance at the end
the best factory tour so far, kudos
Thanks for the very informative video. I got a pair of Flight Jacket Prizm Road glasses after I saw all the benefits (safety, vision) and I'm really thrilled. Love all the GCN videos - keep it up!
17.05 kudos Si for maintaining eye contact!!
Stephen Cowman was Si there?
Jochem now you mention it I can’t remember
I've been told that that was the 5th or 6th take ;)
Really bummed when this video ended. Cool to learn about testing and design.
AndyVandy516 Glad you enjoyed it, Andy. You might also like this one gcn.eu/Oakley
📣 Oakley Inc. 1975 - 2007 R.I.P. 🙏
th-cam.com/video/5bfE9vjK29M/w-d-xo.html
Yup
Wow!
That is so cool, awesome and fascinating! It made me know more about how Oakley sunglasses are made. Hats off to Si and the staff at Oakley.
Cheers Omaris, we feel super lucky to have been able to see inside and behind the glasses and share that with you guys too.
Anytime! (^_-)
Firstly: Thanks! Mad respect! 🙏Sitting here with 10 stiches in my face as my normal power specs broke and tore my face.. during a bad crash in a Grandfondo last week where I landed head first on the tarmac.
I never knew glasses this good existed.
But now I'mma save up and buy one of these soon. Thanks a lot for the video guys!! 👍
Been using Oakley’s since the B1B BMX grip days.
This is probably a minor thing, but I will say, with regards to helmet design, and him talking about brand recognition:
Yes, he says that brand recognition is #2, but then goes onto say "If every other helmet on the market looks like swiss cheese, you can't really see whose is whose. The biggest thing is how can we create something really identifiable from the front..."
Yeah see I don't want my designers even considering that. If every other brand looks a certain way, and they were designed with cooling and aero in mind, maybe there's a reason for that. I don't know, could be reading too much into that, but I'll take form following function any day of the week.
agreed if anything they could have made a went or something looking like a O but then the aerodynamics would be off but you get where i am comming from
I wish Oakley would re-release some previous iconic models.
like what ?
Si is the best presenter by far. Love that guy
I just finished my first 400 km on my road bike within 2 months which doesn't sound like a lot but I am in the 9th grade which is highly demanding here in India
Thanks GCN for inspiring motivating and teaching me a lot
That's so great to hear! It sounds pretty impressive to me!
@@gcn omg you replied
More power to you...
Fantastic video. I watch something else that sportrx did and that's what made me really like Oakleys even more than I already had. I've got three pair now and I love each one of them and they are very well made and constructed. Keep up the good work Wonderful video
I love Oakley these videos are so great I hope we great some mixes tho of old styles and new styles in the future too .
10 minutes in and you've reminded me to switch my photochromatic lenses to my shaded pair for the forecast sunshine tomorrow. Thanks! =P
Good news!
Back in the day when it was OAKLEY i bought a pair of T WIREs. Ive owned many brands of sun glasses. And i would say my favorites were always REVOs. The real glass lenses.
How much or rather how far had Oakley gone in its R&D?? They really need to improve drastically on the quality of its lens.....
Bring back the x metal line!!!!
It does make me appreciate Oakley a lot more. I've been wearing my pair of Oakley's for almost a year now, and I doubt I could ever go back. My lens is a prizm lens and has made a lot of colors just pop, which is really amazing since I'm colorblind.
Nice stuff, they sure are awesome glasses
Same
I bought the enchroma glasses for my color blindness and have a pair of oakley prism road glasses that do the same, and they are cheaper.
I like the resistance test for the Oakley glass. It is important for industrial engineer.
The Factory exterior is some real STAR WARS thing
It's pretty cool eh?!
I kinda hoped to see the glasses from the thumbnail though, the overhead harness looks dope!
dom inic precisely. If they don’t know where to leave the money and do this kind of thing... their stuff is too expensive.
haha funny number likes funny number 😂
Global Cycling Network a bit pretentious looking tbh
That Glen Plake poster in the background!
I LOVE OAKLEY from the 80s with the bmx grips all the way to many lab jackets i still have my original kitchen sink from the 90s and my gascans are timeless .
Now I know why I love OAKLEY.
Thanks for showing us around Oakley
Cheers M0nkey!
editing and music - on point gcn!
Thanks Sasha!
This is a question about your videos in general. Do you have the same 20 people always give you a thumbs down each week or do you give yourself the thumbs down so you don't look so perfect? Another excellent video by the way.
"...when you're starting from scratch" ta dumm tsssss Nice one Si!
My wife is a rep for Oakley. My buddies love it, they all have Oakley glasses for riding.
Just the best sunglasses!
It's kinda crazy with all of this testing, their lenses still peel..
Tanner yep, I have 4 sunnies that started to peel last year without much use of them
its called marketing, they show these tests in very "ad" they pay people to come and do .... do you really think every lens goes through this test? its basically mass shipments from china and they maybe do a sample of some of them and 'assemble in usa' and if the tests fail they prob ship em back but still some get through
very good your comment
Tanner I know and they scratch easily also and so expensive Ray bans are beater they don’t scratch like that
I’m collecting 24 years Oakley’s, mostly Only the pre luxottica” one’s and None of my was peel..Yes vintage 1998-99 Straight jacket’s and Eye Jacket frame was cracked..but 20+ years old 🤷..
Luxotica is the owner of the Oakley brand and good part of production is moved to Italy ;)
luxottica Made in China, thailand and italy = trash, garbage, basura
mega kudos to Si for maintaining eye contact during his interview with Tatiana :)
Fenomenal video, factory, products! Congratulations!
Everything! And how GCN and Simon made it.
love the lenses treatment
I love that picture of Glen Plake in the background at around 5 minutes. He can be referred to as the grandfather of hors piste extreme skiing. Because of him, all my friends and I skied on K2 skis, wore North Face, and of course, the obligatory Oakleys.
These factory tours are some of my favorite of the excellent GCN videos. Thank you so much for not only doing these, but doing them so well. ^_^
Thanks Daniel, really glad to hear!
Unfortunately Oakley failed me when I needed them the most. This summer racing with a pair of Kato 24K, they broke letting me without glasses to ride for the rest of the month. Sure Oakley sent me a brand new pair because two years warranty, kudos! It's a bitter-sweat feeling, not having them when I needed the most, but at least getting a new pair.
Im so glad they test the flight jacket 2.0’s. Theres nothing like a June bug straight to the eyeball
i was looking at these glasses price (after i saw u talking about them in a video) and i would not buy them if i did not see this video !! thanks a lot ! for this quality to really protect my eyes YES i pay the price.
Love my oakleys they were a aweome company about 5-6 yrs ago ever since it was sold its never been as good
was expecting to see Si wearing that glasses from the thumbnail pic, in the video
you let me down :')
Over the tops...i was looking for it to bro!
@@getchapull7779 what is the name of that model?
It makes me want to go find my 1989 Oakleys.
Thank you! And thanks Oakley.
Dang ok, I’m ordering a couple pairs now for for cycling/tri and a pair for driving. Impact resistance and thoughtfulness on fogging-up sold me on them!
Its great to see Jim Jannard still killing it with the Red Hydrogen One, Oakley died when he sold up :(
Unfortunately yes
Did have good customer service, which was needed, but when bought by Luxottica everything went to worst. So I decided to go with other companies. Can't get spare parts for a 2 years old Jawbone! Greatings from an ex Oakley fanboy (like Si still is or have too for ad reasons). But you did a good vlog!
They’re called racing jackets now
@@keithwong1423 yeah, doesn't matter how you call it you can't get it 😑😣
Paid around £180 for my Jury (made out of metal) and they dont sell the plastic hinges. And guess what the plastic hinges broke (under warranty) and they only gave a coupon for a 30% discount on another pair. WTF??! Oakley give worse customer support.
Sweet tour of Oakley, so I see in the mini clips of your ride it looks like you are riding Glendora Mtn Road, haha, I love that road!!
Thanks Adam, glad you enjoyed the tour!
I live in this county. Had friends work there and I believe my friend's brother(his brother was a classmate of mine in High School) still works there.
Fuck me dead, what a story!
I loved my Razor blades I had in the late 80s
note Jim Jannard, Oakley's founder, sold the company to Luxottica, probably the biggest optics and glasses manufacturer, years ago. Nowadays, it is an Italian company. notice the fact, when you visit an store, if your oakleys are made in USA or Italy (in fact, for frames have six factories around the world). Only lenses are still made in USA.
GCN, again with another cool video! And a wholehearted thanks to Oakley, and GCN!!
Cheers Martin, really glad to hear you enjoyed the video!
Easy peasy- and it works!!
Miss my crystal framed Mumbos!!! Recall buying & wearing my early 90’s Blades & Razor Blades - because of Greg Lemond. Also love that Oakley came up with the “Asian” Fit...
it is always fasinating to see how the idea gets born --------- simple mask with coat hanger arm simple but smart
I love seeing the care they take in both design and manufacturing. Yes they're expensive but they're also value for money.
Very interesting to see behind the scenes of what goes into making a pair of Oakleys!
Oakley is the best sunglasses and eyewear company ever had couple of pairs.
Oakley and Ray-Ban same owner Luxottica
It's sorta hard to buy eyewear that's not Luxottica. :/
So f..cking what
Annnnnd Oakley is still better than rayban.
@@benjaminbyerly1521 both are Luxottica, but the product oakley is totally made in California
Trust me, i work for Luxottica
@@andreacamin2222 did I say they arnt lux? No I didnt... oakleys lenses are better for saftey and prizm is unreal.
Very interesting show. Thanks Si.
Love the fact that mine say "American Made"!
just for the price you can say its america made
17 minutes and 08 seconds in........ every bike nerd perked up a lot I feel Haha
Oakley rules!!! What a world of innovation and leading the industrie!
You just sold me on a pair on prime cycling glasses. It would be cool to touch a bit on prescriptive cycling glasses, maybe next time.
Oakley sold to Luxottica and then all passion went out the window
excellent your comment
My favorite sunglasses all the way FROM Indonesia
My word... That Tatiana's got a huge pair... of glasses. 😎
Fascinating video! Thanks!
Excellent video. As the extremely fit woman explaining the lense colours and spectrums of the lenses was wearing spectacles, what hope is there for those of us who need specific lense requirements such as long or short sightedness?
Wow awesome
Amazing info
Very informative excellent video thanks.
The Oakley entrance looks like it's straight out of the game Contra
Very interesting tour video for their Sport glasses which are still the best. But I totally lost interest in Oakley - it’s very obvious that Luxottica pressures Oakley to release as many glass designs as possible regardless of whether they will do well. It used to be a big deal when something new was released, but for the most part, not anymore.
Brutal tour through Oakley’s HQ. 🤘🏽😎🤘🏽😉👋🏽🙂🇻🇪
absolutely the best video i have seen. I always wondered why these glasses demanded a high price and now I know why. Thanks.
I love my ruby red prizm lenses!
Oakley will be my favourite brand unti my end
THANKS GCN and THANK YOU OAKLEY!
Great advertising 👌🏻
Ever since Luxotica took over, their lens keep peeling off. Till today this issue has not been resolved. Durability of lens has gone down the drain.
Yeah they are going to shit long with ray ban because of Luxotica
Yea, my lenses started peeling off very quickly on my Oakley Flak (and I am very carefull and take care about my glasses).
I would expect more from 200 USD glasses.
Otherwise they are very nice, optics is great, but durability of lenses is shit.
Still rocking my straight jackets from 2006.
I've always just ridden in different tints of shooting glasses. If they can stop an ejected bullet casing, they can stop anything I'll encounter on the road. Best part is they're $15 at Walmart.
Me too! They can do better than that the standard is to stop a .22 bullet
This is a #gcnhack
+5 for functionality
-10 for aesthetics
Lol
Blue blockers for the win
been an Oakley fan for long time. First pair of real sunglasses Oakley, last set Oakley fuel cell. I must admit I can't follow the product after it moves operations to China. I used to be the same with Dr. Martin's then they moved to China and the boot went from comfortable to absolutely agonising.