Well they're not anymore! Yup, I just picked up a Titanium framed Spike from the London O store. I had no idea this was coming and after hearing about it, it was a total spur of the moment purchase. They are sooo light it's unbelieveable, I haven't weighed them yet but compared to the standard Spike they a world apart. The SKU is 05-957 and the price was £180. Oh and they come with Ti lenses as well.





This probably belongs in the latest purchases thread but I thought that the significance of such a large (weighty) C5 frame getting a Ti debut warranted a seperate thread!

Right on, I was hoping these would show up soon.

Any chance on a polarized version?

Not with the Ti as far as I'm aware, you'd have to lens swap with the existing Black Ir. Pol. or VR28 Black Pol. if you wanted Polarised in a Ti frame

Those are so sweet, congrats!

I am really liking some of the newer titanium frames like the Crosshair, but this could be next.


Thanks for the pics.

Do yours say SS on the left earstem?

ooooh thats perfect, i have been on the verge of getting a pair for a while. Now i can get the ti which will match my ti crosshairs. SWEET

Justin, SS means Sales sample.

i've been rockin the Ti crosshairs for the past few weeks they are very nice.

i need to pick me up these

Awesome, I was going to get the C5 Titianium lens Spikes, but now I will hold out and get these babies one day!

Nice pick up Adam. Since when did the UK get stuff quicker than the rest of us? So they are exactly the same in appearance to already released Light/Titanium or is there a difference?

how much heavier is the regular spikes? i was thinkin of gettin some but didn't know they came in ti version? is it that much lighter?

They're slightly... well, not darker. Matte-er, maybe. You can't really tell unless you look at them next to each other.

See Titanium/Ti Xhair vs. Light/Dark Grey Xhair.

So wait, are these different than the already released Light w/Ti? Also, mine say SS on them...what exactly does that mean?

Ob told you; Sales sample.

Yes they are different. They are made out of Titanium alloy (X metal?) and not C5 alloy.

They are more expensive than the C5 Spikes.

Can't wait for it to be available in Holland. It's gonna be Spiked to my nose for sure.

The regular spikes seem very heavy to me.
Using them as driving glasses gave me headaches after awhile.
Ti Spikes seem to be right up my alley!

Adam , i dont know if you realised this , but you have beaten FP on this model !!!!!!

i think that this is unique , YOU ARE THE MAN

That's very cool! I didn't know a Ti frame version of the Spike was going to be released. That just made deciding which colorway to possibly get even tougher. Awesome option though.

Wow, did Adam get these before FP?

Nice find, Adam. Where's the PW?

I meant, what does Sales Sample mean? Were they a store display or what?

It's the pair a rep will carry and show around.

180 pounds? thats an outrageous price!

Ti alloy used for wires is much lighter than X-Metal. It's got more aluminum (Aluminium in Adam's case) than X-Metal (which has a lot more Ti in it). That's why you can bend the stems on a Ti Whisker. You couldn't do that if it were made out of X-Metal.