Oakley to Auction Elite Eyewear Signed by Lance Armstrong
Befitting an organization founded by one of the world’s elite athletes, Oakley proudly announces a charity auction of the world’s most elite sunglasses.
To benefit LIVESTRONG® and its continued inspiration to cancer survivors and sufferers worldwide, Oakley will commence an eBay auction for a pair of our carbon fiber LIVESTRONG Elite C SIX® sunglasses autographed on a unique silver plate by cycling legend and LIVESTRONG founder Lance Armstrong.
This is the first pair of LIVESTRONG C SIX sunglasses ever made available to the public by Oakley.
This one-of-a-kind item will be auction on eBay beginning at noon PST on Thursday, July 15, 2010.
The auction will be closed 10 days later, at noon PST on Sunday, July 25, 2010. This is the same day as the final stage of the Tour de France, during which Armstrong will be competing for his unprecedented eighth yellow jersey.
Click here to view the LIVESTRONG C SIX auction online at eBay.
About C SIX
This premier eyewear design in the new Elite collection blends carbon fiber with customized mechanics and the world’s best optical technologies. Called Oakley Elite C SIX ($4,000 USD), its moniker comes from the fact that carbon (the “C” in the name) is the 6th element in the periodic table, hence “C SIX.”
The C SIX takes aesthetics to an entirely new arena, and it would not be possible without the world’s most advanced structural technologies. Oakley Elite C SIX utilizes pure carbon fiber, a material thinner than human hair yet stronger than high tensile steel. This breakthrough innovation from the aerospace industry is blended with resins and assembled into structures more than 40 layers thick. Five-axis Computer Numeric Control machining carves and shapes the composite with a process that requires more than 24 hours of continuous tooling.
About LIVESTRONG
Located in Austin, TX, the Lance Armstrong Foundation empowers and inspires those who are living with cancer. The foundation is resolved in its belief that in the battle with cancer, unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything.
Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1996. By the time the cancer was detected, it had already spread to his lungs and brain. Ignoring the slim odds of survival given by doctors, he rebuilt his body after surgery and grueling chemotherapy then went on to win the Tour de France seven years in a row.
LIVESTRONG is a registered trademark of the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
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