{"id":18537,"date":"2016-03-15T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/03\/15\/james-reid-sees-the-situation-clearly-with-prizm-r4352\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:33:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T08:33:35","slug":"james-reid-sees-the-situation-clearly-with-prizm-r4352","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/james-reid-sees-the-situation-clearly-with-prizm-r4352\/","title":{"rendered":"James Reid sees the situation clearly with Prizm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prizm\u2122 is a new Oakley technology that fine tunes vision for specific sports and environments. Emphasizing colors where the eye is most sensitive to detail. \u201cThese are the best lenses I\u2019ve ever ridden with for tricky light,\u201d says Team Spur\u2019s James Reid, who\u2019s riding his first Absa Cape Epic.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-38006900-1458016881.jpg\"<\/a>Credit: Johan Badenhorst\/Specialized<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re incredible in difficult lighting conditions, especially early in the morning where you are going from light to dark very quickly \u2013 as here at the Absa Cape Epic,\u201d he says. Prizm\u2122 improves performance and safety by enhancing vision without the compromises of conventional lens tints. Other features include: Sharpening of visual acuity to help riders see more clearly and react faster; and the way in which it enhances colour recognition to help riders spot what you need to see.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more of a lens that I use to see on singletrack and way better than a standard lens,\u201d explains Reid. \u201cWhen you\u2019re descending down tricky singletrack with contrasting light, it really illuminates a lot more than what is expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reid\u2019s teammate, Gert Heyns, unfortunately had to withdraw today after aggravated symptoms from a chest infection.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-39617900-1458016880.jpg\"<\/a>Credit: Ewald Sadie\/Cape Epic\/SPORTZPICS<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGert has got experience at the Epic and if he tells me that the signs aren\u2019t good then they definitely aren\u2019t. When he wasn\u2019t good, he really wasn\u2019t good,\u201d Reid explains. \u201cHealth comes first you have one heart and if you push that you damage your heart. It could\u2019ve been me and he made a very mature call. He\u2019s done enough of these to know when it\u2019s bad,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Reid will be allowed to continue solo, wearing the special Outcast Jersey for UCI registered riders. \u201cI will definitely start tomorrow and maybe the next day,\u201d he says. \u201cWe have Continental champs in two weeks, so that now becomes the main focus. There are some of the world\u2019s fastest riders here so it is good training. I\u2019m also learning \u2013 you know \u2013 for future years, what the compounded effect is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI will see how far I can go and use it for good prep, I mean even the first two hours with some of those riders was intense. These guys are incredible, just so much power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The race continues tomorrow with a 93-kilometre loop from Saronsberg including some 2200 metres of climbing. As today it promises to be hot and dusty. Stay tuned on http:\/\/www.cape-epic.com\/livetracking\/ <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prizm\u2122 is a new Oakley technology that fine tunes vision for specific sports and environments. Emphasizing colors where the eye is most sensitive to detail. \u201cThese are the best lenses I\u2019ve ever ridden with for tricky light,\u201d says Team Spur\u2019s James Reid, who\u2019s riding his first Absa Cape Epic. Credit: Johan Badenhorst\/Specialized \u201cThey\u2019re incredible in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2157,1086,3009,483],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-18537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-james-reid","tag-oakley","tag-oakley-prizm","tag-team-spur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18537"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=18537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}