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TECH NEWS
Wiggo Whaam shoes.pngWhaam! Check out Wiggo's new shoes
Sir Bradley Wiggins has been showing off a new pair of Giro shoes that owes a lot to a classic Paul Weller guitar emblazoned with a Lichtenstein pop art design.
The design on the Giro Empire shoes has been done by Jimbo Phillips, best known as a skateboard artist.
Check out our review of the Giro Empire SLX shoes here.
Back in his days with The Jam, Paul Weller famously played a Rickenbacker guitar decorated with the Whaam! design from American artist Roy Lichtenstein, itself an adaptation of a panel from a DC Comics publication.
As far as we know, these are a one-off rather than a design that's going into full production, but we'll check that with Giro.
The shoes have been made for Wiggo to wear during the Amgen Tour of California which starts on Sunday, 15 May.
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
Latest Comments
- andystow 24 min 33 sec ago
I've seen one on the back of a tandem, where it makes a lot of sense. https://www.tandemclassifieds.com/tandem_bikes_for_sale.php?bike=2023_10...
- Shades 35 min 19 sec ago
The real cost of motoring has gone down massively over the last 50 years; I'm sure the die hard motorists would tell you otherwise. If I'm wrong...
- eburtthebike 42 min 13 sec ago
Newsworthy? Not a chance! According to the msm, the only way to treat illnesses is with expensive drugs: this won't get a mention.
- wtjs 44 min 52 sec ago
Damn these vigilante cyclists! If only I hadn't been cycling confrontationally and there hadn't been a large white (they've changed round here)...
- purple2585 58 min 20 sec ago
Like the perceived ride feel, I think that the review is a bit harsh....
- james-o 1 hour 2 min ago
"What’s interesting about Orro is that the bikes are designed and assembled In Britain."...
- Hirsute 1 hour 20 min ago
Should have worn hi viz and a helmet with a strap !
- Steve K 1 hour 45 min ago
I've now bought one. Too early to give a proper review, but so far I'm happy with it.
- stonojnr 1 hour 57 min ago
I actually thought they'd got out of the game years back when they stopped sponsoring cycle teams claiming UCI rules were too restrictive....
- timmyotool 2 hours 52 sec ago
Galibier do a fantastic set of photochromic sunglasses for about £60. Can't see myself every spending Oakley money again.
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They look absolutely smashing. Provided you're quick. A slow duffer wearing these would look silly.
Ha, your jealousy amuses me.
He's a broken record with all this mod shit. Just have done with it: buy Paul Weller (or at least Phil Daniels) and have him mounted on your chuffing handlebars.
Oh dear. Whatever happened here? Some sort of explosion in a paint factory? It's got GCSE Art project written all over it.
Daring. Good stuff. Cycling can be cringe-worthily conservative. Wouldn't be surprised if it goes all tweedy at some point like hiking did.
I would buy them if they went into production. Very desireable.
I'm trying to hate them but I think they're quite cool.
haters are going be like 'I think they're quite cool'.
If he is going to have hand made shoes, he may as well go for something that he likes. I think they are fabulous. OK fabulous with a side-order of pretentious.