1. Wiggo’s new shoes, designed by Jimbo Phillips, were inspired by a Paul Weller guitar that was inspired by a Roy Lichtenstein artwork that was inspired by a panel from a DC Comics publication.
Find out more here.
2. The 2018 Giro d’Italia is going to start in Japan, according to reports.
Find out more here.
3. The world’s loudest bike alarm is 150 decibels and its creator also holds the record for the world’s smallest caravan.
Find out more here.
4. Rapha’s pricing still sets the road.cc forum abuzz.
Find out more here.
5. Janet Street-Porter believes cyclists “won’t be happy until all other forms of transport are eradicated.”
Find out more here.
6. You can buy Bontrager shoes featuring Jens Voigt’s ‘Shut up legs’ signature phrase.
Find out more here.
7. French law bans media advertising of any drink with an alcohol content of more than 1.2% at a sporting event.
Find out more here.
8. Marcel Kittel has won four stages of the Giro d’Italia in his career, but none of them in Italy.
Find out more here.
9. Metal bands Slayer and Rammstein have both launched their own bike designs.
Find out more here.
10. Woody Allen isn’t a big fan of cycling.
Find out more here.
11. 588 tickets were handed out for cycling crimes in Ireland last year, 444 of them in Dublin.
Find out more here.