Retro foot play

It was great to see Adidas coming out with their retro inspired Samba SPD shoes recently, which do have that classic chic look about them, although over the years many of the big sporting footwear brands have dipped their toes into the cycling market.

Adidas have made stylish cycling shoes for decades - on and off, as have Nike (the relatively new kids on the block) and for some years Diadora also produced an extensive range of cycling shoes, For a few years they also made some rather awkward clipless road pedals. I used these pedals, and actually still have a ”new” pair - although finding shoes that can take the plates is virtually impossible these days, but I thought I’d take a pic of them for old times sake,

…and here’s a youthful looking and dayglo doused yours truly sporting Diadora shoes and pedals back in 1995, at the end of my record seeing offload Lands End to John O’Groats ride.