The Jimi Hendrix statue at Freshwater's Dimbola museum is to don Lycra and a bike helmet, to coincide with the Tour of Britain coming to the Isle of Wight.
The final stage of the major cycling event is being held on the Island next month (September).
Riders taking part are likely to pass the iconic statue on the route of the race. To mark the occasion, it's being given a special 'Ezy Ryder’ makeover.
The statue was commissioned by Isle of Wight Festival organiser John Giddings in 2006, and pays tribute to the rock legend's performance at the 1970 event.
Giving his blessing to the makeover, Mr Giddings said:
“I am very happy to lend the rock ‘n’ roll spirit of Jimi Hendrix to what is a momentous occasion for the island.”
Brian Hinton, Chair of Dimbola, said:
"Jimi is now immortal, a man for all seasons, and it is lovely to dress him up to celebrate cultural and sporting events in the vicinity of the Afton site where he very much helped put the West Wight on the map, as did Mrs Cameron and Alfred Lord Tennyson a century earlier."
A crowd of spectators dressed-up as hippies and Victorian gentry will wave on the cyclists as they come through the area.
There's now less than 30 days until the leading cycling event comes to the Island.
More than 100 of the world’s best riders will tackle a 148.9km (92.6mi) stage that begins on Ryde Esplanade (11am) and culminates at The Needles (approximately 2:25pm) on Sunday, September 11.
The route will pass through Bembridge, Sandown, Freshwater, Yarmouth, Cowes, Newport, Shanklin, Ventnor and Freshwater Bay.
The Isle of Wight Festival will next take place 15th-18th June 2023. For information go to https://isleofwightfestival.com/.
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