Reebok Club C Bulc 'White Classic Burgundy'
Colorway: White/Classic Burgundy/Chalk · Style code: 100032938 · Release date: August 20, 2023 · Price: $82 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Reebok Club C Bulc 'Black Gum' (IF5070) · Reebok Club C Bulc 'Court Brown' (100032968) · Reebok Club C Bulc 'Varsity Green' (100070179) · Reebok Club C Bulc 'Grey Black' (100201146) · Reebok Club C Bulc 'Sedona Rose' (100032969)
The BULC is what happens when Reebok rebuilds the Club C for skateboarding instead of tennis. Launched in July 2023, it keeps the Club C's low profile and side stripes but thickens everything around them: the tongue is padded, the mudguard is built up in overlapping layers to take abrasion, and the whole shoe carries the inflated proportions of early-2000s skate footwear, the reference Reebok named when it introduced the model. 'White Classic Burgundy' is the colourway that dresses that bulk most traditionally. The leather is white, the accents are Classic Burgundy, and Chalk is the third tone, which makes it read like a Club C 85 that has been eating well.
This pair released August 20, 2023 at $90, ten dollars under the $100 the BULC line launched at the month before. Burgundy on white is a scheme the Club C has worn in its tennis form before, including on the Club C 85 Vegan, so putting it on the skate version shows that the BULC is still a Club C underneath the padding. In practice the extra material makes it a warmer, more protective shoe than a Club C 85, better suited to a board or to cold months than to a court. It is the BULC to buy if you want the new shape without a loud colourway announcing it.