Show us your classic vintage jerseys .....also featuring associated tragi-mamil matching kit

New jerseys look shit. Fact.

This thread is in praise of those moth eaten, itchy, boiling hot in summer, water hoarding in winter, woollen jerseys, and the bold colours of the boiling hot in summer, boiling hot in winter, acrylic jerseys of cyclings' glorious and juiced past.

We forgive them their shortcomings because they remain the best looking cycling jerseys ever made, even though they rarely come in the size you want. Millennial kit not admitted, pre-2000 threads only.

Advanced light materials can fuck off, wicking is for candles, aero is a chocolate.

1. If you have a vintage jersey to match a bike you have/had, we want to see it. Show us the bike it matches too.
   
2. If you've got a prized jersey from a friend of family member, and its hella sentimental to you, show us and tell us about it. Similarly if you have an old jersey you wore during an epic ride or tour or other cycle adventure, that forever reminds you of said adventure, share here. Note if your story and/or pictures featured on Instagram it does not count, they do not garner sufficient heritage points, are too recent, and are not admissible here. Insta & The Radavist are over >>>>>somewhere.
   
3. If you've got a jersey from a pro or signed by one, name drop and show your treasure.
   
4. If you've just scored an achingly cool vintage jersey from eBay or elsewhere, come on then, lets have a look.
   
   

And finally if you are further along the OCD spectrum, and have also acquired matching caps, gloves, socks, sunglasses, shoes and any other paraphernalia that match your jersey, lets see the full ensemble.

I'll get us started. I've got a Merckx Team Panasonic.

The Panasonic Team only rode Merckx bikes for 1 year before they moved to Raleigh bikes. Therefore most of the Team Panasonic jerseys seen feature the later Raleigh/Isotar sponsors. I've got a Team Panasonic cap which are common, and over a few years of eBay scanning I have managed to find some Merckx branded Panasonic kit, a jacket and a jersey.


I've also got a 1989 Bottecchia, soon to get a revamp but currently re-purposed as a boxer short drying rail, vintage of course.

Greg Lemond won the 1989 TDF with Bottecchia, and for that year the TDF commissioned artist Mario Schifano to do a series of jerseys for the Tour. Courtesy of eBay again I managed to find the yellow jersey version, as Greg won it that year.

The only other jersey like that I've seen was being worn by an elderly lady that featured on a Youtube clip in recent years with her husband on a tandem. They were both well into their 80's, from Wales I think, and had been touring on their bike for over 50 years. It was a real heart warming feel good cycling clip, and I whooped even more and was giving the lady virtual high fives when I saw we had the same jersey. CSB/

My next project is going to be a Reynolds 753 bike. I have not got it yet, but have just acquired the appropriate jersey to wear when that is built.


Other nice vintage jerseys I've got that are not bike specific, or I don't own the specific bike. I've got this lovely embroidered Vittoria Tubulari jersey.

It also features a sewn on Bianchi patch. I don't own a Bianchi but at some point in the future I'm obviously going to have to get one :)

Also like this one and wear this a lot.

I've got this terry towling lined, long sleeved Campagnolo Ergo Power jersey, with a list of classic races on it. In modern marketing it would be an all weather jersey as even if its snowing its so fecking hot you don't need to wear any other layers.


And finally in homage to the juiced up riders of the past, I'm going to break one of my own rules straight off the bat, but its only a minor date infringement, so a mere bio-passport slap on the wrist. The Domo Farm Frites cycling team raced in 2001-2 before becoming the Quickstep team. I've just built up my Domo Farm Frites Merckx MX Leader.

And just found this on eBay so am currently waiting for this to arrive.

Over to you.....