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There was, and probably still is, a bit of a tradition in the UK club scene to copy the design of a pro team and incorporate it into your club kit. Which Rourke did with the final iteration of the Panasonic kit, although think the kit was that worn by the Tunstall Wheelers, as did one of the Liverpool clubs who copied the PDM kit.
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Here's mine: The vortex snail, bought off Ebay for that aging hipster doofus look.
Even a doofus has to be careful: I was close to choosing a different shirt emblazoned with "Dopolavoro P.T." until a quick Google revealed "..this programs were known as Dopolavoro and were administrated by a government agency, the Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro (OND). They were closely linked to the Fascist Party, which organized the programs in the local areas."
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Yes I remember this back when I was a kid.
Loving this thread by the way. Will dig out some of mine and post them
While we're on the subject of Panasonic/Sportlife I've got the Belgian cap
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And this was my first ever jersey. Oliver Somers was a bike shop that sponsored the Wigan Wheelers, though I was not a club member. I bought some Coq Sportif shorts from them as well. They are no longer in business.
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Jelly Babies maybe, but Jelly Belly? It just makes me think of a big wobbly gut. And then any slight crease in the front and poolgel easily become poogel, and that makes me think those things are multi-coloured suppositories. Do not want.Anyone with a blond ponytail needs to get one of these in their lives. An original wool one on ebay currently for only £21, but expect it to go for a fair bit more.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-cycle-clothing-Renault-gitane-Jersey-Made-of-wool/164221831782
Also a nice Crescent & Shimano one also currently for cheaps.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Crescent-Shimano-Vintage-Swedish-Italian-Eroica-Cycling-Jersey-Large/324180770418
My latest cheap buy is full funk, could be from Star Trek or something Wilma Deering would wear, combined with looking like a 70's basketball tracksuit.
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I think this is just a Dutch club jersey sponsored by a local paint company, but Heikera sounds like a special move on Streetfighter2 to me.
If I had cycling shorts of the same material and a suede saddle, I imagine pedalling would generate enough static to power some bike lights, combined with the jersey acting as a massive static storage sink, this sounds like nearly free energy to me, world energy crisis solved. #scienceI realised my first exposure to the existence of any type of cycle specific clothing, was this classic public information film from the olden days. Featuring a catchy tune that you will now be singing all weekend, it also features what to me then, were the two coolest kids in the observable universe, which admittedly for me at the time was not very big, but we only had 3 channels on telly then and the internet wasn't invented.
One kid had a full silver reflective jacket and trousers and was riding a Chopper, and the other had a jacket like Evil Kneivel's. The low-res film is also notable for the total lack of, or even mention of helmets, and the resolution is so low but it looks like Kenny Everett doing the Twede Run.
The bit that strikes me now is the 'take a brush to your bike' bit. Whoa easy there sunshine, that's dangerous talk. I'm sure any improvements in road safety would have been more than off-set by injuries and deaths caused by little Timmy painting his Dads Colnago with white gloss from the shed. 'Make yourself seen! For your own safety you better make yourself scarce son'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MFuSMz1zh0
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Here are mine. The red and white Meubles Sandra is my favourite which I keep for special occasions. It’s thin wool and early 70s or very late 60s. The gold and purple Meubles Parmentier is thick poly and probably mid to late 70s. I wear that a lot because it’s indestructible. Both French and both shops looked like they were still open when I looked a few years ago. There are a lot of French jerseys from that era sponsored by furnishings places, but I don’t know why that was.
Panetteria Crotti is very itchy wool. Too itchy for me to wear on bare skin. Italian, I think early or mid 70s.
The Lejeune jersey is poly. This was a one-off variant used in the 1976 (I think) Tour de France, so this might have actually been worn in the Tour that year. Lejeune weren’t a big team and back then I don’t know if you would have bought one of their jerseys unless you were in the team.
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Got this for my 8th Birthday in 1991. Still fitted a few months ago for my 36th birthday ride:
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And pretending to be Greg Lemond in 1992:
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The sausage one is the best so far by far.
Edit: although cover star is a strong look @leggy_blonde
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@leggy_blonde at first I was like, shit he was that big when he was 8! And then I thought maybe your parents were from Yorkshire, buy him one jersey as a kid and he'll spend a lifetime growing into it. Looks more like the latter :)
Aero bars and the worlds baggiest, flappiest jersey, and a huge Mekon helmet, but still managing to look cool. Extra points for the matching cap, and the right hand grip with the open glove is sooooo pro.
@chez_jay that's a nice Mini-flat jersey, could the silk-ish jersey possibly be Viscose? I have a West German track jersey with no pockets that feels super sexy and smooth on the skin, that's 100% Viscose. Very tight, so zero creases and flappiness when worn, makes me inhale just looking at it.
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I also have the z jersey, it gets an annual day out about now :)