Raleigh/Banana Retro Cycling Jersey Short Sleeve

There was a burgeoning UK pro scene over 2 decades ago,the focal point was the legendary Kellogs City Centre series which (with due respect to the current "Tour Series") was the cutting edge of Crit racing.

Top Continental pro's would regularly guest in these races and would routinely be humiliated by the Brit based experts of this fast and furious racing. It was televised too and was one of the few opportunities to see live cycle racing on the box pre-Eurosport.

The famed marque Raleigh were always strong in this discipline and indeed the formidable "Raleigh/Banana" team even had a replica bike (in fact a choice of two, one budget and one pukka team replica).

There are without doubt, many of you reading this whose very first foray into the world of lightweight racing cycles who got started on a "Raleigh/Banana". Cue misty eyed recollections.

We are proud and very priveliged to return this iconic jersey back to the marketplace. Faithfully produced by the original manufacturer Santini in modern fabrics, this is our first foray into recreating a UK "blast from the past", we have even had the cap accurately reproduced.

The Raleigh team is now reborn as a "Continental Team" and led by our long term associate Dan Fleeman.
The team is a young one who have performed well in their inaugural season and we expect futher developement and progress from the team in the next few years. They have their sights set high and we wish them well. How amazing it would be to see a "Raleigh" team back at the top level as in years gone by.

This is an officially licensed product and we would like to thank Geoff Giddings and Mervyn Jones of Raleigh UK for their co-operation and invaluable assistance in making this project happen.