Video: Stephen Roche and Sean Yates battled it out in the Kellogg's city centre criterium way back in 1984.
If you raced in the 1980s and 1990s or watched the likes of the Kellogg’s Tour or the city centre pro criteriums in Britain and Ireland you’ll remember the Raleigh Banana jersey.
The team was a top pro squad based in the UK but was a very frequent visitor to Ireland for the Nissan Classic and the countless city centre crits.
And now decades on its jersey has been re-issued for you to buy, with £10 of the purchase price being donated to the Dave Rayner Fund.
It financially assists young British and Irish riders so they can follow their dream of going to race in Europe.
And in recent years a small number of Irish riders have featured on the list of those to receive funding for the following season.
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It's back, the iconic jersey for those of us of a certain vintage! You can buy it and some of your cash is going to a great cause.
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Irish riders who have received financial assistance in the past include Dan Martin, Jack Wilson, Conor Dunne, Ronan McLaughlin, Philip Bremner, Philip Lavery, Tim Cassidy, Paidi O’Brien, David O’Loughlin, David McQuaid, Eoin McCarthy, Daniel Stewart, Jack Sadler, Matt Teggart, Matt Brammeier and Shane Prendergast.
And because Rayner rode for Raleigh Banana for a period in the late 1980s, the jersey has been re-issued for purchase.
Made by Santini, the retro kit is being sold by Prendas Ciclismo which has worked on a range of clothing for almost three years in order to raise money for the Dave Rayner Fund.
Already Prendas Ciclismo has raised £18,000 and with the new Raleigh Banana kit it is hoped that sum will climb a lot higher.
“We are very pleased to return this eye-catching jersey back to the marketplace,” said Mick Tarrant of Prendas Ciclismo.
“Given the fact that Dave Rayner rode for the team, we felt it was only right that the Dave Rayner Fund received a £10 donation for every garment sold.
“Along with sales of the existing Rocket Espresso Milano garments, we hope these two new garments will help us hit the twenty thousand pound mark during the festive sales period.”
The fund is in memory of Dave Rayner, a British rider who won the national junior road race title before going on to race with distinction in Belgium and Holland with the Buckler pro team.
He was tragically killed in 1994 aged just 27 years following a nightclub altercation in Bradford.
In the last 20 years, the fund in his memory has helped support almost 200 riders racing overseas with more than 300 season-long financial packages.
Apart from Irish riders, those supported in the past include: David Millar, Charly Wegelius, Ian Stannard, Josh Edmondson, Adam Yates, Russ Downing, Yanto Barker, Tom Barras, David Clarke, Graham Briggs, Peter Williams, Tobyn Horton, Jonathan McEvoy, Nikki Harris, Dani King, Tom Southam and Daniel Lloyd.
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