Retro Bike Restorations (and other cycling musings): Some Cool Jerseys

There are some impressive jersey collections out there. I don't collect jerseys but I like the few that I have. Maybe I'll get more in the future but they'd have to be originals and not repros.

This is a basic Merckx jersey from the mid-80's or so. It's nice and bright and I have worn it on colder days.

On the back bottom is a cityscape of what is assumed to be Brussels, the capital of Eddie's home country, Belgium.

Next is the infamous La Vie Claire jersey. La Vie Claire was a French health food chain. Most cycling enthusiast know of the battle between teammates Bernard Hinault("The Badger") and Greg Lemond in the 1985 and 1986 Tours de France. Read about it!
I bought this described as a "souvenir of the Tour de France". I don't care if it came from K-Mart but that story works for me. Not so easy to find now, I had to have one to match the Hinault Look KG76 I will be restoring.

This next one I bought after the inaugural Tour of Missouri in 2007. A guy won it as a part of a drawing. It's an autographed team issue Castelli jersey from Saunier Duval-Prodir.
Saunier Duval is a heating company and Prodir makes pens. Saunier Duval pulled their sponsorship after Riccardo Riccò was booted from the 2007 TdF for testing positive for EPO. Scott bicycles went on to sponsor the team.