On Nov 7, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Steven M. Johnson wrote:
> Like water bottles on the handlebars and sewups wrapped around your
> shoulders, I noticed several riders in the movie at the link below
> wearing the old wool Jerseys with chest pockets.
>
> I remember seeing wool Fuji jerseys for sale in the in the 70s with
> front chest pockets, but they were pretty expensive. I never saw any
> racers wearing them in the 70s.
>
> It seemed to me that it was pretty much implied at that time, that
> chest pocket jerseys were not cool in the racer fashion wardrobe?
>
> Steven Johnson, Millersville, MD
>
In 1972 I bought a Faema jersey at Velo Sport in Berkeley with front pockets but by the time I was buying jerseys from Gianni in 1974 they had disappeared. Phil Brown Still have it in Oakland, calif.