1987 Raleigh Avanti - Team Banana - Vintage Mountain Bike Restoration

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In this video: Last year I picked up this weathered and worn Raleigh. I'd spotted the Reynolds 531 decal and the Deore group. After a bit of digging I'd found a match in the catalogues... a Raleigh Avanti. A fairly uncommon bike but this was something different. It had been painted yellow well, and then roughly painted black. The 6 speed gearing had been replaced with 7 speed XT and the small GoD decal sat on the downtube. A subscriber commented saying I should make a Team Banana replica and even offered up some paint and decals so that's what I've done.

While the Team Banana is a road bike there is an urban myth that some Avanti's were painted in Banana colours for promotion.... maybe this is one that had the Team Banana treatment from GoD back in the day?