June BoTM 2012 "Dead End Special" - Vote Now!

Now taking votes for the June 2012 "Dead End Special" Bike of The Month (BoTM) contest. The moderating team have made the decision to put through most of the nominations to the poll, please consider if your preffered option really is a evolutionary 'dead end' when voting.

Winner take a MBR Magazine sub so vote wisely

Contest ends on 8th July 23:59 BST.



oneschnark's Progear 1995




Huelse's 1990 Ibis Mountain Trials




mfh126's 1992 Grove Innovations X-Frame




kevinwulf's GT Tachyon




LGF's Mystery Green Machine




mikee's Cannondale SE1000




Ductape's Klunker




RichieB's Kestrel




Aaran's 1991 Nishiki Alien CX




trailhead's Manitou




ez054098 Cannondale SE2000




FMJ's Composite GT Xizang




lewis1641's 1992 Trek 9000




kikaha's GT STS




simonhaydn's Kirk Revolution




danson67's Klein URT




bwhsh8r's Klein Attitude




MrK's Haro Extreme




felixdelrio's Action Tec F-16




Nader's Fischer Cruise




ajantom's 1997 Voodoo Zobop




marc two tone's Bianchi Thomisus




stumpjumper1990's 1990 Laïti

Poll now up.

I've omitted a couple which looked like normal 90s retro bikes to me.

For all those who think this month was a little too open to interpretation I agree - that said it sparked some interesting debate and entries. The next special will be a little more straightforward - perhaps red bikes?

Has to be the Laiti!

Agreed !

Problem with this picture of the Laïti is it doesn't show the weird rear end! But if John used the other picture it didn't show the lefty front...

Anyway... Strange bike......

oneschnark's Progear 1995 for my vote

Two Wheel drive for me don't see any of that or something built upon that around, afaik

A mad idea and a true 'dead end'

Rather untypically, for me, I found this month to be more difficult than normal to choose where my vote should go.

I used the criteria of "dead end" simply as the qualifying criteria, rather than using that as impetus to vote for what I perceived as the most "dead end" design or implementation.

When it all came down to it, I used my normal, trusty, rationale - if they were all lined up, and I could pick any to take home and keep, which would it be - and oddly - perhaps because none where 100% of my ideal, it was more of an internal debate than normal.

Anyways, 'nuff rambling, I went for: Huelse's 1990 Ibis Mountain Trials.

There were a couple of others that made it a close thing for me, but than won out, despite the Bullseye cranks!

I found this a toughy, as some of those 'dead ends' have since been adapted and used today. In the true spirit of evolution, some of these accidents have stuck with us, In the end I went with the Progear.

(Although I don't recall Bianchi trialling a chainless drive system).