NW&NWA BoTR Competition 2009 POLL NOW UP!

Bike Of The Region 2009

A special North Wales and North West Area competition.

Winner gets a pair of custom Gil_m 'Retrobike NW&NW Area BoTR Winner 2009' seat tube decals, a £10 www.merlincycles.co.uk gift voucher and some Retrobike decals!

Anybody can vote so please do so.

Here are the entries:

Mr K: Specialized M2 Metal Matrix



Mr K: MS Racing CR1



sinnett177: Orange Clockwork XTR



sinnett177: alpinestars cro-mega DX



Woody: DeKerf Generation



Sidewinder: Boulder Bicycles Defiant



gray: Diamond Back Dual Response



Sidewinder: Saracen Kili Racer



Drystonepaul: Saracen Kili Racer



Drystonepaul: Marin Muirwoods



m-trax: Dawes LX Edge



m-trax: Raleigh M-Trax 4000Ti



Easy_Rider: Dawes SE



Easy_Rider: Parkpre Pro825



mr_Ship: Nuke Proof Titanium

Game on.

Woodys' DeKerf takes it for me. His first retrobike build and I think he's nailed it at the first attempt. It looks to ride extremely well too.

mr_ships' Nuke Proof a very close second. A really beautiful bike with extra kudo for being rare and by a very cool brand.

Joint third for me is the Saracen Kii Racers of Sidewinder and Drystonepaul. Sidewinders edges it on looks but DSP's blows it away it performance

A very honourable mention to Mr K's MS Racing. Wanted to vote for this so much as these where the fore runners of alpinestars. Nice bikes too but just not my era.

Lots of nice machinery here but had to be DSP,s Saracen ,wouldn't be right to not vote e-stay btw working on a new drivetrain for the Kili so fingers crossed

Tough decision to make this one.
I really like Mark's Orange, for it's lovely use of XTR, but I just don't like the Syncros stem on it. The Cro-Mega was always one of my favourite bikes back in the day too.
Dave's Boulder is a beautiful machine, which I would very much like to see in the flesh. I'm also partial to his Kili-Racer, but I prefer the original red if I'm brutally honest.
Strong entries from Easy Rider. I voted for his Dawes in the mid-range special a few weeks ago, and I do like the white Parkpre, but I just can't vote for a singlespeed.
A great selection of riders from MrK and M-Trax, and I do like that DBR from gray.

Which leaves the final two bikes which I have been fortunate enough to look at, squeeze the brake levers, weigh up and generally drool over on a couple of recent rides.
Woody's DeKerf and Mr_Ships Nuke Proof are almost too nice to ride, and it's a credit to them both that they don't mind getting them dirty.

I still can't decide which one to go for though...

DeKerf - simples!

Mr K

mrkawasaki":t48ql27k said:

DeKerf - simples!

Mr K

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And this from the original E-Stay Boy !!

Nuke get's first place for me, and a close second my former Defiant and the gorgeous DeKerf (love the ti/green)

Defiant for me .

Tough one, many good entries.

Sinnett177 Clockwork is stunning, i love DSP's Kili too. Woody's DeKerf and Mr_Ships Nuke Proof are bikeporn. I like Sidewinder Boulder too, but i'm not a full susser fan.

hmmm despite not being a fan of syncros stems at all, i'm going with the clockwork

EDIT: Now I can see the votes, who voted for my Dawes

hmm that orange looks familiar! ( i took it with me to dresden, a friend drove it back to bristol, it got picked up by parcel force today back to north wales, and it will soon be turning wheels in denmark, i really should get some photos!)