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Bike Of The Month - April 2006. Vote now or else!

Elev12K's 1993 Koga Miyata TrailRunner Carbolite	9%	[ 4 ]
biglev's 1988 Klein Pinnacle	23%	[ 11 ]
cchris2lou's Yeti Kokopelli	6%	[ 3 ]
breezerboy's 1983 FW Evans	15%	[ 7 ]
mattpayne's 1996 Fat Chance Shock-a-billy	4%	[ 2 ]
Doug Carter's 1998 Landshark Dirt Shark	4%	[ 2 ]
breezerboy's 1997 Breezer Lightening	11%	[ 5 ]
Bikeshopowner's 198? Marin Palisades Trail	11%	[ 5 ]
Jezza's Fat Ti	11%	[ 5 ]
Alan Bonds' Schwinn Excelsior	6%	[ 3 ]

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John

Post subject: Bike Of The Month - April 2006. Vote now or else!

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:35 pm

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So. This months contest. Winner takes home a set of retrobike stickers in the colour of their choice. Here goes

Elev12K's '93 Koga Miyata TrailRunner Carbolite

biglev's 1988 Klein Pinnacle

cchris2lou's Yeti Kokopelli

breezerboy's 1983 FW Evans

mattpayne's 1996 Fat Chance Shock-a-billy

Doug Carter's 1998 Landshark Dirt Shark

breezerboy's 1997 Breezer Lightening

Bikeshopowner's 198? Marin Palisades Trail

Jezza's Fat Ti (just so as he doesn't feel left out :wink:

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Alan Bonds' Schwinn Excelsior

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mattpayne

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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:41 am

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can i nominate my Shock-a-billy???

not a showroom beastie, but cute none the less!

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Elev12k

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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:40 am

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cchris2lou

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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:41 pm

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HI John , you can put my yeti in to make up numbers if you want .

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Elev12k

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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:56 pm

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only now realize my all blue TrailRunner was never listed.

You remember him?

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jez-4-bikes-max

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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:58 pm

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Can I submit my Fat ti. Its got a speedo on it now.

And a Pauls mech from the Klein...

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Elev12k

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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:01 pm

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jez-2-many-bikes wrote:

Can I submit my Fat ti. Its got a speedo on it now.

And a Pauls mech from the Klein...

Yeah, will submit my Yo for the second time next month as it now has meat Psychos ...and a H2O :wink:

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breezerboy

Post subject: evans

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:38 pm

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how about the Evans on http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1498

or my breezer lightning on http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1220

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John

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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:57 pm

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Yes to all the above..especially the Evans :wink:

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Bikeshopowner

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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:52 pm

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How about my late 80's Marin Palisades with original exage trail :wink:

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biglev

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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:30 pm

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John, can my klein go in for that?
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1630
cheers

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Rich

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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:24 pm

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Urgh...another difficult one...will wait till all the nominees are in till I make my decision..that Marin and Evans are looking pretty good to me at the moment though...

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John

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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:39 pm

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Ok. When I said tomorrow I clearly meant tomorrow.

Keep the nominations coming, will sort it when I get time.

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jez-4-bikes-max

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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:46 pm

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Also can I nominate the Trimble.

Its in er..planning stages at the moment but you get an idea of the high spec componentry its going to have.

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jez-4-bikes-max

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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:47 pm

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And no it doesnt feature a 29'er on the back.

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