BoTM Bike of The Month timetable and suggestions

[JRGSXR]

Has there been an American, British, European, rest of the world month? You know where all entries must come from a specific area. If not, it would give us 4 special months

 

[Retro Spud]

I second that, that would be a cool month


In the old thread that got deleted there was a topic on “low spec” bikes? Like fire mountains, Bolinas ridge .etc
I think that would be a good theme.

At the risk of being 100% cynical check this out - a themed month entitled “underdog”

and what goes and wins ?


Activator - Nope

Cindercone - Nope

Scott - Nope


A Breezer, or a Funk …..and when was Yeti ever a budget bike ?

All great bikes but certainly not underdogs

BoTM January 2015 - Underdog special - The Poll

Votes now, ends on the 31st Jan. chrisv40's 1991 Diamondback Axis coomber's 1989 saracen trekker ti_pin_man's 1992/3 Yankee Funk FluffyChicken's 1994 Helkama Team Power JamesLee's 1992 GT Pantera JSO's Yeti Ultimate Cycletothesea's 1997 Orange P7 Nickel Mike Muz's 1993...

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[Once A Hero]

At the risk of being 100% cynical check this out - a themed month entitled “underdog”

and what goes and wins ?


Activator - Nope

Cindercone - Nope

Scott - Nope


A Breezer, or a Funk …..and when was Yeti ever a budget bike ?

All great bikes but certainly not underdogs

BoTM January 2015 - Underdog special - The Poll

Votes now, ends on the 31st Jan. chrisv40's 1991 Diamondback Axis coomber's 1989 saracen trekker ti_pin_man's 1992/3 Yankee Funk FluffyChicken's 1994 Helkama Team Power JamesLee's 1992 GT Pantera JSO's Yeti Ultimate Cycletothesea's 1997 Orange P7 Nickel Mike Muz's 1993...

www.retrobike.co.uk

Perhaps there was a bit more clarity in the entries thread rather than the poll, as it does seem odd for some of those bikes to be classed as underdogs - based on cost or desirability at least.

Seems to have been a controversial theme.

 

[raidan73]

"January 2015 will be an 'underdog' special, entries only open to those who have not won the contest before."

There was some confusion regarding the above but John clarified that people who had won the competition before weren't allowed to enter, so 'underdog' referred to the owner, not the bike. Basically a normal month where past winners were prohibited from entering.

 

[Jimmy oldskool]

Errrm...It was 2015?

 

[Retro Spud]

Errrm...It was 2015?

Yep and perhaps after 8years I need to let go of something I was clearly wrong about in the first place

Fair play to Adrian he could have flamed me

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

Brand specific Month

 

[Carge]

Brand specific Month

Said the guy with “GTMuseum” in his name

Apart from if we did that it would exclude every other brand for a month - it would end up being a total lottery as to which month you could enter your Trek or whatever - and there’d be no point entering a lower specced bike as it would get beaten anyway.

I’d also suggest if we did ever do this, we’d make sure GT was the very last possible brand to be scheduled

 

[PhillB]

I’d also suggest if we did ever do this, we’d make sure GT was the very last possible brand to be scheduled

Heh, should give me enough time to finish mine by 2027...

 

[BOBU]

FWIW, Blue Collar month for lower cost range bikes only, family portrait for bikes of same brand, at least three being entered, owned from new sounds good too.