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After a 5 month absence the competition for bikes from 1998 onwards made it's return and Ibbz scooped the win with his beautiful 2007 Scapin. You can read more about it, and see some more pics, in his build thread. Nice work Ibbs!

@al's Boulder came out on top of a ridiculous 31 strong field entry list last month. Here's a lovely pic of his Starship, which took over 11% of the votes and beat some real big hitters into submission! You can see more pics and read about the build in his thread here. The full list of entries can be seen in the poll thread here.

A bit late adding this to the home page, apologies Roy. A build thread started back in 2013 culminated in this stunning refurbishment of a 1990 Rek Tek, built by Chris Dekerf. Good job @Retro_Roy

@pete_mcc took the chequered flag in June's competition with his gorgeous Formula 1. Pete's entry was a true Retrobike team effort, with skilled assistance provided by some resourceful forum members. You can read the full story of the build here and see the full list of entrants and results here We saw 22 bikes entered (may have to revert back to the 20 entries max if this trend continues!) but when the poll closed it was the F1 on top of the podium, spraying virtual Ferrari Trento over the crowd! Congrat's Pete 🏁

Roy's Toad was the convincing winner of the hotly contested Canadian Special competition, securing over 18% of the votes. Off Road Toads, the Canadian built brainchild of Rod Kirkham, are high up on the wish list of many collectors but they are rarely seen on the open market. This fillet brazed beauty is built up with some of the most desirable parts of the era and is a well deserved winner in the impressive 20 strong field.

Congratulations to @KayOs, and his HWE, for taking top spot in April's competition. It's always nice to see something a little different come out on top and it's definitely worth checking out the build thread here. There were eighteen entries in total, with some real top class builds, so taking over 20% of the votes is quite an achievement. See the full line up here. Without further ado here's the winner, in all its moody glory

@uschibert's decided to run with a 1x10 setup on his 1995 Brodie Sovereign. Some may have thought it a bold move, likely to enrage the retro gods. Nonetheless he came out on top, in a tightly fought contest, with almost 23% of the votes. You can check out the full field of entrants here and see more of uschibert's Sovereign over on the MTB-news forum here

@Imlach's Tsunami Minivelo came out on top of an 18 strong field to win the 98+ BoTM competition for March 2024. You can check out the rest of the competition here

That's two for two in 2024 for @markjohnson76, this time with his 1989 Roberts Phantom. Picked up locally, for not much more than a song, Mark had the frame, in all its Columbus Max OR beauty, and a Zinn fork refinished by the Vaz brothers, Winston and Mario, who both worked for Roberts previously. Winston confirmed that he built this frame back in 1989, so who better to carry out the work! You can check out the before and after pics in this thread and see the full line-up in the poll thread. Congrat's Mark!

First blood of 2024 goes to @markjohnson76 and his fully refurbished Yo Eddy. Check out his build thread here.

@Tomianson and his 1992 Roberts flagship came out on top in our 2023 Bike of The Year poll, after winning the April 2023 competition. You can read more about Tom's build in this thread. Congrat's Tom!

Forgot to post this one up the last time we held a 98+ BoTM competition. 18 bikes were entered and @wadsy managed to haul in over 40% of the votes. Martin is the custodian of this former Phillip "Pipmeister" Mock owned Kona. For those that don't know, Pip was one of the resident Kona gurus here on Retrobike, and all round lovely bloke, who sadly passed away last summer. Pip's fleet of Konas are now spread across the retro community, and are documented in this thread The 2010 Kilauea is a rare bird, and you can read more about @wadsy's bike in his build thread. Also check out Kona ambassador @al-onestare's write up on the Kona-cog here RIP PIP

In a field of 11, @vintageman managed to get a full third of the votes in December with his 1986 fillet brazed Dirt Shark, built and painted by John Slawta. This beauty, along with the other 11 BoTM winners from 2023, will feature in the Bike of The Year 2023 poll, coming soon.

Big congratulation to @Woodsie for topping the poll, in a field of 30 bikes, with over 12% of the votes. He manged to track down the exact spot, which featured in the 1989 Rocky Mountain catalogue, to photograph his 1988 Avalanche.

Congratulations to @deanphoto on coming out on top, by the narrowest of margins. You can view the build thread, and more superb images of Team RTS here

This month's poll went right to the wire. In the end @sinnerman and @racecarjohnny share the spoils with their Sonic and Mountain Goat respectively, two fillet brazed beauties from either side of the Atlantic. You can check out all the entries in the nominations thread and see the full results here