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rBoTM RBotM October 2025 - PhilB's stunning Roberts Cyclocrosser

Octobers RBotM is PhilB's stunning 1965 Roberts Cyclocrosser! With a great spread of votes across the entries Phils Roberts commanded over 38% and double the runner ups. Amongst such strong entries it just highlights how lovely this build is. Many congratulations. To read up on the restoration check out the build page here https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/roberts-120-cyclocross-restoration.484536/

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BoTM ratcapa's 1991 Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Lite is the September 2025 Bike of The Month

@ratcapa and his Whiskeytown Lite pulled in a full third of the votes, in September's competition. Head over to the build thread to see a load more images, and the finer details.

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BoTM Rubon87’s 1992 Cinelli Tuttifrutti was the August 2025 Bike of The Month

I forgot to add this one to the rosta! The "Blue Collar Special" drew in 20 entries, but it was the Cinelli, with it's 500LX groupset - top of the Exage range, that came out on top. Congrat's @rubon87

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BoTM Woodsie's 1985 Rocky Mountain Avalanche is the July Bike of The Month

A bit late posting this one up but better late than never. @Woodsie took the win for July with his Rocky Mountain Avalanche; a fillet brazed beauty built by none other than Paul Brodie. Here's a pic of it in it's natural habitat, looking fab at 40!

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Alla's Off Road Toad is the June 2025 Bike of The Month

Toad's took the gold and silver medals this month but it was @Alla and his 1989 bike that ended up on top. Prior to this one all Toads had been fillet brazed. This is the first Tig Toad, built by legendary Canadian framebuilder Chris Dekerf. Check out the build thread to see more pics and read about the bike. Congrats Alex!

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BoTM Retro_Roy's Brodie climbMax wins the May Bike of The Month, "Bar-end Special"

Another win for Roy to add to his BoTM tally. His 1990 climbMax, wearing Brodie Love Handle bar-ends, took over 30% of the votes. You can check out the poll and full list of entries here. Congrats @Retro_Roy

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BoTM Canuckbiker's 1988 Brodie Romax is the April 2025 Bike of The Month

@Canuckbiker takes his second win of the year with his refurbished Brodie Romax. The frame needed some structural and cosmetic repairs to look as good as it does below. The backdrop isn't bad either! Big congrat's Dave.

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BoTM Wtb_rider's 1993 Brodie eXpresso is the March 2025 Bike of The Month

March was a real squeaker, with @wtb_rider beating @uno-speedo by a single vote, and adding another BoTM to his tally. Congratulation Kay!

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BoTM Canuckbiker's 1990 Bianchi Sika is the February 2025 Bike of The Month

@Canuckbiker took the win in our February "lugged special" competition. The Bianchi came out on top, with an impressive 24.8% of the votes, of a field of 14 bikes. You can read the build thread here and see the rest of the nominees in the poll thread here. Hard to believe that this beauty was dragged out of a dumpster back in 2019!

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BoTM Retro_Roy's Mountain Goat Deluxe is the January 2025 Bike of The Month

@Retro_Roy took the first win of the year with his Mountain Goat Deluxe. Bought as a frame only, with original "California Yuppie" paint, Roy was lucky enough to score a Mountain Goat stem, and knows Paul Brodie well enough to convince him to make lovely fillet brazed fork. You can read more here and see more pics of it, on it's maiden voyage, in the January sun of British Columbia. Congrats Roy

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BoTY Pete_MCC's Formula 1 is the 2024 Bike of The Year

@pete_mcc earned his place in the Bike of The Year poll with victory in the June 2024 competition. This Formula One was possibly the only frame ordered with mounts for cantilever brakes, rather than the factory spec Magura Hydrostops. If you haven't already checked out the build thread then it's well worth a look; a true team effort with help and assistance from several members of the Retrobike community. Congratulations Pete!

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BoTM Bike of The Month December 2024 - It's a tie!

@Woodsie and @Alla shared the victory in the last competition of 2024, with Canada and Paul Brodie being the unanimous winners! Woodsie's 1986 Rocky Mountain Team Thunderbolt was built by Paul before he left Rocky to set up Brodie Research and Technology Inc. Alla's Brodie Sovereign was born 6 years later, in 1992, and was the top of the line race bike in the collection. Both will feature in the 2024 Bike of The Year vote.

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BoTM Rubon87's 1991 De Rosa is the November 2024 Bike of The Month

November's "European Special" gave us a real eclectic mix of bikes. The competition was close but @rubon87 and his beautiful De Rosa claimed the win. Go check out the rest of the field as it really was a great month, with something for every taste.

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BoTM boy"O"boy's 1990 Orange Aluminium "O" prototype "The Iceman" wins Bike of The Month October 2024

boy"O"boy romped to victory in October's competition, with over 23% of the votes. Ben's Aluminium "O" is the only surviving prototype and his well documented build thread, including "frame lost by parcel courier for two years shocker", is well worth a read. Congrats Ben.

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98+ BoTM Ibbz's 2007 Scapin Nope is the 1998+ Bike of The Month for September 2024

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!

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Raidan73's Brodie Romax is the September 2024 Bike of The Month

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BoTM Al's 1997 Boulder Starship wins the BoTM "USA Special" for August 2024

@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.

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