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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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BoTM Retro-Roy's Rek Tek wins Bike of The Month July 2024

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

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BoTM pete_Mcc's Formula 1 wins Bike of The Month June 2024

@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 🏁

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BoTM Retro_Roy's Off Road Toad wins the BoTM May 2024 Canadian Special

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.

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BoTM Uschibert's Brodie Sovereign is the March 2024 Bike of The Month

@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

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BoTM markjohnson76's 1989 Roberts Phantom is the February 2024 'UK Special' Bike of The Month

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!

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BoTM markjohnson76's Yo Eddy wins Bike of The Month for January 2024

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

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BoTM Vintageman's 1986 Dirt Shark is the December 2023 Bike of The Month

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.

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BoTM Woodsie's 1988 Rocky Mountain Avalanche is the November 2023 Bike of The Month "Rider Special"

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.

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BoTM Deanphoto's 1993 GT Team RTS is voted Bike of The Month for October 2023

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

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BoTM It's a tie! Sinnerman's Sonic and Racecarjohnny's Mountain Goat Deluxe share the win for July 2023

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

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BoTM mcada's 1991 Steve Potts Cross Country Racer is the Retrobike Bike of The Month for June 2023

Congratulations to @mcada who scooped the Bike if The Month award for June with almost half of the votes. Matthias carried out a full bare metal restoration, including repairs to the pinholed frame, and the end result is stunning 8)

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BoTM Staffy's Gary Fisher Prometheus is the Bike of The Month winner for January 2023

Big congratulation to @staffy for holding off @racecarjohnny's Brave and crossing the line in top spot. Do check out his build thread where you can see the significant transformation take place. Other might have sent it to the scrap heap, so hats of to Staffy for taking on the challenge. Here's the completed build, followed by a before shot. You can see the other entries and the poll results here and here.

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BoTM Don Myrah's 1990 Fat Chance race bike, rebuilt by Jimi911, is December 2022's bike of the month

Jim's meticulous rebuild of Don Myrah's 1990 Fat Chance race bike took the crown for December. The frame has all kinds of little features that you'd hope for from a team rider's bike, and was a truly bespoke frame. Here's a pic of the finished article, followed by on old image of Don, astride the actual bike, alongside Ned "The Lung" Overend. Here's a link to Jim's full build thread, where you can see the bare frame as acquired https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/the-myrah-fat-chance-is-done.430458/page-4

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BoTM My_Teenage_Self's 1994 Lotus Monocoque is the November Bike of The Month for 2022

November was an 'Amnesty Special', where people got another chance to enter a bike that had tried, and failed, previously. If you take look at the line-up you'll probably be surprised that many of them hadn't already won; a testament to the standard of bikes on the site. We got a bumper crop of 27 entries but, as usual, there can be only one. @My_Teenage_Self took the crown with his 1994 Lotus, kitted out with a Pace fork and an XTR groupset. Almost 30 years ago this was a real head turner, and nothing much has changed!

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BoTM Synlos' 1988 Rocky Mountain Blizzard is the Retrobike bike of The Month for October 2022

@synlos 1988 Rocky Mountain Blizzard was voted Bike of The month for October. You can see the full field of 16 entries here. Tom's bike was the earliest, by several years, but the geometry still looks racey and purposeful. You can see more pics of his Blizzard here

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BoTM Spaltinho's stunning 1991 Grove Innovations Hard Core is the September 2022 Bike of The Month

@Spaltinho's Grove came out on top of a 14 strong field this month, with 18% of the votes. You can read more about the bike in the build thread, where you can also see a Grove X frame, with an amazing glow in the dark paint finish. You can check out the full list of entries in the poll thread. To read more about Bill Grove and Grove Innovations check out this excellent post on forum member @mkozaczek's Second Spin Cycles blog

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