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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!

@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

@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

In case you haven't seen it in the classifieds, Retrobike snoods are available to order. We've teamed up with Giraffe UK, with artwork provided by our own @gil_m, of The Cycle Shed and the snoods will be available in blue and black. For more information, and to order yours, please check out the for sale post here I will be contacting Giraffe UK with final numbers on Friday so please get your name down by 0800 on Friday the 7th of October 2022

The theme for the August competition was original owner bikes. @Canuckbiker bought the frameset brand new in 1988 from The Bike Shop in Calgary, Alberta. It was treated to a full restoration last year and here it is in all it's glory. Check out the build thread here. You can see all the other entries in the poll thread.

It was great to see something a little less well known take the win for July. @Si_33's Moulton came out on top of a small but strong field, which included a Yeti Ultimate, a Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer and a Klein Attitude, to name just a few. The AM-ATB raked in over 21% of the votes, which is no mean feat. You can read more about the bike in Simon's build thread here and can see all the bikes entered this month on the poll thread. Dan Farrell, Moulton's technical lead, talks a little about the AM-ATB in an interesting post on the blog of The Traditional Cycle Shop back in 2017.

Congratulations to @Dimas for winning the June competition, against a really strong field. You can see all the entries in the poll thread here and can see more pics of the winner in the build thread here

Our May 2022 Bike of The Month competition was a Kona special. For those who are unaware, forum member @Pipmeister, Phillip 'Pip' Mock, sadly lost his battle with cancer in March this year. Pip made a huge contribution to the forum with his knowledge of all things Kona, in particular his tireless dedication to collating serial numbers and information on some of the higher end Kona models. Pip had 'agents' scouring the internet for new additions to the lists, which can be seen in the Retro MTB Chat area of the forum. We had 26 Konas entered and you can view the nominations thread here and the poll here. I recommend checking out the build thread for @al-onestare's winning 1997 Kona Explosif Team Edition and you can see it featured as one...

Well done to @Jam_SWorks, and his Trek 8900 Pro, for a great win in the April 2022 competition. From a strong field of 15, that included titanium offerings from GT and Fat Chance, a classic Breezer Lightning XTR and a custom Dirt Shark, getting 22% of the 123 votes was no mean feat. You can see the poll results here and the nominations thread, with links to all the builds, here. The build thread for the winning bike can be viewed here

Congratulations to @Ryry_1985 and his stunning 1990 Brodie Romax on taking the win in February's competition. You can see all the entries and view the poll results here and see Ryan's build thread by clicking here

Congratulations to @Woody for winning January's competition. You can see a full list of the entrants, and links to the build threads, here

@44Racing took the top spot in the poll to win the Bike of the Year competition for 2021. It was close between the top three, with @retrobikeguy's Jo Burt tribute Zinn just two votes behind the Kona and @daveyla's Pace RC200 F1, formerly Richard Thackray's race bike, coming in third. Click here to see the full field of entrants and their build threads.

@retrobikeguy's 1990 Zinn "Project Flowers" takes the win for September with 22% of the votes. Check out the poll here

The August 2021 'Bonded Special' Bike of The Month contest was taken byRonezwun’s 1990 Valley Runner Carbon 100th anniversary edition. Check the poll here:)

Another top drawer build from 44Racing sees another win in the Retrobike Bike of The Month contest. The April 2021 result went to 44Racing's 1994 Kona Hei Hei from very stiff competition. Check the poll here.

"Once a cool thing is been done it cannot be undone" - so begins one of the most seminal films in Mountain Biking including Hans "No Way" Rey and Greg "H-Ball" Herbold. Hans has released the full version of the film on his you tube channel, for those whose VHS player is in the loft it is well worth revisiting.

Another from the BoTM archives. 24pouces 1993 Boulder Defiant Ti took the September 2018 Bike of The Month 'Suspension Special' contest in some style. Check the poll here.