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April the 2nd saw fifteen hardy souls brave the rain to meet up at Cannock Chase in the Midlands, UK. Plenty of fine retro kit was on display including 2 Kleins, 3 Fats, a Yeti, Ibis, Pace and Roberts. Gump and Sylvain The morning saw the large group tackle the 8 mile 'Follow the Dog' trail. The inevitable mechanicals and mixture of skill and fitness levels meant this was a leisurely loop. Following a lunch taken sheltered in swinnertons bikes the remenants of the group set out for an afternoon session. Two early mechanical casualties saw the group drop to 8 riders. Gump led the afternoon ride round some of the Chase's less well known but equally good trails. All in all a good day was had by all (I hope!). More pictures can be...

Retrobike Bike Of The Month March 2006 is Pete's Fat Chance Titanium. The second month in a row a ti bike has won. Also the first time (and almost certainly not the last) that Fat City have scooped the award. Vote for the April contest here.

Retrobike Bike Of The Month February 2006 is Steve's 1993 Orange Vitamin T. Another fine winner from a classic UK manufacturer. Vote for the March contest here.

Retrobike are now offering t-shirts and stickers ! Get them from the shop!

The first UK retro ride of the year is taking place this year in Cannock Chase on Sunday April 2nd 2006. Meet 11am at Birches visitors centre. All welcome, but bring your retro rigs and kit. More details in the forum here.

Bike Of The Month January 2006 is Repack Rider's 1983 Ritchey Everest. A super old school classic ! Vote for the February contest here.

Finally someone has put together a pretty definitive and excellent Mint Sauce resource on the web at www.thisiswhy.co.uk. Check it out now.

Bike Of The Month December 2005 is Sylvain's ibis ti. Very classy. Place your votes for the January contest now!

Bike Of The Month November 2005 is retrobikeguy's Pace RC-100. A worthy winner - and the first from a UK manufacturer. Place your votes for the December contest now!

Bike Of The Month October 2005 is the Yeti FRO. A worthy winner.

This scan supplied by CK deserves a place on the front page. It's a poster for one of the original Repack Downhill races along with a poster advertising a ride out of Fairfix.

A new section is now up and running on retrobike - Auction Watch. This section keeps tabs on all of your favourite retro searches across ebay.co.uk, ebay.com and ebay.de.

The site has been up and running for four months now during which time we've had over 10000 visits. Not bad I reckon. The forum is always busy with a lot of great bikes to be seen in the Reader's Bikes section and a lot of real interesting scans (including some posted by a Mountain Bike legend) in the Scans section. If you like the site why not link to us from your own site using this html- <a href="http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/"><img src="http://www.retrobike.co.uk/images/logosquare.png" alt="retrobike" /></a> If you do so drop us a note here and we'll return the favour.

Bike Of The Month August & September 2005 is Fisherman's Kona Hei Hei. Good work!

Retrobike.co.uk bike of the month July 2005 is Jez's Mountain Goat Whiskey Town Racer. Well done Jez !

Andy from Yetifan has kindly supplied some pictures of last year's UK Retro Meet in Cheddar (the place, not the cheese). The pictures can be found in the gallery, here.

A little late I know, but the report from the UK SSMM retro meet on 26th June can be found in the forum. As a taster here's a picture of the Mountain Goat voted best in show by one and all.