BoTM Bike of The Month October 2025 - now taking entries

[PhillB]

Ohh damn, bad month to enter some amazing bikes out up this month!!

to be fair I think that every month I enter

 

[KayOs]

Do I get 4 or 5 votes this month?

 

[JCS]

Very tough choice this month. So many amazing bikes.

 

[Antwack]

ratcapa's 1989 Roberts White Spider

Build thread and more pics

Thread 'Roberts White Spider'

Jun 2, 2025

After regrettably selling the Ultra lite a few years back I looked to make amends within another Roberts, this time a less flashy std White Spider with original fork. And as for the build it will be less racey, more box fresh factory feel to it and a lot of NOS. More about something a lot more racey coming soon!

So it's just come back from Argos racing cycles who've done a stunning job with the paint and decals, in particular all the columbus tube decals they had to re create.

Some may remember I had a pole up asking whether I should keep original or paint the P-23, well that stayed...

• ratcapa
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Very, very, very nice!

 

[KayOs]

I'll throw my
@KayOs 1990 Centurion Lhasa Kathmandu
in a Tibetan monk's robe into the ring.



Unfortunately, there is no build thread, as the bike has barely been ridden so far.

Edit:
Here is the no build thread...

Thread '1990 Centurion Lhasa Kathmandu'

Today at 12:43

I haven't built much on the bike, but since there were a few questions, here's a little thread about it.

Centurion is a brand of Nowack Radsport-Vertrieb, founded in 1976 in Magstadt, Baden-Württemberg, by Wolfgang Renner.

In addition to racing bikes and later BMX bikes, Centurion launched the first mountain bike from a German brand in 1982.

In 1987, the DAV Summit Club set out to cross the Himalayas by mountain bike, from Lhasa to Kathmandu. More than 1,000 km on the gravel of the Friendship Highway, passes over 5,000 m high, daily stages of up to 120 km and 1,400 m elevation gain, and...

• KayOs
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[PanoIgano]

I'll throw my
@KayOs 1990 Centurion Lhasa Kathmandu
in a Tibetan monk's robe into the ring.

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Unfortunately, there is no build thread, as the bike has barely been ridden so far.

I can see something really interesting going on at the drive side of the seat stay... We def need a built thread for this one!

 

[raidan73]

I can see something really interesting going on at the drive side of the seat stay... We def need a built thread for this one!

Built in shark fin and spare spokes holder?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I can see something really interesting going on at the drive side of the seat stay... We def need a built thread for this one!

Built in shark fin and spare spokes holder?

Look at the thickness of the seat stays, thin to thick to thin again. Nice tubes