BoTM Bike of The Month February 2024 - UK Special: Now taking entries

[KayOs]

Seeing page 4 I know the rest is obsolete...
Damn these are some nice bikes!

 

[Once A Hero]

Since it's a special

Zinn Centaur Disc

Campagnolo and hope mix with patina to boot.

Zinn Centaur Disc ...... shortest build thread ever

Better start one up been hoarding this for a while for the right bike.........

www.retrobike.co.uk

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Nice!

 

[Johnboy]

Got to page 3 and started thinking maybe I would enter something. Then I got to page 4 and lost my enthusiasm, reckon the absolute best I could hope for even with extensive lobbying and/or bribery is 4th!

 

[Once A Hero]

Sinnermans- Lee Cooper Sirius/Orbit Reynolds 653 ATB with Campagnolo.

Handbuilt in the Uk by Lee Cooper, essentially an Orbit Ecstasy but unlike the Orbit with its Unfinished fillet brazing, the Sirius LC has fully filed 653 and the matching one piece handlebar and stem.

The Recession, when more Bicycles were sold than Cars....!

1991. I remember it well. Im sure others will too, News paper article, referencing the milestone moment the UK bicycle industry sold More than Two million Bicycles, Outstripping new car Sales.

www.retrobike.co.uk

A relatively underground frame builder when compared to most of the entries here, but quietly building for so many, the thread makes an interesting read.
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That's a lovely looking bike - but any chance we could see it from a more traditional angle?

 

[sinnerman]

That's a lovely looking bike - but any chance we could see it from a more traditional angle?

Sure, here you go. page one,

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/the-recession-when-more-bicycles-were-sold-than-cars.408542/

 

[Once A Hero]

Sure, here you go. page one,

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/the-recession-when-more-bicycles-were-sold-than-cars.408542/

Thanks, I think that would be better from a voting for it point of view. IMO!

 

[Yetichaser]

Any room for one more?

Thread 'Yetichaser’s White Spider'
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/yetichaser’s-white-spider.476769/

 

[MCA4President]

Had I remembered to enter this, I'd have submitted my Smokestone. My sieve brain isn't what it used to be, some lovely entries though

 

[raidan73]

Da poll

 

[Mark south wales]

MSYT - 1987/88 Raleigh Avanti - Banana Style

(I've entered this before - I think it was just a standard month though - apologies if it wasn't!)

1987 Raleigh Avanti - Banana Edition

Hey folks. So this is my Raleigh Avanti... or what I believe to be an Avanti. I picked this bike up in 2020 after seeing it on eBay. It had a pretty random paint job but I spied the group and 531 decal and used the catalogues to track down the model. I'm fairly certain, only the Avanti had...

www.retrobike.co.uk

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I never realized the avanti had 2 rear brake position options