BoTM Bike of The Month March 2022 - now taking entries

[raidan73]

A normal month for March so let's see what you've all been working on....

Useful for the poll if you can structure your nomination as follows:

username's Year Manufacturer Model , e.g. @al's 1995 weird bouncy thing
Image(s) MAXIMUM OF 2
Finally please include a link to your machine in the relevant Reader's Bikes section. If you don't have an existing post now is the time to add one with as much detail as you like!
Link to all the rules http://www.retrobike.co.uk/wiki/BoTM_Rules

Nominations thread will run for the entire month. Entries submitted after March 31st will not be counted. The poll will go up shortly after the nominations close and will run for a week.

 

[benjabbi]

Benjabbi's 1996 Bontrager Ti-Lite
Build thread

 

[markoc]

Crikey, that's nice. Would look brill with XTR V's because matchy matchy but in the meantime close the thread, we're done here now

And there was me thinking of wheeling out my P7 for this one...

 

[Gtpulse]

May as well have a try with this recently finished 91 Gt Xizang LE

Mtbdave’s 91 XIZANG Le

Build thread here;

A 91 Gt Xizang Le, finished P5

Pick this up yesterday (4hr round trip) it was listed on here in the for sale section a few weeks ago. a 1991 GT Xizang Le, all original decals and a scratch free frame even the drive side chainstay. I have a 1990 Canadian built first year (for a full titanium framed Xizang) I built this as...

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Love a Xizang, kind of wish I’d never sold mine, was one of the early TTN ones.

Get some pedals on it quick!

 

[mtbdave]

Love a Xizang, kind of wish I’d never sold mine, was one of the early TTN ones.

Get some pedals on it quick!

Have now forgot about that!

I have added a photo of my 20” TTN 1990 too

 

[Vesatoro]

Some shiny aluminium for the spring (although I got it ready last autumn).

Vesatoro's 1993 Mongoose IBOC Pro SX https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1993-mongoose-iboc-pro-sx.441777/#post-3220678

 

[Peteroughton169]

here's my finished (for now) 97 santa cruz heckler. complete job from ground up during lockdown. I'm pleased with it, but there's always something else to do!

97 santa cruz heckler finished for now

hi all, picked up this heckler frame last week, it was in a sorry state. the shock mount has a cracked weld which can be sorted, I got it for 30 quid and the original shock for a tenner so I took a punt. I've stripped it down, sent the front triangle away to have the bottle bosses replaced as...

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[Peteroughton169]

here's my finished (for now) 97 santa cruz heckler. complete job from ground up during lockdown. I'm pleased with it, but there's always something else to do!
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sorry don't know how to link to build thread

 

[raidan73]

sorry don't know how to link to build thread

Fixed it for you

 

[racecarjohnny]

here's my finished (for now) 97 santa cruz heckler. complete job from ground up during lockdown. I'm pleased with it, but there's always something else to do!

97 santa cruz heckler finished for now

hi all, picked up this heckler frame last week, it was in a sorry state. the shock mount has a cracked weld which can be sorted, I got it for 30 quid and the original shock for a tenner so I took a punt. I've stripped it down, sent the front triangle away to have the bottle bosses replaced as...

www.retrobike.co.uk

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What an awesome bike