BoTM Bike of The Month March 2022 - now taking entries

[raidan73]

Given that I finished building it this week can I put mine forward for making up the numbers please?

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You may indeed enter but please read the rules

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

 

[warren_cox]

You may indeed enter but please read the rules

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

Done

 

[44Racing]

I'll throw my Klein Attitude up for consideration this month

Cols' Klein Attitude.

'95 Klein Attitude, finally

I worked at Leisure Lakes near to Preston back in the late 90s and I found one of these frames in a box out back. I was torn, I had the funds and the price was good, but by then it was a few years out of date and I even though I was in the market for a new hardtail, and I'd always wanted one of...

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and yes, I'm on the look out for yellow grips if anyone knows of any anywhere.

Absolutely stunning @Factorycol

 

[Factorycol]

Absolutely stunning @Factorycol

one bottle cage and pedals, just for you

 

[44Racing]

one bottle cage and pedals, just for you

And no repro/re-issue tyres

 

[Nevilleblaze]

My 96 GT Talera

 

[Mortonm]

Mortonms 1994 brodie sovereign

Handmade in Canada, M900 XTR, raceface cranks, syncros seatpost, controltech stem and titec bars, p2 fork and Chris King headset

The frame was repainted by Chris DeKerf a fair while ago and the lettering is all painted on, not decals.

 

[mtbdave]

May as well have a try with this recently finished 91 Gt Xizang LE, second photo is with its 1990 TTN sibling

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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Gonna with draw this, 2 reasons phots ain’t good enough and the snobbery over tyres being re issue.

 

[BlackCat]

Gonna with draw this, 2 reasons phots ain’t good enough and the snobbery over tyres being re issue.

So take another couple of pics. Tyres are good.

 

[Gtpulse]

Gonna with draw this, 2 reasons phots ain’t good enough and the snobbery over tyres being re issue.

I wouldn’t worry about the tyres, by my count there are 7 other bikes with reissue or modern tyres in the running, and nothing really wrong with that! Probably means they get ridden/are rideable!