rBoTM April 2014 - Nominations please!!!

[Spokesmann]

I may enter my old daily shitter! I know it won't win neither the less but this bike has covered over 100,000 miles, believe it or not!

*edit* 'Winter mode' and two years ago .... Who says you can't keep an old bike looking well

I take it daily shitter is a technical term!

 

[bugloss]

It's unfortunate that you have to bring this up again spokesmann.

I don't think I've ever seen any comments from other forum members dismissing British bikes as not worthy in this competition, so I can't see why you seem to think that it's acceptable to rubbish non British bikes in the way you do, when people have plucked up the courage to enter their bikes.

It's a competition for nice looking bikes, no matter where they were made or who the owner is.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité - non?

I didn't it was alluded to already, the 'elephant in the room'.

The subject of the lack of British bikes in the competitions may have been alluded too, but you didn't have to start rubbishing the entrants bikes again, which is what I was referring to.

 

[Spokesmann]

It's unfortunate that you have to bring this up again spokesmann.

I don't think I've ever seen any comments from other forum members dismissing British bikes as not worthy in this competition, so I can't see why you seem to think that it's acceptable to rubbish non British bikes in the way you do, when people have plucked up the courage to enter their bikes.

It's a competition for nice looking bikes, no matter where they were made or who the owner is.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité - non?

I didn't it was alluded to already, the 'elephant in the room'.

The subject of the lack of British bikes in the competitions may have been alluded too, but you didn't have to start rubbishing the entrants bikes again, which is what I was referring to.

I have rubbished nothing my friend. But then you know that.

 

[bugloss]

wall hangings and forensically clean, soulless foreign machines.

Maybe you see it that way, but from where I'm sitting the above does come across as being quite derogatory.

 

[Spokesmann]

wall hangings and forensically clean, soulless foreign machines.

Maybe you see it that way, but from where I'm sitting the above does come across as being quite derogatory.

We'll just agree to disagree. Simples.

 

[The History Man]

I quite like the exchange of views but why does it seem to get a bit edgy very quickly?

Gerald is back on my study wall hanging there and is fairly clean after his first ride but to some all of this is a bit pointless as they are all just bicycles no? Maybe i should just leave him in the garden?

Take a step back, deep breaths, smile.

 

[Spokesmann]

I quite like the exchange of views but why does it seem to get a bit edgy very quickly?

Gerald is back on my study wall hanging there and is fairly clean after his first ride but to some all of this is a bit pointless as they are all just bicycles no? Maybe i should just leave him in the garden?

Take a step back, deep breaths, smile.

The wall is preferable to the 'Garden wall' :mrgreen:

 

[NeilM]

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All my bikes live on the garage wall, with the exception of the Rourke, that is cosseted with a bike stand in the house.

As for the lack of home grown entries, I guess that is down to the entrants, but given the breadth and diversity of bikes and owners on the forum, I don't see how, or for that matter why you would want to even consider restricting the rBOTM competition in any way shape or form.

 

[Matt_wood55]

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Wow, thought I had logged in to LFGSS forum for a minute

 

[bagpuss]

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Here is my 1963 Carlton International.

Tried to upload another picture but flickr and my pc are at war