What makes a great BOTM?

[The History Man]

Interested to know? Never likely to win here but is it nostalgia, build correctness, rarity, originality or just ooooooh?



Discuss.

 

[ishaw]

Don't ask me, my dbr go no votes when I entered it.

Seems that kleins, rare bikes or period correct win most of the time, along with impressive restorations.

 

[Bpool77]

http://www.secondspincycles.com

 

[troje]

Good photography makes a big difference as well.

 

[suburbanreuben]

One that isn't trying too hard, gets ridden as it's supposed to- not just looked at- and is different from the run of the mill.


Girlonbike's Fat will be a Great BOTM and probably BOTY too!

 

[mrkawasaki]

Great BOTMs are not necessarily dubbed 'winner' - if you simply counted all votes for all other bikes against the grand total for every 'winner' you'd see 'democracy' is a somewhat crude assessor.

 

[The History Man]

So I need a different rare period correct well restored well photographed pristine Klein that's just been ridden?

 

[mrkawasaki]

So I need a different rare period correct well restored well photographed pristine Klein that's just been ridden?

This formula doesn't take into account rallying troops to vote (for you as well as/instead of the bike).

 

[matthew71]

So I need a different rare period correct well restored well photographed pristine Klein that's just been ridden?

This formula doesn't take into account rallying troops to vote (for you as well as/instead of the bike).

As mr k says in can turn into a popularity contest, where people vote for someone considered cool or from the "it " crowd

 

[KermitGKona88]

Looking back on the voting rare as hens teeth and mostly American, there have been a couple of 'Winners' this year that I have detested too.