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@pete_mcc earned his place in the Bike of The Year poll with victory in the June 2024 competition. This Formula One was possibly the only frame ordered with mounts for cantilever brakes, rather than the factory spec Magura Hydrostops. If you haven't already checked out the build thread then it's well worth a look; a true team effort with help and assistance from several members of the Retrobike community. Congratulations Pete!

@Tomianson and his 1992 Roberts flagship came out on top in our 2023 Bike of The Year poll, after winning the April 2023 competition. You can read more about Tom's build in this thread. Congrat's Tom!

@Dimas won the June 2022 competition with this stunning P21, complete with Ritchey WCS build kit, and he came out on top of a very tight Bike of The Year poll, securing top spot with 14.5% of the votes. Only 3 votes split the top 4 bikes, so it really was very close. You can see the poll results and all the entrants here and see the build thread for the bike here. For your convenience, and pleasure, here are a few more pics of the Retrobike Bike of The Year for 2022.....

@44Racing took the top spot in the poll to win the Bike of the Year competition for 2021. It was close between the top three, with @retrobikeguy's Jo Burt tribute Zinn just two votes behind the Kona and @daveyla's Pace RC200 F1, formerly Richard Thackray's race bike, coming in third. Click here to see the full field of entrants and their build threads.

Jimi911’s 1981 Moots Mountaineer is the 2020 Retrobike Bike of The Year, check the poll here.

The 2012 Bike of The Year (BoTY) contest saw SYN-CROSSIS’ super clean Fat Ti take a well earned victory from some top notch competition. Second spot was taken by Sinnnerman’s Hardisty JMC Replica and third by uno-speedo’s 1987 Steve Potts. The top three are as follows 1st - SYN-CROSSIS’ Fat Chance Titanium 2nd - Sinnnerman’s Hardisty JMC Replica 3rd - uno-speedo’s 1987 Steve Potts Click here for more details Bike of The Year 2012 top three are as follows 1st. SYN-CROSSIS’ Fat Chance Titanium 2nd. Sinnnerman’s Hardisty JMC Replica 3rd. uno-speedo’s 1987 Steve Potts

The 2011 Bike of The Year (BoTY) contest saw Sinnerman’s box fresh 1990 Zinn Z-753 take a well earned victory from some top notch competition. Second spot was shared between hollister's Ritchey Team Comp and mr_ship’s 1994 Yeti ARC. The top three are as follows 1st - Sinnerman’s 1990 Zinn Z-753 2nd equal - hollister's Ritchey Team Comp 2nd equal - mr_ship’s 1994 Yeti ARC Click here for more details Bike of The Year 2011 top three are as follows 1st. Sinnerman's 1990 Zinn Z-753 Click here for full Zinn Z-753 build thread. 2nd equal. hollister's Ritchey Team Comp Click here for full build thread. 2nd equal. mr_ship's 1994 Yeti ARC Click here for full build thread. Click here for poll thread.

The 2010 Bike of The Year (B.o.T.Y) contest saw Sinnett177's 1991 Alpinestars Ti-Mega EOS take a well earned victory from some very stiff competition. The top three are as follows 1st - April 2010 - Sinnet177's 1991 Alpinestars Ti-Mega EOS 2nd - October 2010 - Wtb_Rider's Funk Pro Comp 3rd - July 2010 - LeGrandeFromage’s 1989 Overbury’s Pioneer Click here for more details and full results Bike of The Year 2010 is Sinnett177's 1991 Alpinestars Ti-Mega EOS Click here for the full and detailed build thread. Click here for poll thread. Full result is as follows from 358 votes. 1st - April 2010 - Sinnet177's 1991 Alpinestars Ti-Mega EOS 16% [ 58 ] 2nd - October 2010 - Wtb_Rider's Funk Pro Comp 13% [ 47 ] 3rd - July 2010 -...

The results for Retrobike's prestigious Bike of The Year (BoTY) contest, the blue riband event of the retro world, are in. The title of 'Bike of The Year 2009' goes to ameybrook's Yeti C-26 replica. 2009 BoTY winner - ameybrook's Yeti C-26 Following some initally close voting the well fancied Yeti stormed the vote. The full result is as follows - 1st - ameybrook's Yeti C-26 (76 votes) 2nd - Defiant's Serotta TiMax (44 votes) 3rd - Dr S' Pace RC-100 (32 votes) 4th - Sinnett177's 1993 Team Raleigh Dyna-Tech (26 votes) 5th - Pete McC's Doug Bradbury Manitou Full Suspension 6th equal - Archangel's 1991 Specialized Stumpjumper Epic Ultimate (15 votes) 6th equal - Pete McC's Yeti Ultimate (15 votes) 6th equal - Ragnar1984's Miyata...

After a closely foaught contest Defiant's Serotta ATX takes Bike of The Year 2008. Nice one! Click here for details of the build.

What a machine! So, what do you do if you come across a picture of Tomac flying around on his iconic Raleigh ?? Simple, you spend many years and a lot of $$$$ to make one of your own, down to the mismatch tyres.. It was given a run for it's money by Joe's Yo but the Raleigh is a worthy winner and BOTY will be going Stateside (along with a small prize yet to be decided) Eric, we at Retrobike.Co.UK salute you !! Next year you have to ride it over here at an event of our choosing, OK ??

Time for some Muc-Off ??

We've had a number of excellent B.O.T.M.s over the past year and a half representing many different manufacturers, countries, materials and styles. Of all these outstanding rides the retrobike users have voted retrobikeguy's (now retroking #1's) Pace RC-100 to be the first ever Retrobike Bike Of The Year. Nice.