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The April 2012 Photo of The Month (PoTM) contest was won by GaryTurner's 'Only The Shadow Knows'. Click here to see GaryTurner's shot in all it's glory 1. GaryTurner's 'Only The Shadow Knows'

The April 2012 'ShimaNO Special' Bike of The Month contest was taken by Huelse's 1989 Ibis SS. The box fresh Ibis will be featured in next month's mbr magazine and Falk will receive a years subscription to the magazine. The full result is as follows 1. Huelse's 1989 Ibis SS Kolger edition 2. ratcapa's 1991 Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer 3. holdi's 1992 Klein Adroit Backfire Now taking nominations for the May 2012 BoTM here. Click here for more details and full results The April 2012 'ShimaNO Special' Bike of The Month top three are as follows 1. Huelse's 1989 Ibis SS 2. ratcapa's 1991 Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer Click here for full 1991 Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer build thread. 3. holdi's 1992 Klein Adroit Backfire

To try and forget non-stop rain and the temperatures in single digits we are offering one of the new Retrobike Messenger Bags and one pair of Retrobike Socks for the extra special price of £32. Offer available here > http://www.retrobike.co.uk/shop/bundle-deals/bag-sock-bundle.html. Offer runs until the end of May.

Well the mountain men arrived in Torridon, conquered and are now safely home nursing their aching limbs. All weekend we were blessed with blue skies and big yellow ball they call the sun. See Macretro's latest epic ride in full techni-colour glory here.

To mark the retirement of RIH sport owner Wim van der Kaay at the age of 76 a tribute ride is taking place on the 20th May 2012. The retirement of Mr van der Kaay also sadly sees the closing of the RIH Sport famous canalside shop in Amsterdam's Jordaan area, See the forum post on the RIH tribute ride for full details.

By popular request the 1992 Fat Chance Catalog has been added to the retrobike Fat Chance archive. Check it out here > 1992 Fat Chance Catalog.

The March 2012 Photo of The Month (PoTM) contest was won by Rio's 'Spring Has Sprung!'. Click here to see Rio's shot in all it's glory 1. Rio's 'Spring Has Sprung!'

The The March 2012 road Bike of The Month contest was taken by Kevinwulf's 1948 Galletti - another diverse month. Second was taken by Flipster's Swinnerton and third by Slotcar55′s Picchio Special. Bring on the rest of 2012 :D The full result is as follows 1. Kevinwulf's 1948 Galletti 2. Flipster's Swinnerton 531c 3. Slotcar55's Picchio Special Now taking nominations for the April 2012 rBoTM contest. Click here for more details and full results The March 2012 road Bike of The Month top three are as follows 1. Kevinwulf's 1948 Galletti Click here for full Kevinwulf's 1948 Galletti build thread. 2. Flipster's Swinnerton 531c Click here for full Flipster's Swinnerton 531c build thread. 3. Slotcar55's Picchio Special...

The March 2012 Bike of The Month contest was taken by Oneschnark's Salsa. This win sees Oneschnark take a third win in the Bike of The Month contest and join a very elite club :) The box fresh Salsa will be featured in next month's mbr magazine and Oneschnark will receive a year’s subscription to the magazine. The full results is as follows 1. Oneschnark's Salsa 2. Silverfish's 1987 Yeti FRO 3. elite504's Yeti Ultimate Click here for more details and full results The March 2012 Bike of The Month top three are as follows 1st Oneschnark's Salsa Click here for Oneschnark's Salsa build thread. 2nd Silverfish's 1987 Yeti FRO Click here for Silverfish's 1987 Yeti FRO build thread. 3rd elite504's Yeti Ultimate Click here for...

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the 1987 World Mountain Bike Championships in Villard de Lans,France a festival weekend has been organised. The event is taking place over the weekend of 16th and 17th June 2012 and is once again being held in Villard de Lans. The historic meet is being attended by inaugural World Champion Ned Overend and trials supremo Hans Ray amongst others. Check the thread in the forum for more details.

We have just taken delivery of a new range of Retrobike laptop / messenger bags here at RB HQ. As a special introductory offer (and before the postage price rise ) we are able to offer the bags at £28.95 posted in the UK until the end of the month, click here to buy a Retrobike Bag. This top quality bag features a well padded main compartment, laptop sleeve and of course the logo of your favourite website big and bold on the front. Be quick before the prices have to go up and before we sell out as we did with the previous batch a couple of years back.....

Once again a large contingent from Retrobike took on the Hell of The North Cotswolds, an annual off road reliability ride around the, er, North Cotswolds. Click here to read the full Retrobike HoNC report.

To celebrate two bank holidays and lots of chocoloate egss (in the UK at least) we are offering TWO pairs of Retrobike socks in either colour for a barginous £16.50. Offer available here > http://www.retrobike.co.uk/shop/socks/sock-bundle.html Going to run this offer for the rest of April, get in now whilst we still have stock and before the price rise due to the postage increases 8)

Retrobike stalwarts EdEdwards and mrkawasaki and a cycle polo player took on the Ronde van Vlaanderen 2012 sportive. Read their Ronde van Vlaanderen 2012 ride report here.

Saturday saw forty six retrobikers arrive in a car park, in a wood, in Norfolk, UK. Not for anything untoward you understand but for the Second Round of the Retrobike National Events Series with support from Bikefood - The Thetford Classic 2012. A wide range of bikes were in attendance, everything from a Kleins, Fat Chance, GT and Yeti through to Drystonepaul's Diamond Back. An enjoyable day's riding was had by all around the endless dry and dusty thetford singletrack, click here for full aftermath report. We even managed to avoid adder attacks. The next round will be taking place in Surrey on 27th May, click here for details.

Just 9 months after the first ever UK Handmade Bicycle Show in Bristol, the 2012 edition was upon us. There was a new venue, the pre-show publicity looked like it was going to be bigger, much bigger. John, armed with his 'My First Canon', and I went to find out. What follows is very much a personal perspective. The UK Handmade Bicycle Show 2012 www.bespokedbristol.co.uk was based at Brunel's Old Station, basically part of the Templemeads complex. Waiting for The Guvnor to negotiate the one way system (he was within 10m a good quarter of an hour before he actually pulled up), I lounged outside on a wall in the sun, people watching. It was a battle between pretty girls with their floaty dresses and summer legs and bicycles. Steel...

Following on from his previous articles Paul Brodie kindly sent us a some pictures of the finished 1888 Whippet as shown at NAHBS 2012. To make the work more worthwhile Paul took the People's Choice award at NAHBS 2012 for his whippet build - congrats :D Click more for full set of pics