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Privateer magazine are currently in Portland visiting Chris King and others. Lucky them. Whilst with King they toured his factory (check the magazine for the full story I'm sure) and also managed to get some great pictures of King's personal bike, a 1993 Yeti ARC soft tail. The bike has some great detail like loads of King trickery including a prototype adjustable bottom bracket. King apparently used this as his main ride up until '08 - chapeau! Anyhow check the post in the forum for more pictures and detail of Chris King's 1993 Yeti ARC.

The 2011 Retrobike National Event Series was a resounding success, with rides regularly attracting over 40 like minded retro enthusiasts, having a great time on some quality trails. 2012 promises to be another amazing year for Retrobike riding. Not only are your regional area groups in great shape with rides regularly being organised, but we’ve also put together another cracking National Series to entice you. The National Series is the cream of the Retrobike rides squeezed into a seven round series. We’ve done our very best to spread them around the United Kingdom, offer some of the very best trails and also make the series completely free to enter. Full details can be found here. With Retrobike rides proving ever more popular we...

Retrobike member Milko aka Matt Burton has had several of his illustrations published in the latest issue of Peloton magazine. The illustrations can be seen in issue 9 of Peloton which is out in the UK this week, full details on the Peloton website. Check Matt's website http://www.milkoillustration.co.uk/ for more examples of his work.

The The December 2011 road Bike of The Month contest was taken by Retroian's 1974 Holdsworth Pro - a well deserved win. Joint second was taken by Syn-crossis' Kuwahara and Citoyen du Monde's Maasi. Bring on 2012! The full result is as follows 1. Retroian's 1974 Holdsworth Pro 2= Syn-crossis' Kuwahara 2= Citoyen du Monde's Maasi Now taking nominations for the January 2012 rBoTM contest, the poll for road Bike of The Year 2011 is also now up. Click here for more details and full results The December 2011 road Bike of The Month top three are as follows 1. Retroian's 1974 Holdsworth Pro Click here for full Retroian's 1974 Holdsworth Pro build thread. 2= Syn-crossis' Kuwahara 2= Citoyen du Monde's Maasi

Paul Brodie kindly sent us this article regarding one of his current projects at Flashback Fabrications. Enjoy :D Who is Paul Brodie, and what does he do in his shop? This is a good question. On Velocipede Salon I read recently that I'm a "framebuilder who made some pretty good frames in the 80's and early 90's." Not much has been heard from me (bicycle wise..) for about a decade, so maybe I'm a "has-been", a washout... Here's the truth: back in those days I had a dozen employees at the high point, and I was frantically running around trying to manage (in no particular order..) employees, payroll, lawsuits, lawyers, magazines, ads, distributors, WCB, PST, GST, fire code regulations, landlords, shop leases, accountants...

The December 2011 Photo of The Month (PoTM) contest was won by eastcoaststeve's 'Reflection'. Now taking nominations for the January 2012 PoTM contest entitled 'Mudwinter' :D Click here to see eastcoaststeve's shot in all it's glory 1. eastcoaststeve's 'Reflection'

The December 2011 Bike of The Month contest was taken by hollister's Ritchey Team Comp. The Ritchey will be featured in next month's mbr magazine and Hollister will receive a year’s subscription to the magazine. The full results is as follows 1. hollister's Ritchey Team Comp 2. audi-allroad's Klein Adroit 3. johntomjoe's Raleigh Activator Now taking nominations for the BoTM January 2012 contest here. Click here for more details and full results The December 2011 Bike of The Month top three are as follows 1st hollister's Ritchey Team Comp Click here for full build thread. 2nd audi-allroad's Klein Adroit Click here for full build thread. Given the closeness of the voting will also give an honourable mention to the 4th...

The November 2011 Photo of The Month (PoTM) contest was won by lewis1641's 'Nocturnal'. Now taking nominations for the December 2011 PoTM contest entitled Reflection:D Click here to see lewis1641's shot in all it's glory 1. lewis1641's 'Nocturnal'

Now have new black and brown peaked beanies in stock in the *all new* Retrobike Shop > Retrobike peaked beanies. Don't forget we are doing some great Christmas deals too, check them out here > Retrobike Xmas Specials 2011.

The The November 2011 road Bike of The Month contest was taken by ededwards' Panasonic PR-6000 - another interesting month, a fine debut win for the man who likes to think of himself as the Raymond Poulidor of Bike of The Month competitions. Second was taken by gavr's Raleigh Team and third by foz's Arthur Caygill 653. Bring on December! The full result is as follows 1. ededwards' Panasonic PR-6000 2. gavr's Raleigh Team 3. foz's Arthur Caygill 653 Now taking nominations for the December 2011 rBoTM contest. Click here for more details and full results The November 2011 road Bike of The Month top three are as follows 1. ededwards' Panasonic PR-6000 Click here for full ededwards' Panasonic PR-6000 build thread. 2. gavr's...

Retrobike BIG stickers now in stock, ideal for big applications. Stick them on your disk drive, tool box, arms or car. Click here to buy the retrobike BIG stickers.

The The November 2011 'Made In Taiwan Special' Bike of The Month contest was taken by makster's 1987 Jamis Dakota Competition. The Jamis will be featured in next month's mbr magazine and Mark will receive a year’s subscription to the magazine. The full result is as follows 1. makster's 1987 Jamis Dakota Competition 2. sinnerman's Orange Clockwork 3. trailboss' 1991 Haro Extreme Comp Now taking nominations for the December 2011 BoTM here. Click here for more details and full results The November 2011 'Made In Taiwan Special' Bike of The Month top three are as follows 1. makster's 1987 Jamis Dakota Competition Click here for full Jamis Dakota Competition build thread. 2. sinnerman's Orange Clockwork Click here for full Orange...

New online shop is now up and running here > http://www.retrobike.co.uk/shop/ 8) Have added plenty of stock previously unavailable with plenty more cool stuff in the pipeline for (realistically) after Xmas. Shipping is still free on all UK items and calculated at cost for those outside the UK - which should make international postage more reasonable esp if taking a few items. Also got the Xmas 2011 Specials online, click here to see the Retrobike Xmas Specials. We are doing hoodie + mug deals, hat + mug deals and 10% on all Endura kit. Numbers are limited to stock so if you want a combo be quick :D

This year's annual Cleland ride aka The WEndover Bash takes place on Sunday 4th December, full details on the forum here. This ride is a must for all fans of Mr Geoff Apps and his bikes.

Fancy an upgrade of that old Kona? An unknown seller with a bike of unknown provenance has something you might like. It's Charlie Cunningham's Indian #1.

If you’ve ever had a Royce hub or bb you’ll know just how high quality a British made bicycle component can be. If you haven’t been lucky enough to be a ‘Royce user’ I can highly recommend it. Even if just to see your own satisfied grin reflected in the shiniest of shiny finishes the bike industry knows. Here in our latest in the series of bike industry interviews, Retrobike goes behind the shutters of Royce Engineering down in the New Forest. And gets inside the very interesting mind of Cliff Polton, engineer, cycling and pedal car enthusiast and mouse trainer*, who has been at the helm of Royce Engineering for 20 odd years… * please see question 18. 1) Retrobike: Hello Cliff, how’s business in 2011? Cliff Polton: Phenomenal...

Uploaded to youtube by Carlton Reid this short you tube clip from Tyne Tees show 'Chain Gang' has a feature on Jason McRoy. Part of the feature shows some awesome footage of JMC vs Myles Rockwell on the Reebox Eliminator.