Just uploaded a few new catalogues to the retrobike archive, one of the largest cycling resources on the web.
-Klein Catalogues, click here.
-Trek Catalogues, click here.
-Independent Fabrication Catalogues, click here.
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The May 2010 Road Bike of The Month contest was won by Slotcar55's Agordina Cromovelato "80th year" a deserving and extremely rare winner.
The full results are as follows
1. Slotcar55's Agordina Cromovelato "80th year"
2. Shamus' 1984 Colnago Master
3. wired99's 1983 Raleigh Gran Sport
Now taking nominations for the June 2010 rBoTM here.
Click here for more details and full results
The May 2010 Road Bike of The Month top three are as follows
1. Slotcar55's Agordina Cromovelato "80th year"
2. Shamus' 1984 Colnago Master
3. wired99's 1983 Raleigh Gran Sport
Click here to read more about wired99's Raleigh.
Once again Retrobike will be at Mountain Mayhem at Eastnor - and once again this will be our biggest and best year ever!
The retrobike camp, trackside tent and show tent will be in one area this year and is not to be missed. Where will we be? Don't worry, you'll find us ;) Those of you racing this year should watch out for our retro-themed trackside tent of crazy supporters, listen out for those classic old schools tunes and party whilst you pedal! At Retrobike we don’t only party hard – we have over 40 riders in various teams and solo classes, making us probably the largest club in the event!
All Retrobike riders will be on old school machinery and some still in their vintage race strips! So be sure to support the Retrobike riders out...
Get your old road irons polished up, shave your legs and don your Bolles as we're running a Retro Road Ride (AKA The Welsh Borders Grimpeur) on Saturday 24th July.
What does it involve, I hear you cry?
A stunning, scenic and undulating Sportive style 90 km ride on very quiet country roads with a country pub lunch/stop. There's plenty of climbing but nothing super steep so with a compact and a bit of fitness all should be fine.
Where is it happening?
The ride will start and finish in Hampton Bishop, just outside of the cathedral city of Hereford.
Accommodation?
If you want to stay over there’s a very good campsite about a mile and a half from the ride start/finish, plus good B&B option 3 miles away in the next village...
The retrobike man bags (laptop / messenger bags) have just arrived and quickly left Retrobike's Secret HQ nestled deep in the Warwickshire Alps. We have a small second batch of these arriving soon, the first batch having sold out within hours. Full details of the bags can be found on the Lowe Pro website here.
Colours we have are black and brown as pictured.
Price will be £27 posted in the UK.
To order please register a firm interest in this thread here or via PM.
The weekend of 15th May saw the Bravehearts of MacRetro take on the Ten Under The Ben 10 hour mtb marathon. Read on to find out about their experiences (or click here for the aftermath thread).
Part 1 - The Ken sets the scene
Most of us set up camp early on Friday evening and headed of up the Aonach Mor gondola for our free meal and free very small malt whisky.
On return the other happy campers had arrived, We had a beer or 2 whilst chatting out in the drizzle taking turns not to out wheelie Eck on his monster San Andreas. Someone had to lift me up to get on it.
We eventually decided at around 11.30 to head off for a decent kip before our dawn rise. Unfortunately it was Dawn that kept us awake, her and her mates in a close by tent...
A global celebration of classic mountain bikes in action at OWMTBC 2010. In its second year, the Old World MTB Championship is a weekend dedicated to showing and riding classic mountain bikes with fellow enthusiasts, re-living the spirit of those free spirited early MTB weekends. The OWMTBC was designed to give an outlet to the growing fascination with the birth and early years of mountain biking – with the Retrobike forum in the UK having over 9,000 registered members, it looks like it is more than a minority interest group!
The OWMTBC weekend, over 2nd, 3rd and 4th September, is all about original bikes, clothes, riders and attitude with points and prizes to be won over the weekend – so dig out your old MTB and head for the hills...
Over a couple of pints in December, a friend suggested we ride the Fred Whitton (the event website describes it simply as ".... a 112 mile ultra hilly (mountainous!) challenge ride over all the famous Lake District passes in a single day ride".). Glowing with festive cheer I readily agreed, confident that with it's popularity that we would never get in. We did. What follows is what happened, as best I can remember.
After packing the car in the dark on Friday night, I had a restless sleep plagued with thoughts of not enough training and fear of what the event would bring (not helped by late rider information from the organisers that described poor road surfaces - potholes, corrugation from ice and snow, hairpins etc. - on 7 of the 9...
Last year's Brighton Big Dog was one of the highlights of last year's retrobike calendar. Click here to check the aftermath from 2009. The 2010 event promises to be bigger and better but has sold out already! Fortunately the nice people who run this event have agreed to keep a very limited number of entries back for the Open Retro class (in association with retrobike of course). This year the Open Retro class is open to teams of two and three. If you'd like to enter you'll now need to contact the organisers directly via email, [email protected] .
To discuss in the forum click here.
The April 2010 Photo of The Month (P.o.T.M.) contest was won by Wu-Tangled's 'This is Why'.
Now taking nominations for the May 2010 P.o.T.M. contest entitled 'The Wheel' here.
Click here to see Wu's shot in all it's glory
1. Wu-Tangled's 'This is Why'
The
The latest Cool Wall vote has been called. This one has a winner unlike others. Klein, the choice of the Yuppie and masters of oversized alloy are COOOOL.
Next up on the vote is Mountain Biking.
The April 2010 Road Bike of The Month contest was won by Shamus' 1984 Colnago Arabesque, which will come as no to surprise to many!
The full results are as follows
1. Shamus' 1984 Colnago Arabesque
2. LGF's Orange Dynamo
3. Shogun's Appelby Track bike
Now taking nominations for the May 2010 rBoTM here.
Click here for more details and full results
The April 2010 Road Bike of The Month top three are as follows
1. Shamus' 1984 Colnago Arabesque
Click here for the full and detailed build thread.
2. LGF's Orange Dynamo
Click here for the Big Cheese's build thread.
3. Shogun's Appelby Track bike
The April 2010 Bike of The Month saw Sinnett177's 1991 Alpinestars Ti-Mega EOS take a well earned victory from some very stiff competition. The victory was Sinnett177's second in this contest having previously tasted victory in the June 2009 edition of this contest. The Ti-Mega will be featured in next month's mbr magazine and Sinnett177 will receive a year’s subscription to the magazine.
The full results are as follows
1. Sinnett177's 1991 Alpinestars Ti-Mega EOS
2. pwriter's Ritchey Plexus
3. unospeedo's WTB Phoenix
Now taking nominations for the May 2010 'Anodized Special' BoTM here. Don't forget winner will receive a years mbr magazine subscription so get that best Ringle out!
Click here for more details and full results
The...
May 8th 2010, meeting at 10am for a 10:30 start.
20 mile route which Drystonepaul knows well and it's definitely a great route and definitely suitable for retro bikes. A map will appear soon, but basically it starts at the Coniston Ferry Landing car park on Lake Road just to the south of Coniston. [Grid: SD308970] There's a nice little cafe there too. The route goes up to High Tilberthaite and then across past Hodge Close and then West to Arnside Intake. From Knipe Fold the ride continues on some quiet lanes and to the edge of Grizedale Forest at High Cross. Then we'll join the North Face Trail and follow it down to the Visitor Centre for some food. After that we'll continue around the NFT up to Lawson Park, before taking a great...
Yet another great retrobike ride was had last weekend in the Peak district. The Three Tribes meet saw riders from the Midlands, North West and North East converge on an unsuspecting Peak district and meet up having followed three different routes. Click here for a full aftermath.
Dave Hemming's (alleged) old Fat Chance 'Harlequin' Yo Eddy has just appeared for sale ! Click here for full details, still awaiting confirmation from both Mr Hemming and the seller that this is the real deal.
The nightride aftermath thread is now up here. We had riders out all over the world from Tasmania to Fairfax via Leamingtons Spa & Poland!
