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Another month, another win for Pete McC making his total BoTM wins three! Pete's Manitou (a former Feature Bike of The Month) takes the win in the August 2009 FS Special edition of BoTM. Can Pete make it four by the end of 2009!

Pete McC's Yeti Ultimate takes a well deserved win in the July 2009 edition of BoTM. Bravo Pete, one of the cleanest Yeti build we've seen!

From L to R, Neil Ruddock, Freider the Champion of the World and Ed "Lemmy" Edwards The OWMTBC2009 Champ has been crowned. Freider from Germany took the title after a days hard racing. Looking forward to 2010 already! Still recovering from a great weekend, full report to follow. Meanwhile the aftermath thread can be found here.

They're stoked, are you? As you can see Charlie Kelly, Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze, Charlie Cunningham and Fairfax Pat are getting stoked by the idea of OWMTBC09, are you? It's just six weeks until 4th and 5th September 2009 and there are still some places available but you need to be quick - see www.owmtbc.org for an entry form and more information. Sponsored by Retrobike and Howies there will be plenty of prizes and the format means that the fastest rider is very unlikely to win - how cool would it be to be World Champion? There will only be one chance to be at the first World Champs dedicated solely to old bikes and in years to come many people will lay a claim and proudly announce "I was there". Don't just make the claim, actually be...

Another month another outstanding bike. This 1991 Funk Pro Comp belongs to Felixdelrio aka Andreas, the site's #1 purveyor of leftfield brands! Felixdelrio & 1991 Funk Pro Comp As you all might know I am the e-stay maniac. This is my fav ecs bike the 1991 Funk Pro Comp with the quite rare Black/Magenta/Fluo-Green paint scheme and matching Big Fork. I bought this bike back in 2005 from a Berlin based collector. At this time the bike was unridden, a true virgin. During the last years I changed a lot of parts and now everything is perfect. Most of the parts are NOS. I rode the Funk mostly 1-2 times per week it’s truly a dream ride … FUNKY! 1991 Funk Pro Comp rear end detail 1991 Funk Pro Comp handlebar detail

A class build from one of retrobike's #1 builders. Over to retroking#1 for a brief write up on his Ritchey Team Comp Retroking#1's Ritchey Team Comp Like a lot of you when you find retrobike you start reading threads on bikes and parts you knew nothing about. As a result I got interested in building a early bike and when I met velomaniac at Cannock, riding the McSchwinn, and knowing al was advertising a Ritchey frame and fork I was hooked. A few PMs to al and I had got myself what turned out to be a Ritchey Team Comp frame and fork. Using the link from this site I found http://www.oldmountainbikes.com so now I knew what I had to find. So with the help of ebay I found the bars, rims, mechs, cranks, shifters, levers, brakes, saddle...

Following from it's feature on the front page Sinnett177's Raleigh takes a win in the June 2009 "team bike special" edition bike of the month.

Next up in the twenty questions series is an interview with Ross Shafer of Salsa Cycles fame. Enjoy! Ross Shafer at work Retrobike: Hi Ross, how's life? Ross Shafer: Howdy Auggie, life is quite grand all considered, I’ve got a dream wife, an awesome home in the country, a talented son who actually took my advice (imagine that!) to follow his heart instead of other’s expectations and is just beginning his career as a tattoo artist, a bitchin’ new job, I’m playing guitar in a great band with an awesome songwriter, and after 40 years of wanting to do so I’ve finally taken the plunge and am learning to play the pedal steel guitar! Oh yeah, I’ve still got all my hair and it ain’t even gray yet! Just call me lucky! RB: What's your...

There are only three weeks to go until the inaugural RetroBike Big Dirty Weekender which this year is located in "God's own Yorkshire". It's shaping up to be a great weekend with some quality riding and general retro goodness over two days. We have a superb 15 mile old skool route on the Saturday through the glorious forests and moorland of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park and RetroBike's Gil_M will be leading us around some of his favourite parts of Dalby Forest on the Sunday. We hope to have around 80 retro bikes on display including the largest ever gathering of old skool PACE bikes. We also have The Repack Downhill Challenge, a stage event over the two days of riding, a concours event with several classes and prizes, The...

For those who missed out on MM or who haven't followed one of the many threads (like this one) you won't know about the catchily titled "Original Source Mountain Mayhem Retrobike Trophy". On the showstand over the course of the weekend we held a public vote to find the 'best' bike on display. The winner was called on Sunday afternoon and a presentation made in front of the masses. The winner was Jez with his Pace RC-100. A worthy and iconic winner for sure, well done Jez!

'Dr' Steve Peat has somehow found time to plan what is sure to be a mouth-watering 4th annual Wharncliffe Weekender, despite his hectic racing schedule and his new found profession, delivering babies! Little did Sheffield University know last year that the honorary doctorate awarded in 2008 was to pre-empt the delivery of son number 2. All this when the UCI Downhill World Cup is now in full swing with Steve having a blistering start and leading the points series with 2 wins and a podium in the 3 rounds so far. His win in Andorra has now established the Sheffield born rider as the most successful of all time with 17 World Cup wins. He's somehow finding time for the return of the ever popular event ...... The annual cross country...

Ready To Ride Mayhem is over for another year, but what a great year it was! With over 30 riders and a massive stand this was by far the biggest year ever for Retrobike. Check the threads in the forum here and here for a flavour of what happened along with more pictures.

Follow retrobike on twitter - http://twitter.com/retrobike. Will do a few updates from MM over the weekend!

Once again Retrobike will be at this weekend's OS Mountain Mayhem 2009 at Eastnor - this will be our biggest and best year ever! Our new and improved show stand will be located in the heart of the MM arena and features some of your favourite and most significant MTBs from the dawn of the sport, along with a fine selection of vintage road and bmx bikes. Over the course of the weekend we’ll be holding a vote for the ‘Mountain Mayhem Retrobike Trophy' - so make sure you drop by the stand, check out all the bikes and cast your vote! 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...

August 15th sees the return of the fantastic singletrack trails of Stanmer Park in the shape of a fresh and new 6 hour enduro for solos and teams: It's called: "The Brighton Big Dog." The event offers a dedicated pre-95 retro-category sponsored by Retrobike and a pre race retrobike show - winner takes the Retrobike BigDog Trophy home! Local riders have come together to put on a rider organised, not for profit, summer classic at the Stanmer venue. We've taken a course described by many as the best of 2008 and added our own Big Dog flavour. Our dedicated pack have been meticulously combing the park in order to unearth new and hidden gems and we can proudly say that the natural flowing singletrack has been enhanced. Whilst riders are...

Archangel takes the May 2009 BoTM with a very worth winner - Specialized's finest Stumpjumper Epic Ultimate!

Pete McC's Doug Bradbury Manitou Full Suspension In the now standard start to a Retrobike.co.uk story I want you to wind the clock back 17 years - it's 1992, Carter USM are riding high in the charts and playing on my 'auto-reverse' walkman, my Calvin Kleins are visible for all to see above the waistband of my baggy jeans and the MBUK Summer Special has just landed in WHSmiths. This years Summer Special really lived up to it's name as nestled amongst the pages of vital holiday reading was an article so special that it would get read with an amazed open mouth more often than a lottery winner rereads his winning ticket - the Superbike Test! Four bikes - all works of art, all utterly desirable and all far too expensive for a 17 year old on...