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This just in from Joel Smith from Tomac Bikes on the new Tomac DB10. -The working name of the bike has been the DB10 (drop bar 10 years, 10 total to be built) -This is the ten year anniversary of the Tomac brand, and this limited edition bike to commemorate the occasion. -Johnny raced in drops back in 1990 and 1991. He was racing pro on the road as well as in the dirt and was very comfortable racing with drops. -Custom build with straight gauge chromoly tubes by Chris Herting and custom painted by Spectrum Powder Works The Background Story by Joel Smith Johnny raced his drop bar bike back in 1990, at the time when I was racing Expert-level cross country and I saw him race the bike at Mammoth. He was absolutely flooring it...

That's right! Retrobike.co.uk have a half page feature in the May 2008 edition of the UK's original MTB mag - MBUK. The magazine is in your local newsagent now so best rush out and get it - the mag even includes a puncture repair kit as a double bonus. A little discussion in the forum here.

A great pic to win the 'Two Wheeled Landscape' competition: Look out for the next POTM competition in the forum..

The winner in the March 2008 Bike Of The Month contest (Titanium special) is Skide's Funk Ti. One rare machine!

What better to drink a cup of builders tea out of whilst spannering up one of your fine retro bikes than a retrobike mug. After the first batch sold out in 12 hours the second batch has arrived. These are also selling out in record time. If you'd like one please paypal £11 for UK or £14 for non UK (airmail on these is strong!!) to admin@retrobike.co.uk

you'll meet the Retrobike mods... so be afraid be very afraid and don't forget your banjo....

Another winner from over La Manche (is this a conspiracy ??) Albatros' 1995 Emery Primo Very nice work..

Gus wins our first Action shot competition with this shot of Mrs Wu out on her Dekerf, a top pic and worthy winner..

It's not often we feature someones bike on the home page unless they have won a BOTM vote, however I think for this piece of history we can make an exception!! Bushpig's Cunnigham is quite a machine and an interesting story behind it, read more at Readers Bikes.....

The mighty Gump will be leading you all around the best that Afan has to offer, not to be missed !!

Independent minded. Original. A person with a sense of humor. Somebody who doesn't take himself too seriously. Thats is how Sheldon Brown described himself and all of you familiar with his site will attest to that fact, it's probably how most bike enthusiasts would like to be remembered. Over the years we have all come to rely on Sheldon and his encyclopedia of bike knowledge, the SeatPost chart has saved me much time and effort. So, now he's gone to a place where there are no cars and just miles of endless flowing singletrack weaving among the clouds, wonder if he'll show god how to roll a steel beed tire for tight packing !! Thanks for everything mr Brown...

BOTM winner in our KONA special is kase1983's Kona Hot, a quality winner in a stiff competition..

Two really different types of photo, Joint winners and both deserve their place on the Front page.. Here we have one of p20's Mates taking a tumble, below Ameybrooks arty shot of a Porc Trail !!

While on holiday in San Francisco this past October I took the opportunity to visit American Cyclery, one of San Francisco's and America's oldest continuously operating bicycle shops. It was absolutely the bicycle shop I hoped it might be. American Cyclery has a fantastic selection of classically styled road bikes. Their new bike selection clearly represents a belief in the ride quality and durability of steel. Rather than stocking the full range of any given manufacturer they stock only the bikes that illustrate the shop's steel philosophy at the appropriate price points. At the time of my visit their selection began with Raleigh and Bianchi, moved on to Soma and Gunnar and on up to Waterford, with each of the lower-end models...

if you happen to be one of pioneers of the sport ?? Well, MTB forfather Charlie Kelly shows us his Ritchey P21 in Readers Bikes...

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 ??

Big Welcome to EdEdwards who joins the Mod team. This guy takes no prisoners, you better be nice !! Look out for a full run down of the RetroBike.co.uk Mod crew, coming soon to the FAQ forum...