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Just finished updating the retro and reissued parts thread today, which can be found here. Loads of stuff added including NOS XC Pro and spare L shape brackets for ringle H20 cages. If you find anything else out there please add to the thread!

More images from Geoff Waugh from the recent MBR magazine retrobike article have been uploaded here. Geoff has indicated there should be some detail shots uploaded soon.

MBR magazine joined us at last months Thetford meet. The resulting article is out in this months (April 2010) MBR and is the best piece on the site in the press to date - top work! Click here to see the article and forum discussion. The article features five riders and bikes with pictures by Geoff Waugh and words by Andy Waterman. The bikes includes Jon's (aka Jonnyboy666) Orange Aluminium Elite, Neill's Eastern Woods Research, Rekiborter's (aka Chris) Parkpre Pro Image, Jango's (aka Kevin) Nuke Proof Reactor and my own Yo Eddy. Be sure to check it out.

The retrobike google map for registered forum users is now back online here. If you've not added yourself to the map and you'd like to you can do so by updating your profile, just click 'search my coordinate' and get your pin on the map.

This just in from Neill, the man behind the GoatSurfer Retro MTB website. Planet Earth, November 2009 - GoatSurfer Retro MTB officially launches online. GoatSurfer Retro MTB has been started primarily to put something back into the RetroBike Community and that 'something' is the Pace Forks Timeline. The object of this is to have a chronological timeline with high quality pictures, model numbers and product info for all the Pace forks. This took a while to get together and is still missing some info so if you can help with any corrections, photo's or tech specs please PM me. Also located at GoatSurfer Retro MTB is a small vintage catalogue collection, a bunch of random MTB info that you might find interesting and links to the...

Cook Bros is alive according to the recently updated website. Look forward to seeing what they come out with.

Good to see the Cunningham Bikes website back up, an outstanding resource for all things 'ham.

Just been sent a link (thanks to @cdnprairiedog on twitter) to a very interesting advert on craigslist. The advert reads as follows bicycle framebuilding jigs - $8000 I'm selling all my framebuilding jigs / fixtures / tubing / brazons. These are all the jigs and fixtures used to make the 4000+ handbuilt brodie frames over a 15 year period... a liitle bit of history you might say! I haven't built a bicycle frame in about 5 years, so it is time to move them on, hopefully to a good home where they will be used. The price is $8000 firm. Call Paul @ 604 xxx xxxx Could be a chance to own a piece of history or at least setup your own frame shop. More pictures and discussion in the forum here.

Updated classified rules here. New gold trader status trial here. Please check them out!

It's all go here at RB's mountain hideaway. Just tweaked the forum template slightly to be consistent with the rest of the site and include the site wide google search function. If you've any feedback please leave it here. If you'd like to use the old template (I know you all fear change) or any of the other templates guidance for that can be found here.

Apparently US$12211 (around GBP£7322) . Click here for more details.

The "Does Retro Rock" article from What Mountain Bike Issue 100 is now online, thanks to the WMB Ed for allowing us to host this. The article features various site members along with a Guy Kesteven from WMB riding various old machines including a Pace RC-100, Raleigh Team Dynatech, AMP Research B4, Tushingham and Klein Attitude. The bikes were compared against their current favourite, a Giant Anthem. Read the article to find out who came on top!

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

English off-road pioneer Geoff Apps has finally been nominated for the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame by Graham Wallace. Click here for full details > http://www.completesite.com/mbhof/page.cfm?pageid=7&categoryid=4&memberid=209

Oury made some of the finest grips back in the day. To celebrate the release of the Oury 2009 range the UK importers Descent-Gear.com have given retrobike a pair of grips to give to the lucky winner of the November 2008 BoTM contest. So, over to the importer for a rundown of the new range Oury Grips have been around since year dot as you can see by their still popular 80's retro grip designs. New for 2009 are these new colour ways for an ever expanding rider base. Oury Grips know exactly what their doing, as you can see they have been doing it for long enough! Whether your into Moto-X, ATV's, Jet Ski's, BMX or Mountain Bikes then Oury have a grip for you. For those of you with small hands and small things to grip onto this is the...

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.