BoTM Bike of The Month August 2023 - 'Steel is Real' -taking entries

[KayOs]

Thanks for the explanation, now I will definitely worry less about whether the frame of a super bargain will fit me. Everything is possible

 

[CranksAndCanvas]

How about this guy...

@CranksAndCanvas 1990 Kona Cinder Cone


Here's the build...

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1990-kona-cinder-cone-update-what-to-do-about-tyres.439784/

Cheers
Tom

 

[raidan73]

This isn't rude at all so don't worry.
I just wanted to show the bikes transformation but I can change the first picture, no problem.

Only one pic will be displayed in the poll so it doesn't really matter which two pics you post up. It could be one before and one after, one clean and one dirty

How about this guy...

@CranksAndCanvas 1991 Kona Cindercone

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Here's the build...

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1990-kona-cinder-cone-update-what-to-do-about-tyres.439784/

Cheers
Tom

Looks lovely and clean that Tom. Where's the backdrop?

 

[al-onestare]

How about this guy...

@CranksAndCanvas 1991 Kona Cindercone

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Here's the build...

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1990-kona-cinder-cone-update-what-to-do-about-tyres.439784/

Cheers
Tom

It is/was a 1990 model.

 

[synlos]

synlos' Brodie Catalyst from Oct. 89.

 

[grahame]

I was saving it for a “blue collar” month, but what the heck. Here’s Grahame’s ‘92 Breezer Storm in totally stock build

 

[mk one]

A picture of a picture

 

[grahame]

Yup. The only picture (of a picture) that I currently have of the bike on its own.

No need for a build thread.

 

[retrobikeguy]

I have my1992 Merida Albon that qualifies

Is this ..... Aluminium bonded into steel lugs?

 

[georges1]

Is this ..... Aluminium bonded into steel lugs?

Rear seat stays and chain stays as well fork are crmo 4130 , it is in fact aluminum front triangle and lugs bonded into a rear crmo 4130 seat stays and chain stays as well as a chromo fork. It is more or less like the older Raleigh Technium