BoTM Bike of The Month August 2024 "USA Special" - now taking entries

[al]

'97 Boulder Starship.

Have a look here...

Boulder Starship

A garden full of project bike. Bought this 97 Boulder complete except wheels, now for the strip down and rebuild with my own favourite bits. As always, sorry for the poor shot! al

www.retrobike.co.uk

al.

 

[Earl J]

Nice but this BOTM is for bikes up to and including 1997. You need to stick your Ibis into the less frequent, but often well supported, 1998 BOTM.

Hello Frankenorange,

Well actually, the Ibis Bow-Ti was released for sale in 1997. I just couldn’t afford to buy one until 1998. It was expensive then for a MTB. This is what made me think I could enter this contest/thread. So does this is still exclude my entry?

Quote from Ibis article:

Ibis started making BowTis in ’97, and a lot of BowTis are still being ridden hard. I know, because I’ve had a good percentage of them in my shop to have a disc mount welded on. It’s amazing how beloved some of these bikes are. One guy says his BowTi has 40,000 miles and counting. I’m still making the occasional new BowTi too, with Steve Potts, but Ti has gotten so expensive its kind-of crazy. But, like I said, you do what you gotta do.

John Castellano, aka Mr Pivotless


Cheers,
~Earl J

 

[WimVDD]

WimVDD 's 1991 Scott Windriver

 

[Lhatch4]

What a month! So many great bikes. Epic!

 

[raidan73]

Hello Frankenorange,

Well actually, the Ibis Bow-Ti was released for sale in 1997. I just couldn’t afford to buy one until 1998. It was expensive then for a MTB. This is what made me think I could enter this contest/thread. So does this is still exclude my entry?

Quote from Ibis article:

Ibis started making BowTis in ’97, and a lot of BowTis are still being ridden hard. I know, because I’ve had a good percentage of them in my shop to have a disc mount welded on. It’s amazing how beloved some of these bikes are. One guy says his BowTi has 40,000 miles and counting. I’m still making the occasional new BowTi too, with Steve Potts, but Ti has gotten so expensive its kind-of crazy. But, like I said, you do what you gotta do.

John Castellano, aka Mr Pivotless


Cheers,
~Earl J

If your particular bike is a 98 then unfortunately it's not eligible

 

[Retro_Roy]

retro roy's mantis XCR

Mantis XCR Composite

hi did a bit of horse trading with a fellow Retrobiker for this one. finished it this past week. still may change a few things on it. let me know what you think so far. roy

www.retrobike.co.uk

i think this month could use a bit more boutique stuff. a usa special needs a mantis example.

 

[wtb_rider]

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[racecarjohnny]

Strong finish, keep em coming. Surely there’s a Ritchey or Fat Chance out there or Yeti?

 

[boy"O"boy]

ooooh....


92 Extreme Punisher....the only one i know with u brake studs in the back.

Lovely bike. But it's already had a go in a 'special month' BOTM

BoTM - BoTM November 2022 'Amnesty Special' - The Vote

The largest field for ages, which isn't surprising given the remit. All entries are bikes which have tried before but didn't manage to get the win. You're still only getting one vote though ;) Here they are..... mk one's '96 Kona Hei Hei Peachy’s 1995 Claud Butler Titanius Benjabbi's 1996...

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and also May 2020 BOTM

BotM May 2020 – U-brake/rollercam special - THE VOTE

Stepping in to help Adrian this month… don’t worry, normal service will resume soon.. :D (This will get moved over to its proper place later) Great line up this month all the weird and wonderful that we’ve come to expect.. :roll:

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and also Nov 2016 BOTM

BotM November 2016 - CAST YOUR VOTES

The usual apologies for the lateness of the vote thread; late even by my own standards :oops: Two votes a piece again and without further ado I give you your November 2016 submissions to choose from..... wtb_rider's 1993 Extreme Performance Punisher Retro_Roy's 1984 Brodie #024 Raidan73's...

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boy"O"boy

 

[2cam16]

Just discovered this thread. Here's my 1997 Mountain Cycle Moho CXS.