BoTM Bike of The Month February 2025 "lugged special", now taking entries

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February will be a lugged special; to qualify all three junctions on the main triangle (assuming a traditional style frame) must be lugged. Composite frames are more than welcome too. Other than that, all rules remain as normal.

Useful for the poll if you can structure your nomination as follows:

username's Year Manufacturer Model , e.g. @al's 1995 weird bouncy thing
Image(s) MAXIMUM OF 2
Finally please include a link to your machine in the relevant Reader's Bikes section. If you don't have an existing post now is the time to add one with as much detail as you like!
Link to all the rules http://www.retrobike.co.uk/wiki/BoTM_Rules

Nominations thread will run for the entire month of February. Entries submitted after February 28th will not be counted. The poll will go up shortly after the nominations close and will run for a week.
 
I'll start this one off.

PhillB's 1990 Kuwahara Leopard.

I absolutely love this bike 😁 , which I built up from a frame set last summer. Ishiwata quad butted tubing and it's geometry just work for me and it is so nice to ride.... It is definitely the bike in my collection that got the most miles in the last 6 months.

(It is fully lugged, but paint design makes it hard to see, photographic proof of lugs can be provided ;) if required)

Cheers!


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I'll start this one off.

PhillB's 1990 Kuwahara Leopard.

I absolutely love this bike 😁 , which I built up from a frame set last summer. Ishiwata quad butted tubing and it's geometry just work for me and it is so nice to ride.... It is definitely the bike in my collection that got the most miles in the last 6 months.

(It is fully lugged, but paint design makes it hard to see, photographic proof of lugs can be provided ;) if required)

Cheers!


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Awesome, this will be a good month!
Also let's see if we can get the complete 1990 Kuwahara MTB line up together in here.

I'll continue with mine.

@KayOs' 1990 Kuwahara Cougar.
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It is all original except for the inner cables and tyres because it was complete when I bought it at an lost and found auction, just much more dirty.
 
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