BoTM Bike of The Month March 2023 - taking entries

[gtturbo]

GTTurbo's 1993 Orange Vitamin T.

After having my first try at BOTM last month with the repaint specials let's have another go this month with my barely used 93 Orange Vit T.

Link to the build, well more of a clean up, thread is here - https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1993-orange-vitamin-t.445196/

 

[mk one]

GTTurbo's 1993 Orange Vitamin T.

After having my first try at BOTM last month with the repaint specials let's have another go this month with my barely used 93 Orange Vit T.

Link to the build, well more of a clean up, thread is here - https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1993-orange-vitamin-t.445196/

Very nice, would like to try one one day.

Deserving of better pictures in my opinion, at least one with the full bike in shot.

 

[pw_pw_la]

@switchlux 1992 Curtlo Mountaineer / Team Cycle World / raced by Anna Huber

https://www.dirty-sundays.com/1992-curtlo-mountaineer-anna-huberView attachment 721040
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Completely and utterly perfect.

 

[Arran]

Arran's '93 Giant CFM 1:

Sorry about the 'sterile' images. This one hasn't been taken om any picturesque excursions...
The bike is completely original - catalogue spec, + a pair M535 SPDs

Link to 'Reader's Bike' thread

 

[rwm1962]

I'll throw another Orange into the mix. A few extra welds on this one! Build Thread

rwm1962's 1994 Orange Vit T2

 

[rwm1962]

last month with the repaint specials let's have another go this month with my barely used 93 Orange Vit T

Looks shop fresh!

 

[novekili]

The two Oranges and the Curtlo are really close. Since I only vote for bikes with clipless pedals, the choice is narrowed to two so far,,,

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Since I only vote for bikes with clipless pedals

Really? That's a strange stand to take. You would pick a rubbish bike over quality, solely based on an accessory? To me, that's akin to choosing a car based on the steering wheel cover

 

[raidan73]

The poll is up

 

[novekili]

Really? That's a strange stand to take. You would pick a rubbish bike over quality, solely based on an accessory? To me, that's akin to choosing a car based on the steering wheel cover

Well, you don't normally find rubbish in "bike of the month" contests. Since there are always two or three bikes I prefer , and I only vote bikes I'd ride (and I'd never, ever, ride a bike without clipless pedals, or, at least, toeclips) I never give my vote to bikes without them. Clipless pedals are not accessories. They, or, rather, their absence, affect any bike's performance dramatically. That is, for xc use, which is what I do.
Besides,in the case at issue, there are two Vit T's, so the vote is necessarily based on accessories. This said, I might go for the Curtlo.