BoTM Bike of The Month September 2023 - Nomination Thread

[mk one]

I’ll try with my Lavoie. Pretty sure I’ve not entered it before. Here’s the original thread for it, more How-I-Found-It than a build thread but it gives you an idea of how it started. It’s the sister bike to the ‘Need For Speed’ article from MBUK around 1990. Frame number 18 made by Maurice Lavoie.

1990 Lavoie Titanium made by Maurice Lavoie

So confession time, I often lurk on here to absorb knowledge about bikes I'm building and don't contribute much. Most of my posts are image led and without my desktop computer and photoshop I can't share photos on this site. Adding photos here is a pain and they're so small that you can't see...

www.retrobike.co.uk

MarkJohnson76 1989 Lavoie Titanium #18
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wow

 

[Star12]

Exactly... damn...

Star12

 

[yakboy]

As there are some amazing Titanium bikes in this month's BOTM I thought I would keep the theme going.

@yakboy 1992 Litespeed Mountain

Austrian Litespeed Find

There are quite a few advantages to having a best mate who lives in the Austrian Alps and works in both the ski and biking sector. Free accommodation is one of them but another is that whilst in his bike shop manager capacity interesting things sometimes come through the door. So a few weeks...

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[racecarjohnny]

Racecarjohnny’s 1991 Grove Innovations X
Build thread

 

[yakboy]

Wow now the stakes have got really high...that is beautiful.

 

[Jourian]

Jourian's 1990 Koga Miyata SkyRunnerCBL
(not a build) thread

 

[Once A Hero]

Once A Hero’s 1991 Offroad Pro-Flex 550

Build thread here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1991-offroad-pro-flex-550.384557/

 

[Nabeaquam]

My Klunker with a 1940 Shelby wishbone frame. https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1940-shelby-wishbone.469870/

 

[sinnerman]

I’ll try with my Lavoie. Pretty sure I’ve not entered it before. Here’s the original thread for it, more How-I-Found-It than a build thread but it gives you an idea of how it started. It’s the sister bike to the ‘Need For Speed’ article from MBUK around 1990. Frame number 18 made by Maurice Lavoie.

1990 Lavoie Titanium made by Maurice Lavoie

So confession time, I often lurk on here to absorb knowledge about bikes I'm building and don't contribute much. Most of my posts are image led and without my desktop computer and photoshop I can't share photos on this site. Adding photos here is a pain and they're so small that you can't see...

www.retrobike.co.uk

MarkJohnson76 1989 Lavoie Titanium #18
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Wasnt it Lavoie that were asked to fabricate the front triangles for G.T so they could bolt a chromoly subframe to 1990 Xizang....?

 

[Elfman]

Wow, some great bikes this month! I'll throw my hat in the ring:

Elfman's 1991 Kestrel CSX

Build thread here, taking it from a pretty beat up black CSX to what it is now: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/kestrel-csx-build.450047/