BoTY Bike of The Year 2023 - The poll

Bike of The Year

Pick your winner

  • Staffy's 1991 Gary Fisher Prometheus

    Votes: 10 7.6%
  • racecarjohnny’s 1990 Grove Innovations Hardcore

    Votes: 11 8.3%
  • Huskydinobomber’s Breezer Lightning Flash

    Votes: 8 6.1%
  • Tomianson’s 1992 Chas Roberts DOGS BOLX

    Votes: 25 18.9%
  • Nabeaquam’s Breezer #1 tribute

    Votes: 15 11.4%
  • Mcada’s 1991 Steve Potts Cross Country Racer

    Votes: 11 8.3%
  • Sinnerman’s Sonic Mountain/Messenger

    Votes: 5 3.8%
  • Racecarjohnny’s 1988 Mountain Goat Deluxe

    Votes: 5 3.8%
  • Racecarjohnny’s 1989 Brave Warrior

    Votes: 8 6.1%
  • MarkJohnson76 1989 Lavoie Titanium #18

    Votes: 13 9.8%
  • Deanphoto’s 1993 GT Team RTS

    Votes: 7 5.3%
  • Woodsie’s 1988 Rocky Mountain Avalanche

    Votes: 2 1.5%
  • Vintageman’s 1986 Dirt Shark

    Votes: 12 9.1%

  • Total voters
    132
  • Poll closed .
These are all lovely bikes/builds, so how do I decide…?

Well here’s an old man’s ramblings, to be taken with a pinch of salt, obviously!

Applying “Rule #1”, ‘coloured cable outers… NO!’ eliminates a few for a start.

Prometheus - ✅
Grove - out - (rule #1)
Breezer - out - pedal reflectors/stem
BOLX - out - white brake blocks/753 on fork legs
Tribute - out - (rule #1)
Potts - ✅
Sonic - out - (rule #1)
MGD - out - the bottle cage
Brave - out - purple rims
Lavoie - ✅
RTS - out - tri spokes
Rocky - ✅
Shark - ✅

That whittles it down to five.

So, which would I want to own and ride out of those?

The Lavoie 🥇
 
Some great bikes and a difficult choice but it has to be the Grove for me.
If it was a dog I’d pat its head and stroke it.
 
Congrats to all the monthly winners, not an easy choice. But the there is one that I really would love to throw a leg over & point at some dusty singletrack.
 
Dang, there are some beautiful bikes there, will be a tough Year to vote
 
Between Shark and Goat. Forks rule out the Lavoie and the Roberts - I simply don't like straights or boxy crowns.
Nothing rational nor systematic, just "now that's pretty AND it looks right, so it will be."
All worthy in their own way.
 

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