BoTM Nov 2011 'Made in Taiwan Special' - Nominations Please

[Mr Panda]

christ , i never even heard the bell

asshats up there with pissflaps tho innit

Not got the excellent potential venom of bawbag though.

....or heidtheba'

...or bawheid

Onyways, stuff it , i might enter something soon representing the More Bikes Please Party :idea:

 

[stumpjumper1990]

I was hoping to see some bikes here........ How wrong can you be.....!?!

No Marin's yet......?

 

[wired99]

Me too Seems to have died a death...
Hope it wasn't my 'saddle bag that started the decent into chaos.. :roll: :cry:

 

[WD Pro]

My first MTB (owned from new) and my first BOTM entry

I think it breaks about every unwritten BOTM rule (said very tongue in cheek ;-) ) :

• Made in Taiwan (I think ? but that’s OK this month)
• Black wall tyres … :-(
• Modern tyres … :-(
• Slick tyres … :-(
• No bright ano …
• The saddles at the right height … ;-)
• The bars are at the right height … ;-)
• It’s got pedals, chain and a bottle cage … ;-)
• It’s a Marin …

But I do have the obligatory crap picture (and due to personal and work commitments, no time to get a better one :-() :

I was stuck what to pick for the second picture so this one will have to do :

At least (if studied) it shows some of the detail / mods / time that went into building it up.

If anyone’s interested in any of the other bits (and have a good chunk of spare time ) the 28 page / 2 year 10 month build thread link can be found in my sig :shock:

WD

 

[Raging_Bulls]

I was hoping to see some bikes here........ How wrong can you be.....!?!

There ya go. Happy now?

 

[dbmtb]

OK. Pic taken in a rush today against a boring wall. My entries will never be about photgraphic prowess!

Even got the specs wrong - it's the stumpy that has the Control tech cockpit. This has Titec bars, Control tech stem and profile bar ends.

Anyway - it's all nearly NOS M950 8-speed (even original IG chain) with original crossmaxes - rear rim is coming apart at the usual place but it's still rideable).Frame is AFAIK 94 with repro 96 decals by Gil. Everything else except the forks (98 I believe) is 96/7.

I make no apologies for the bottle cage.

 

[Raging_Bulls]

Darn, WD's Marin. Completely forgot that that was Taiwanese as well.

Guess that's the one which will be getting my vote. Excellent work there, WD.

 

[makster]

Darn, WD's Marin. Completely forgot that that was Taiwanese as well.

Guess that's the one which will be getting my vote. Excellent work there, WD.

Yep, if this doesn't win then its a travesty. Got to be the best build I've seen since joining

 

[MikeD]

Go on WD, stick knobblies on it just for the photos

 

[Mr Duke]

Mongo

Please may I submit my Mongoose IBOC Pro, seaside edition..