Going to attempt to explain about potentially entering your bike.
I'm also calling on long standing moderator of the Road Section @Jamiedyer to correct me or add or take away anything I say out of line, and any input from him would be appreciated. In honesty, I have never entered a bike in either the road or MTB section (for a good reason, but that's another subject).
First up, there is Road Build of The Month. RBoTM. It is found in the general Retro Classic Road thread here:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/forums/retro-classic-road.12/
How it works, you enter your bike. You don't need anybody to nominate your bike. Some months are special themed months, some are general.
The Road Build of The Year, is a vote based on the all of the winners of the calendar year.
The rules of entering your bike to a RBoTM are here, I think they are the same as on the MTB side:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/wiki/BoTM_Rules
What's important is when you enter in RBoTM, you specify your build thread to allow readers to poke about in details. So you would reference this thread. It allows people to understand how you came about the bike, and how and why it is what it is now.
Only two pictures are allowed in nomination and voting. This is where perhaps your son may help with a DSLR. A good picture does a lot to grab the eye's attention. Full on drive side shot with an uncluttered background, and perhaps one detailed shot or a very personal shot of the bike in action is always appealing.
As an observer, and this is a personal opinion, the Road section is rather critical. But it's all fun and can't be taken too seriously. People vote for different reasons, dream bike of their youth, superb pro-racer re-incarnation, who as the nicest legs beauty contest type of thing, catalogue specification, start / end point of the build, weirdness, the bike I would most like to cock my leg over, etc. etc. etc.
Now from memory, the last real vintage heap to be entered, and was won by @OldTel with a 1914 vintage, against a field of totally pristine more modern competition.
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads...he-2020-winners-vote-now.423272/#post-3103077
I think we can safely assume, the general road voting public in this little quarter of the internet is receptive about really old bikes.
@Peachy! you've been through this a few times. Would be great if you could offer any other advice from an entrant point of view to help a fellow member.
I'm also calling on long standing moderator of the Road Section @Jamiedyer to correct me or add or take away anything I say out of line, and any input from him would be appreciated. In honesty, I have never entered a bike in either the road or MTB section (for a good reason, but that's another subject).
First up, there is Road Build of The Month. RBoTM. It is found in the general Retro Classic Road thread here:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/forums/retro-classic-road.12/
How it works, you enter your bike. You don't need anybody to nominate your bike. Some months are special themed months, some are general.
The Road Build of The Year, is a vote based on the all of the winners of the calendar year.
The rules of entering your bike to a RBoTM are here, I think they are the same as on the MTB side:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/wiki/BoTM_Rules
What's important is when you enter in RBoTM, you specify your build thread to allow readers to poke about in details. So you would reference this thread. It allows people to understand how you came about the bike, and how and why it is what it is now.
Only two pictures are allowed in nomination and voting. This is where perhaps your son may help with a DSLR. A good picture does a lot to grab the eye's attention. Full on drive side shot with an uncluttered background, and perhaps one detailed shot or a very personal shot of the bike in action is always appealing.
As an observer, and this is a personal opinion, the Road section is rather critical. But it's all fun and can't be taken too seriously. People vote for different reasons, dream bike of their youth, superb pro-racer re-incarnation, who as the nicest legs beauty contest type of thing, catalogue specification, start / end point of the build, weirdness, the bike I would most like to cock my leg over, etc. etc. etc.
Now from memory, the last real vintage heap to be entered, and was won by @OldTel with a 1914 vintage, against a field of totally pristine more modern competition.
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads...he-2020-winners-vote-now.423272/#post-3103077
I think we can safely assume, the general road voting public in this little quarter of the internet is receptive about really old bikes.
@Peachy! you've been through this a few times. Would be great if you could offer any other advice from an entrant point of view to help a fellow member.