Retrobike BoTY 2008

[john]

Welcome to another edition of retrobike's blue riband event - Bike of The Year. Winner will get some exclusive retrobike merchandise. Voting ends 15th Jan 2009.

Onto the entrants. Another strong year for BoTM will see a difficult decision for voters. As per previous year as well as the 12 monthly winners there are also a series of 'mod picks' to give a few worthy BoTM runners up a chance

BoTM Jan 2008 - Kase’s Kona Hot

BOTM Feb 08 - Albatros’ 1995 Emery Primo

BoTM March 2008 - Skide’s Funk Ti

BOTM April 2008 - Dr S' Concorde

BOTM May 2008 - Retroking#1’s GT Quatrefoil

BoTM June 2008 - Gump’s Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer

BoTM July 2008 - John’s 1993 Fat Chance Yo Eddy

BoTM August 2008 - Dr S' Fat Chance Shock-a-Billy

BoTM September 2008 - Defiant’s Serotta ATX

BoTM October 2008 - ocset’s Dave Lloyd 1991

BoTM November 2008 - Tomahawk Kid's GT Zaskar LE

BoTM December 2008 - Kingroon’s Fat Shock A Billy

BoTM Entrant April 2008 - AndyL's Funk - MrK's pick

BoTM Entrant June 2008 - Defiant's Boulder Defiant - Pickle's pick

BoTM Entrant September 2008 - MrKawasaki's Ibis Hakkalugi - Wu's pick

BoTM Entrant Dec 2008 - Elev12K's Zieleman Type Special - John's Pick

BoTM Entrant Nov 2008 - Archangel’s Klein Adroit Tinker replica - Kev's Pick

BoTM Entrant June 2008 - Shamus' Klein Attitude - Hilt's Pick

BoTM Entrant March 2008 - Hilt's Lemond - Elev12K's pick

BoTM Entrant March 2008 - Winky's Raleigh Dyna-Tech Diablo DX - Ed's pick

 

[Chris]

After seeing it in the flesh its gotta be Gumps WTR for me.

A very nice bike

Chris.

 

[Shamus]

Thanks for nomination!

 

[jez-4-bikes-max]

Funk Ti for me.



Everytime.

 

[ededwards]

Hot damn it's a tough call - the Yo, Zieleman and Lemond in particular standout and the latter two were also rans in their competitions :shock:

First reaction is usually a good indicator though so will go with the Yo (Zieleman 2nd, Lemond 3rd).

 

[Defiant]

thanks guys.
I guess it ain't that bad if you get mentioned twice in the BOTY poll

After the win in the BOTM September i found the missing front Paul mech, so now it is completely finished,..

view Serotta ATX with new red Paul front mech

and could a mod replace the picture above from the Defiant with one of these?
the other one is not that good,..

proper Boulder picture (now up in post #1)

thanks again,...

and talk about hard poll's,.......boy o boy ,..this one is!

 

[FluffyChicken]

Defiant, is there a bottle boss stopping you lowering the front mech (paul) closer to the chainring ?

I must say that the first cook brothers crank I actually like

 

[sinnett177]

The SAB of Dr. S for me. Hard choice as I like Archangels Klein and Skide's Funk too. Where was the Raleigh Diablo in the 'purple' month would of got my vote everytime!

 

[Defiant]

Defiant, is there a bottle boss stopping you lowering the front mech (paul) closer to the chainring ?

I must say that the first cook brothers crank I actually like

no, it is the radius of the blade against the shape of the silver metal part of the Paul . It is not the same and therefore it can not get any lower , otherwise it eats the theath.

 

[boy"O"boy]

and talk about hard poll's,.......boy o boy ,..this one is!

Somebody call for me! ....
There's been some quality builds in 2008..... so it's going to be a toughie. Here's hoping for more of the same over the coming year

Happy New year all,
boy"O"boy