The Annual Retrobike of the Year Competition 2007
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Adroit
Had to go for the Adroit as i'm in love with everything Gator Fade at the mo. Having said that the commitment and dedication it must have taken to get that JT up and running over 6 years is unbelievable. I know i couldnt have done that. Well done Rumpfy.
Had to go for the Adroit as i'm in love with everything Gator Fade at the mo. Having said that the commitment and dedication it must have taken to get that JT up and running over 6 years is unbelievable. I know i couldnt have done that. Well done Rumpfy.
mrkawasaki
Retrobike Rider
Score draw
Sheesh... that was a hard one! Have gone with 'the bike I'd most like in my cellar/most memorable if I shut my eyes' approach - as there are so many ways in which one could choose how to select a BOTY.
Third place goes to Rumpfy's JT Replica - more for its representation of a key element of our fledgling 'craft', for painstakingly hunting those jigsaw pieces, than its JT connections. I guess it also displays the US leanings towards benchmark replicas and profound historical accuracy - which could be considered cultural paradox, when us Brits are seemingly expressing an artistic or aesthetic approach to our recreations. It would be great to post this selection on MTBR for a Stateside poll and reaction....
Incidentally, I don't get how a single guy (even JT) can get to represent mountain biking - seems a zillion miles away from the sports' folk beginnings - I blame the marketing department...
My second place is Ameybrook's Wicked - so classy and individual a build, it just keeps on growing on me.
And first goes to Felix's Funk - thoroughly outrageous in a Klein-beating way, with that early 90's jaw-dropping, boutique engineering, elevated stuff all going on to define the period when offroad bike designers began to explore the limits of what's possible (and not...), what'd sell and what would make them all go broke...!
Interesting to note how some 'big' bikes are scoring with the benefit of the long view too...
Mr K
Sheesh... that was a hard one! Have gone with 'the bike I'd most like in my cellar/most memorable if I shut my eyes' approach - as there are so many ways in which one could choose how to select a BOTY.
Third place goes to Rumpfy's JT Replica - more for its representation of a key element of our fledgling 'craft', for painstakingly hunting those jigsaw pieces, than its JT connections. I guess it also displays the US leanings towards benchmark replicas and profound historical accuracy - which could be considered cultural paradox, when us Brits are seemingly expressing an artistic or aesthetic approach to our recreations. It would be great to post this selection on MTBR for a Stateside poll and reaction....
Incidentally, I don't get how a single guy (even JT) can get to represent mountain biking - seems a zillion miles away from the sports' folk beginnings - I blame the marketing department...
My second place is Ameybrook's Wicked - so classy and individual a build, it just keeps on growing on me.
And first goes to Felix's Funk - thoroughly outrageous in a Klein-beating way, with that early 90's jaw-dropping, boutique engineering, elevated stuff all going on to define the period when offroad bike designers began to explore the limits of what's possible (and not...), what'd sell and what would make them all go broke...!
Interesting to note how some 'big' bikes are scoring with the benefit of the long view too...
Mr K
purplewicked
Retro Guru
rumpfy":1q2lvhx2 said:Hilts":1q2lvhx2 said:
Thank you Sir!
I'm honored.
So do I get to tell everyone that I have the greatest retro MTB on earth?
you won just because i didn't submit my rockhopper.
mrkawasaki
Retrobike Rider
To the victor...
Well done matey - sorry I couldn't see that the thing really exists when I was Norcal way (Photoshop is such a useful tool...)!
Mr K
PS. What happened to the Trek 730 entry...
Well done matey - sorry I couldn't see that the thing really exists when I was Norcal way (Photoshop is such a useful tool...)!
Mr K
PS. What happened to the Trek 730 entry...
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