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@uschibert's decided to run with a 1x10 setup on his 1995 Brodie Sovereign. Some may have thought it a bold move, likely to enrage the retro gods. Nonetheless he came out on top, in a tightly fought contest, with almost 23% of the votes. You can check out the full field of entrants here and see more of uschibert's Sovereign over on the MTB-news forum here

That's two for two in 2024 for @markjohnson76, this time with his 1989 Roberts Phantom. Picked up locally, for not much more than a song, Mark had the frame, in all its Columbus Max OR beauty, and a Zinn fork refinished by the Vaz brothers, Winston and Mario, who both worked for Roberts previously. Winston confirmed that he built this frame back in 1989, so who better to carry out the work! You can check out the before and after pics in this thread and see the full line-up in the poll thread. Congrat's Mark!

First blood of 2024 goes to @markjohnson76 and his fully refurbished Yo Eddy. Check out his build thread here.

In a field of 11, @vintageman managed to get a full third of the votes in December with his 1986 fillet brazed Dirt Shark, built and painted by John Slawta. This beauty, along with the other 11 BoTM winners from 2023, will feature in the Bike of The Year 2023 poll, coming soon.

Big congratulation to @Woodsie for topping the poll, in a field of 30 bikes, with over 12% of the votes. He manged to track down the exact spot, which featured in the 1989 Rocky Mountain catalogue, to photograph his 1988 Avalanche.

Congratulations to @deanphoto on coming out on top, by the narrowest of margins. You can view the build thread, and more superb images of Team RTS here

This month's poll went right to the wire. In the end @sinnerman and @racecarjohnny share the spoils with their Sonic and Mountain Goat respectively, two fillet brazed beauties from either side of the Atlantic. You can check out all the entries in the nominations thread and see the full results here

Congratulations to @mcada who scooped the Bike if The Month award for June with almost half of the votes. Matthias carried out a full bare metal restoration, including repairs to the pinholed frame, and the end result is stunning 8)

Big congratulation to @staffy for holding off @racecarjohnny's Brave and crossing the line in top spot. Do check out his build thread where you can see the significant transformation take place. Other might have sent it to the scrap heap, so hats of to Staffy for taking on the challenge. Here's the completed build, followed by a before shot. You can see the other entries and the poll results here and here.

Jim's meticulous rebuild of Don Myrah's 1990 Fat Chance race bike took the crown for December. The frame has all kinds of little features that you'd hope for from a team rider's bike, and was a truly bespoke frame. Here's a pic of the finished article, followed by on old image of Don, astride the actual bike, alongside Ned "The Lung" Overend. Here's a link to Jim's full build thread, where you can see the bare frame as acquired https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/the-myrah-fat-chance-is-done.430458/page-4

November was an 'Amnesty Special', where people got another chance to enter a bike that had tried, and failed, previously. If you take look at the line-up you'll probably be surprised that many of them hadn't already won; a testament to the standard of bikes on the site. We got a bumper crop of 27 entries but, as usual, there can be only one. @My_Teenage_Self took the crown with his 1994 Lotus, kitted out with a Pace fork and an XTR groupset. Almost 30 years ago this was a real head turner, and nothing much has changed!

@synlos 1988 Rocky Mountain Blizzard was voted Bike of The month for October. You can see the full field of 16 entries here. Tom's bike was the earliest, by several years, but the geometry still looks racey and purposeful. You can see more pics of his Blizzard here

@Spaltinho's Grove came out on top of a 14 strong field this month, with 18% of the votes. You can read more about the bike in the build thread, where you can also see a Grove X frame, with an amazing glow in the dark paint finish. You can check out the full list of entries in the poll thread. To read more about Bill Grove and Grove Innovations check out this excellent post on forum member @mkozaczek's Second Spin Cycles blog

The theme for the August competition was original owner bikes. @Canuckbiker bought the frameset brand new in 1988 from The Bike Shop in Calgary, Alberta. It was treated to a full restoration last year and here it is in all it's glory. Check out the build thread here. You can see all the other entries in the poll thread.

It was great to see something a little less well known take the win for July. @Si_33's Moulton came out on top of a small but strong field, which included a Yeti Ultimate, a Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer and a Klein Attitude, to name just a few. The AM-ATB raked in over 21% of the votes, which is no mean feat. You can read more about the bike in Simon's build thread here and can see all the bikes entered this month on the poll thread. Dan Farrell, Moulton's technical lead, talks a little about the AM-ATB in an interesting post on the blog of The Traditional Cycle Shop back in 2017.

Congratulations to @Dimas for winning the June competition, against a really strong field. You can see all the entries in the poll thread here and can see more pics of the winner in the build thread here

Our May 2022 Bike of The Month competition was a Kona special. For those who are unaware, forum member @Pipmeister, Phillip 'Pip' Mock, sadly lost his battle with cancer in March this year. Pip made a huge contribution to the forum with his knowledge of all things Kona, in particular his tireless dedication to collating serial numbers and information on some of the higher end Kona models. Pip had 'agents' scouring the internet for new additions to the lists, which can be seen in the Retro MTB Chat area of the forum. We had 26 Konas entered and you can view the nominations thread here and the poll here. I recommend checking out the build thread for @al-onestare's winning 1997 Kona Explosif Team Edition and you can see it featured as one...