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Hello all and welcome to the very late poll for April and now May RBotM. My apologies once again for being unable to get this kicked off earlier. Thanks for everyone's patience. There also seems to be some confusion about being able to enter a bike that has previously been entered. Any bike...

Welcome to RBotM April 2024 I am a bit late to get going this month as have been super busy at work this last few weeks and late in, and so time has just gotten away from me. So while we are late kicking off, I am sure there is more than enough lovely builds out there ready to enter this quick...

Welcome to RBotM March 2024 - Open Month Poll This is where you get to vote for your favourite entry! Thanks to all who entered and joined in the banter. It's great to see such a big field once again. All quality bikes with any capable of taking the win. Poll will be open for 5 days with 1...

Welcome Back! RBotM March 2024 - Open Month That means it is open to all and everything retro and road is eligible, so dig deep in the shed, grab your favourite retro commuter or even snap a photo of that frame your currently working on getting ready for the great weather heading our way...

Welcome to the Poll of Polls the one you have all been waiting for ..................................... RBotYear 2023 Now, this one is simple. All the monthly winners from 2023 in one spot, on one poll, for five days only. 1 vote per member to vote for your favourite, poll will run for 5 days...

Welcome to RBotm December 2023 - Open Month Poll What a great selection of entries to choose from to close out the competition for 2023, each and every one a worthy winner. Some tough personal choices to be made as we all only get one vote. Thank you very much to all who entered, joined in the...

Welcome to RBotM December 2023 Open Month That means all are welcome, with the only exclusion each month being if the bike has won a RBotM Competition previously. Other than that as long as it's retro, it's in. Racing, touring, randonneur, frame hanging in the shed, it's all good. So in the...

Welcome to RBotM November 2023 - Frame Month Well what a cracking month we have had. Lots of entries, all of the highest standard and a very broad spread of styles and era covered. Something for everyone. Will be interesting to see where the voting goes. Thanks to all who entered and best of...

Dura Ace 7410 Chainset 170mm arms Shimano HG/sj 52/42 rings Great condition all round. Rings barely worn, tapers and threads very good and logos are very very good. £95 £85 delivered in UK with parcel force 48 Elsewhere postage is at cost Any questions just ask. Jamie Untitled by Jamie...

Welcome to RBotM November 2023 This month is a theme month with the theme being.........Frame Month! So dig out those frames you have been getting ready for that winter build, or summer depending where you are, grab the one you are trying to get finished so you can get that one ride before the...

Welcome to the poll for RBotM October 2023 Not too many entries this month, though high on quality and style, so once again some hard decisions to be made. Thanks to all who entered and best of luck. Usual rules of one vote per member with results hidden until the end of the five day poll...

Welcome to RBotM October 2023 Due to the lateness of getting the poll up for last month, this one is going to be a short month but that just means you have to be quick to enter. Another open month, open to all so please dig out that classic gathering dust in the shed, your current build that you...

Welcome to the poll for RBotM September 2023 Apologies for the lateness of this poll as I was planning to get this back to monthly, which we will as we have had quite a bit of interest over the summer so hoping to keep it going. Another tough month with some hard choices to be made. Thank you to...

Welcome to the entries page of RBotM September 2023! Following on from the hugely successful and very popular July RBotM we have returned to monthly competitions, so lets see if we can keep the enthusiasm and interest building. Open month once again and usual rules apply. 1 entry per member, 2...

Welcome to RBotM July 2023 Many apologies for the lateness of this poll. Busy month with world champs, work etc but no excuse really as we have such a packed entry list with something for everyone's taste. Many thanks to all who entered and great to see new members taking part as well. The best...

Jack Taylor Super Tourist - 1983 built - sold new 1990 - Travelled less than 20 miles. Well I finally picked up a Super Tourist that I had purchased around 3 to 4 months ago from a older gentleman about a mile away from where we have the Jack Taylor annual ride each August. The gentleman has...

Welcome all to RBotM July 2023 - Open Month Well after an early summer break the RBotM is back, this month it is an open month so all welcome! So take a couple of snaps of your latest favourite ride, or summer build and post it up with a couple of sentences description and a link to a readers...

OK hive mind, I have a Stronglight 139 Chainset that is a triple. Now the difference from most is the inner small ring bolts direct to the arm with threaded recess for the bolts, pictured below. They are M6 thread and about 14mm long. If somebody has any they are willing let go I would be...

Here I have a little used, great condition Brookes B66 saddle with seatpost clamp included. I bought this with the intention to fit it to my Big Dummy and then ended up using another single rail sprung Brooks so this has sat unused in cupboard in the house. Rails, leather, fittings etc are all...

Well a pretty driech day here today but I managed to get down to Brians and while the weather sort of dissuaded us from riding but we did make a car journey over to the other side of Inverness to pick up a bike, minus wheels that I had organised earlier in the week. Perfect size, and...