BoTM Bike of The Month August 2023 - 'Steel is Real' -taking entries

[racecarjohnny]

Racecarjohnny’s 1989 Brave Warrior - Build thread

 

[Mod-Master]

Well, if I don’t enter I can’t win!

Mod-Master’s 1992 Marin team issue

Build thread and glamour shots over here
Build thread

Very proud of this restoration but I’ll let the pics do the talking!

 

[al-onestare]

Can you enter more than one bike? I'm going to say no.

If only there was a link on the very first post that listed the rules...

 

[JT1]

Here’s my 1998 - but not assembled until 2000, Kona Hot. It wasn’t a steal but it’s steel

Custom MTB

Hi! This bike was bought piece by piece by our son between 1996-7. The frame alone was £850. Everything was in boxes and all that was missing was front forks. He passed his drubbing test and abandoned the project, partly also to then getting a job in London and wanting to commute by cycle...

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[raidan73]

Here’s my 1998 - but not assembled until 2000, Kona Hot. It wasn’t a steal but it’s steel

Custom MTB

Hi! This bike was bought piece by piece by our son between 1996-7. The frame alone was £850. Everything was in boxes and all that was missing was front forks. He passed his drubbing test and abandoned the project, partly also to then getting a job in London and wanting to commute by cycle...

www.retrobike.co.uk

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the cut off is 1997. Lovely bike though

 

[JT1]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the cut off is 1997. Lovely bike though

Aw nuts!

 

[Nabeaquam]

My 1983 Ross Force One. I read they used road lugs, must be true if it’s on the net. Higher gearing than later bikes. This model was shown at the 1982 Inter Bike Show in Los Vegas, along with the Specialized and Univega mountain bikes, but the Ross wasn’t sold to the general public until 1983. Someone else owned the Force one trademark so the name was shortly changed. Ross had the first factory sponsored professional mountain bike team, The Ross Indians.
Here is my bike. Excuse the poor photos because of smoke haze from Canada. Poor muted light.
Thread '1983 Ross Force One'
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1983-ross-force-one.468410/

 

[retrobikeguy]

Been a while since I popped a bike in the BOTM so here goes.

This year's drunken purchase

@retrobikeguy 's 1993 Roberts Dogs Bolx

Build thread

Drunk buying (again).......... Roberts dogs bolx

could be good , could be bad, one of those sod it and use the visa card buys, we'll see what that seatpost is gonna do but in the cold light of day.... I'm still relatively pleased. tell you in a few days TBC

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[al]

al's '94 Rock Lobster

'94 Rock Lobster

Treated myself to a new project. I'm going to build it with stuff over the next few weeks... Not sure about forks yet, maybe rc30's. al. 😁

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[PhillB]

Some sweet Steel amongst the entries already. Gonna chuck my 1990 GT Team Avalanche into the ring... well mainly cos I love it and it's been an obsession over the last few months!



Restoration link