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Retrobike has been informed the iconic early 90s tyre the Onza Octopus is being reissued for 2021. For those who don't recall the early 90s the Octopus was the street orientated stable mate of the well regarded Porcupine. Just check eBay for used White Octopus and Porcupine prices. Release date is tbc but expect to see the reissued Octopus available in black, white and butterscotch compounds. Wheel sizes are expected to be 27.5" with both 650c and 700c gravel options. All tyres will be tubeless ready. No 26"option available in the initial offering but as ever watch this space. For reference the original article printed in @mbukmagazine is shown on the right. Expect street price to be a little over the original £14.95 retail.

Bike of The Month November 2020 was jointly won by Iveto1983’s 1990 Merlin Titanium. Check the poll here, you know it's a super strong month when there are Ibis, Salsa, Curtlo and two other Merlin in the runner's up spot.

Bike of The Month November 2020 was jointly won by Prezza’s 1990 Muddy Fox Trailblazer Sprint. Check the thread in reader's bikes here. Also...please don't mention the word 'gravel' ;)

Working back through the BoTM contests currently, we now find ourselves at December 2020. The winner is 44Racing’s 1994 Pace RC200 F3, an exceedingly classy build and very worthy winner. Fans of everything square tubed should check out 44Racing's build thread in the forum.

Jimi911’s 1989 Merlin Titanium with the always fresh red z-max takes the Jan 2021 Bike of The Month contest, poll here.

Bicycle component manufacturer Shimano are celebrating their 100th anniversary. To mark this event the Big S have shared some hi res wallpapers of both cycle and fishing components along with some videos. Check it out here.

Seminal mountain bike publication MBA are running a regular feature highlighting covers from the archive. Thirty years ago in March 1991 the cover featured a rider on Cannondale (?) showing a fat bike is not required to ride in snow! Check the feature on MBA here.

Jimi911’s 1981 Moots Mountaineer is the 2020 Retrobike Bike of The Year, check the poll here.

Another classic Bike of The Month contest saw Wtb_rider’s 1993 Brodie Catalyst take the honours, check the thread out here :)

A modern look at an old school maker, still hand building Ti in the Rockies. There's a link below to the story on my site... https://www.augustusfarmer.com/mutts-of-moots/

Completed May 2021 Setting The Scene: Its fair to say I'm a huge Pace fan taking inspiration from Jerky, Gil M ,Rich Matthews, Bollox64 as well as many others Through the years I've seen some epic Pace builds. DR s (pretty sure he sprayed his RC100 six times until he was happy with the colour) , Neil Millard's, Rich's Pink Pace (Mavic Groupset) and the perfection that Bollox64 goes to with his builds. I can't write about amazing Paces and not mention Bibbsey's original RC100 with a Campy groupset which is outstanding In the late 90's a friend turned up on a Red F7 to go for a bike ride and id honestly never seen anything as stunning. I made him give me first refusal and when he later wanted to buy an Orange I jumped at the chance of...

The January 2018 Bike of The Month contest was taken by Jimi911's c1986 Serotta Adirondack.

The December 2017 Bike of The Month contest was taken by Jimi911's 1985 Mountain Goat Trials.

The November 2017 Bike of The Month contest was taken by WTB_Rider's 1993 Salsa Ala Carte.

The September 2017 Bike of The Month contest was taken by mishmash69's 1994 Raleigh SP Torus FS.

The October 2017 road Bike of The Month October 2017 contest was taken by Montello's Pinarello Montello. The winner received an excellent t-shirt from Bob at http://www.bethevulture.co.uk - check them out.

The October 2017 Bike of The Month contest was taken by Bollox64s Tim Gould's '93 Newnham Team Schwinn replica.