BOTY 2009 - Tie Breaker (Old School 20" 1980-1987)

[neiljonarcus]

few new peeps suddenly popping up on the site, could they be americans casting votes ?  surely Atari wouldn't get his mates to join just to vote ? na its to far fetched , just my imagination running wild again

WoW...I'm a little hurt by that statement.  I'm pretty sure anyone on any of the sites could attest to my character and know that I would never ask anyone to vote for one of my bikes...nor have I ever asked anyone too.

If I had voted for my own bike in the initial voting...I actually would have won by one vote...LOL.  See for yourself below.

wow tom it was your bikr i copied off mate

[martylaa]

this is hard, i like judges as we all know and like paul's patty
2 top guys which way to go

[martylaa]

done

[Quarterbloodtechni]

top shizz......   post a pic of that patterson poppin' a wheelie   

[sawzall]

both quality builds,i couldn't decide so i got my daughter to choose

[martylaa]

few new peeps suddenly popping up on the site, could they be americans casting votes ?  surely Atari wouldn't get his mates to join just to vote ? na its to far fetched , just my imagination running wild again

noticed a few newbies popping up too and casting votes, but i can vouch for tom, he is the best guy in the states i have dealt on many occasions with, a true gent, and like he says he voted for neils build if he had been a bit more selfish we would'nt be having this vote off would we

[tuff boy]

Both mint builds chaps, my votes in

TBH it was not that hard to choose!! good luck to you both.

[AtariAger]

wow tom it was your bikr i copied off mate

Hey Neil...well then...you know that I am partial to anything Rupe...  .

I mean seriously though...the amount of work you put into that bike.  Taking a Cali/Expert f/f and well....you know the rest.  I find myself searching this old thread out every now and then.  I love the before and after pics of all the work done to each component.

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=79444.0

That is why you got my vote.

[pickle]

had a great response regarding the votes.....but this ones going all the way to the wire!  neck and neck so far guys!!   

[trickydeno]

both absolutely superb guys  my votes in.its a shame to have to pick one out as they are both mega!

[pickle]

both absolutely superb guys  my votes in.its a shame to have to pick one out as they are both mega!

true.....but you vote for the bike not the bloke 

[The Redline]

That was really hard to vote

on this two beauties...                   but itīs done 

Great work

regards
Alfredo

[trickydeno]

both absolutely superb guys  my votes in.its a shame to have to pick one out as they are both mega!

true.....but you vote for the bike not the bloke 

nice one mr pickle 

[Bettyswallocks]

Voted... 

Tough choice... 

[Mattdub]

Two very nice builds , good luck to both of you 

[singlespeeder_66]

Interesting replies people.....obviously struck a chord ?   Granted we are all different, and I do appreciate your interests all the same. But for me wheels are for riding.
If I had a choice both would win for all the work gone into them, but a winner would be the one that gets ridden, it has more soul.  
Am I being negative ?

[Swivel]

Lovely bikes but my vote is now in 

[WARDY]

Interesting replies people.....obviously struck a chord ?   Granted we are all different, and I do appreciate your interests all the same. But for me wheels are for riding.
If I had a choice both would win for all the work gone into them, but a winner would be the one that gets ridden, it has more soul.  
Am I being negative ?

i think a bike thats built and unridden has soul too , the personal choices peeps make on parts etc , plus some are built cause thats what they had when younger , thats part of their history

[stidds]

Interesting replies people.....obviously struck a chord ?   Granted we are all different, and I do appreciate your interests all the same. But for me wheels are for riding.
If I had a choice both would win for all the work gone into them, but a winner would be the one that gets ridden, it has more soul.  
Am I being negative ?

Not just negative a bit naive also, some of the bikes on here are way to fragile and expensive to ride.  Having a bike to ride is ace and most of us do have one, but bikes that are very rare cannot be ridden as they were intended as they could break and if you owned it you would be gutted.

[martylaa]

Interesting replies people.....obviously struck a chord ?   Granted we are all different, and I do appreciate your interests all the same. But for me wheels are for riding.
If I had a choice both would win for all the work gone into them, but a winner would be the one that gets ridden, it has more soul.  
Am I being negative ?

Not just negative a bit naive also, some of the bikes on here are way to fragile and expensive to ride.  Having a bike to ride is ace and most of us do have one, but bikes that are very rare cannot be ridden as they were intended as they could break and if you owned it you would be gutted.

Sean he has a point though as do you, how about a new category in next years BOTY, a rider category, any bikes built this year to race with.
Should be a bit different, i hold my hands up and say yeah i would'nt ride the bikes i have as like you said too expensive, but a cheap rider build could be interesting in next years competition.

[neiljonarcus]

wow tom it was your bikr i copied off mate

Hey Neil...well then...you know that I am partial to anything Rupe...  .

I mean seriously though...the amount of work you put into that bike.  Taking a Cali/Expert f/f and well....you know the rest.  I find myself searching this old thread out every now and then.  I love the before and after pics of all the work done to each component.

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=79444.0

  

[motormouth]

Hey They're both Awsome machines but next year I think Steve / Animal will win when he has that awsome MRD pro he intends restoring.

[DIRTBIKER250F]

Well done Tom, great to think we had all these voters. Thanks for everyone who voted for the Patterson 

Good luck on the final mate 

[mark 2]

That was close, well done boyo's.  Close has got to be better than a landslide Paul, so don't feel bad. 

[DIRTBIKER250F]

  Close has got to be better than a landslide Paul, so don't feel bad. 

I will try not to Mark