If you’re a regular reader, you’ll recall that we ran a bit of a competition to win a free frame a few weeks back. And if you’re not a regular reader, well, you should be – this is exactly the sort of thing you’ll miss otherwise. To refresh your memory (or to explain what’s going on), we found ourselves with a £380 Dialled Bikes 853 Prince Albert frame with no home to go to – we’d tested it, Dialled Bikes didn’t particularly want it back and suggested that we give it away, so we did.

There had to be a question, and it was this:

To be in with a chance of owning this tough-as-nails, fast-handling frame (retail price £380), you need to answer the following question:

Q This is the front end of Dialled Bikes’s original Prince Albert frame from which the 853 model was evolved. That extra tube is a trademark feature of the PA, but why is it there?

A There were a lot of suggestions, but a bit of research would have allowed you to uncover Dialled designer Mike’s official reason: “The ‘extra tube’ is part homage to old school BMX frames like the SE Racing Quadangle, GJS A Frame and the Hutch Trick Star; and also helps stiffen the front triangle a bit seeing as the PA is designed to run long forks.” So there you go.

What with us only having one frame, there could only be one winner. Of the select few that got the right answer, it was Mark Sweatman from London who was first out of the hat. Well done, Mark – we’ll be in touch very soon…

And of course if all this has piqued your interest in matters Dialled and Bikular, take a look at the freshly redesigned www.dialledbikes.com for the lowdown.