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Wow! There are so many sweet rat rods this year! Nice job! Choosing a top three will be very hard.

Super! You really captured the 50's look with that paint scheme! Bet you could sell it at a rockabilly event!

Beautiful! Elegant! Perfect! And that is a cool girl's frame!

Nice work on the varsity! I hope it serves you well for many winters to come. My first ten-speed was a brown varsity. Wish I still had it!

Darn! I forgot how to get the pictures the correct size! How do I fix it?

co-ed cruiser: ressurected and finished!? After collecting dust in my shop for a year, finally finished my daughter's bike. She (the art major) requested painting it white so it can be a "canvas" for future embellishmnet! barefoot pedals, as requested laid back seat post with restored girls...

Wow! Isn't chemistry great! I think this needs to go in the how to manual. Can't wait to try it myself!

Re: bottom bracket help- Success! Persistance pays off! Sheldon Brown's trick worked when I used a breaker bar with a piece of pipe over it for more leverage. Turns out the cup is left hand threaded (Swiss). Now I can replace the bottom bracket with a more modern one and get rid of the...

Hi! So, on a whim I bought an old motobecane folding bike that I am sort of restoring. It has a three piece bottom bracket with cottered cranks. I can't get the fixed bottom bracket cup (crank side) out despite PB blaster, gripping the cup in my vise and turning the frame, and trying a trick I...

Congratulations to all the builders! The best part of this "competition" is seeing all of the amazing creativity among the members. The voting is fun,but not as much fun as reading the build threads. I hope the build off stays just as it is. Thank you Steve for a great web site!

Re: *Tumbleweed* outstanding1 it's 50's, it's western, it's very cool!

Fantastic! It's spaceliner perfection. And the photo background is out of this world! :)

Don't sell yourself short! Your bike is very well done. Very nice details that all tie together. I like it a lot!

Re: Asymetrical trike Now that is a COOL recumbent! Can't wait to see the finished product1

Re: Gee Bee Tribute Bike *Back at it!* Welcome back! You had a great start on this bike last year. looking forward to seeing it completed! Seems like there are a lot of us with soft spots for old airplanes on this site!

Re: limo bike FINISHED !! Just reviewed this thread. I think this is one of the best custom bikes that have been posted here. The bottom bracket/cranks are awesome. I hope you have the opportunity to display your bike at a show.

This thread is better than watching American Chopper on the Discovery Chanel. The Tuttles have nothing on you two! WOW!

All I can say is WOW! Very nice work!

Absolutely beautiful! The microphone taillight is very cool. :D

That is a cool old bike. I'd keep that one forever! :D