2024 MBBO & STBO - Are you in?

[ingola]

I'm first

 

[Captain Awesome]

I'm first

In your class

 

[KJV]

In your class

And the entry in other class : 3 minutes before your entry..
So .. technically that makes ya 2nd entry. ; 1st in your class.

 

[ingola]

I'll take it

 

[ingola]

And the entry in other class : 3 minutes before your entry..
So .. technically that makes ya 2nd entry. ; 1st in your class.

So you we're first we still all end on the same day

 

[KJV]

So you we're first we still all end on the same day

All must end in 13 weeks. ;
Some may end ...
12 .5 weeks early.

Besides: ya wuz
. .One to scresm out .
bout being first.

,

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Yeah I'm in the Central time zone and it's only 11:45 pm August 31st
You guys ALL jumped the gun.

 

[KJV]

Yeah I'm in the Central time zone and it's only 11:45 pm August 31st
You guys ALL jumped the gun.

Didnt jump ; happen to log in & it was ready.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

If the journals are unlocked you can consider that a GO sign

Just thinking:
If anyone is worried that they need a head start to get in front of me, they have bigger fish to fry

 

[KJV]

Just thinking:
If anyone is worried that they need a head start to get in front of me, they have bigger fish to fry

those in front of you : best lookout for those Duck grips.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

All good brothers, just an observation. It usually makes no difference how long a build off is I'm tweaking things till the last minute anyway. As of right now, I don't even know what I want to build...

 

[Bike from the Dead]

Only 5 for the MB? Are we losing some luster?

Normally I'd enter the MBBO, but most of my muscle bikes need parts, a plan, or both. On top of that, I already have a substantial backlog of projects I've started but haven't finished, and I need to try and knock out as many as I can now that the weather has finally started cooling down in Tulsa. I still plan to enter the next MBBO, though!

I'm entering the STBO with my Aunt Suzanne's Western Flyer, as it's been disassembled for over 4 years waiting to be rebuilt, so I can use the Build Off as a good motivator to get it done.

I also plan to enter my prewar step-thru Monark, but it's not my primary project. I'll work on it in-between my main STBO entry and all my other bike projects I've got going on.

 

[rickpaulos]

Does this qualify for the STBO?

 

[Bike from the Dead]

Does this qualify for the STBO?

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I'd say so. Love the colors on it!

 

[Pondo]

Does this qualify for the STBO?

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Maybe? Here's the step thru section of the current build off:

STBO - STEP THRU BUILD OFF

• Frame must be a "traditional" step thru (commonly referred to as a ladies frame) in the end configuration (no gender benders to high bar/male)
  • Uppermost "top" tube must not be more than 50% of the way up the seat tube
  • Final say in eligibility will be handled by staff

• Anything else goes
  • From the factory or scratch built

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I'd say we all know a step through when we see one, and that's one. If someone is going to break out the measuring tape to see if it's actually 50%, it's cuz they're more than 50% worried that you are going to beat them. More builds are better!

 

[Wildcat]

What else could that bike be but a traditional step thru? It can't be a mixte as the top bar stops at the seat tube. There's no other type of bike that could be similar.

 

[rickpaulos]

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Went for a ride today, a 3 hour ride. Once home I was sitting on the bench and saw this bike go by, ridden by a black teen with another on a bmx bike. What? I jumped up to check and my bike was gone from beside the garage. I grabbed my phone and hopped on todays ride (cannondale) and the chase was on. Well not for long. About 6 houses up the street I saw it was dumped in a neighbors drive. I called the police. Well we're too busy responding to emergency calls now that school is out. I waited about 10 minutes. The police called back wondering where I was, they got the street wrong. About then one of the teens came out of the house and hopped on his bmx bike. He asked what I was doing there. Well, waiting for the police so I could get my bike back. I wasn't about to go on private property to grab the bike (and risk a fight). He retrieved the bike and gave it to me. I called the police and told them to cancel. There were several other teens there and I don't know which took the bike.

The house is a rental with some low life tenant. No point in getting in an argument. Just need to keep the bikes locked when school lets out. Time to get a more reliable security cam for the driveway.

 

[twojs.bike]

Not sure I am going to enter this BO. I believe I have participated in every one since I found this site a few years ago. Life is just busy right now. I am still working on bikes, but the projects seem to find me. And I prioritize bikes that are going to a good home over creative projects. For now anyways.

I prefer this site over any social media site out there. I have a couple projects that may be of interest that I will start to document. A 1987 Mongoose Decade and the 1947 Triumph. The Triumph I started to document, but the project stalled. Planning to jump back into that one.

 

[Pondo]

1947 Triumph