2024 MBBO & STBO - Are you in?

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Are you participating with shenanigans

  • STBO

    Votes: 13 72.2%
  • MBBO

    Votes: 8 44.4%

  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
Yeah I'm in the Central time zone and it's only 11:45 pm August 31st
You guys ALL jumped the gun.
 
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...
 
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.
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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.
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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
 
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.
 
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.
 

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