Build Off 16 Highlight Thread

[Skydreamer]

Oh Y

Gotta love this MO FATTA MO BETTA frame that @GTHOtrod has planned for Airship

Oh Yeah!!!

 

[kingfish254]

Checkout the magic of @idiotboy 's Oxalic Acid bath (wood bleach) on his Blue Bike build.

Before

After

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Yeah that was impressive. So impressive, I showed this pic to the lovely Ms Dice, and it may have unlocked one of the bikes from my mother in law's vault

Before and after, all in one!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

@willhouse 's Ratley:

Custom bike, or modernist sculpture? Discuss.

 

[Fv2]

@willhouse 's Ratley:
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Custom bike, or modernist sculpture? Discuss.

No reason it can't be both.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

The geometric shapes spaced out along the frame's lines remind me of Calder

 

[Frankie plekhand]

Check out the billet sprocket @kingfish254 is using!

Broke out the Lawless Ruthless billet sprocket to mock up the crank arms with.



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[MattiThundrrr]

Ok. Will do

As always, the King brings the goods!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

It all makes sense now

So awesome, so @GuitarlCarl

 

[OddJob]

Highlights from the Build Off? How 'bout a shout out to our new C.R.R.O (Chief Rat Rod Officer) @Angie and this new look to the right side of my laptop screen....

I love being able to flash over to the 'Latest Posts' column and see what's most current on RRB! Also the email with the 'Yesterday's Forum Activity' is a great summary to access what we want, when we want it!

I appreciate these new touches, and that Angie is jumping right in to the mix.

AdmiNisTer oN~!

 

[kingfish254]

Check out the nice fork taper work that @NIMAL PATRICK did on his French Bike build "Low Froggies"

 

[Brian macumber]

And its pneumatic
https://ratrodbikes.com/forum/threads/french-bike.113663/post-1177608

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Lol and some guys make a huge production out of drilling a few holes

 

[kingfish254]

@OddJob is using some fleece as a substitute for fiberglass cloth to make a fiberglass 53 Chevy BelAir inspired chainguard.

 

[kingfish254]

I love how we all work with what we have to rig up solutions to accomplish our builds. This includes improvising tools.
@MattiThundrrr didn't have any clamps and such to hold his chainguard for adding a little Drillium to it. But he did have a miter box with the plastic pegs and some shims. Voila!!! A Drilluim press!!!!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Yessssssssssss!

@El C is flipping out!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

@Wildcat making big moves on Riff Rat!

Can't wait to see how looooong it looks on the bike. There's a rear suspension in the works too!

 

[Toeslider]

Nice to see the tradition of this thread continuing on and serving the purpose I had originally intended it for, as a summary of cool stuff happening. Like years past, I have been dragging my feet getting started waiting for school to let out, but I intend to get started this weekend by figuring out exactly how all my cool ideas will fail. Some really cool stuff going on in here, I need to prep better so I can get an earlier start.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

hamppea is getting down to science!

So much going on over there, I'm just going to link the thread

https://ratrodbikes.com/forum/threads/the-smoke.113652/page-3#post-1178460

 

[kingfish254]

Nice to see the tradition of this thread continuing on and serving the purpose I had originally intended it for, as a summary of cool stuff happening. Like years past, I have been dragging my feet getting started waiting for school to let out, but I intend to get started this weekend by figuring out exactly how all my cool ideas will fail. Some really cool stuff going on in here, I need to prep better so I can get an earlier start.

I completely forgot that it was you that first came up with this thread idea back in Build Off 8. I think we've continued it ever since with the same basic rule of don't toot your own horn and highlight the cool stuff you see in the build off. Thanks brother!!!