Unique? Unique is more than its cracked up to be. I've built four "unique" bikes in the last four build offs. They involved a ton of work and included some unique features. Unique doesn't seem to attract votes. Ed's Elgin will be another unique bike in its own way as will a lot of other bikes...I guess some will have more eye appeal.
Ed, I've only been actively building for a year now. So I don't have nearly as much history as you do with these build offs. However, I have built 6 bikes in the past 12 months, and I would dare say that 4 of them are very 'unique'. Features that the others did not have; something that set them apart from the others. My main point in the above quote was to the effect that with so many similar or like starting points, it will be harder to differentiate between builds and find those dis-similarities. If someone finds our 'dis-similarities' attractive or not, well, that's totally up to them; to your point made in your response.
I was reminded by more than one new friend on this site that, "We build for ourselves, make what makes you happy."
The funny things is, I state this to my fellow musical counterparts nearly every time we take the stage,
"Guys, remember, we are playing for ourselves tonight. Let's give it our best, and if it reaches someone else out there, great!"
And, for what it's worth, your Colson Commander was in my top 5 bikes from BO-10.....beautiful craftsmanship, attention to detail, and an awesome setting with that sculpture piece for the final photo!
looks great so far!
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