They have such a wild looking frame. I know a dozen people who cut their teeth on Spaceliner frames. Then, as time goes by, you find out all the other goodies to be had, and it's a perpetualSpaceliner frames are where it’s at…
Rookie builds by veteran builders
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Build-off #7
-was my first build-off ,I just wanted to be part of group who enjoyed bikes like myself.
At the time I liked Cafe Racers so '67' was the build. And didn't have many frames or parts at the time, so the idea was to build a bike from what junk I had.
Grabbing 26th place - I was happy being a girl in a boys world.
The junky start of it all...
-was my first build-off ,I just wanted to be part of group who enjoyed bikes like myself.
At the time I liked Cafe Racers so '67' was the build. And didn't have many frames or parts at the time, so the idea was to build a bike from what junk I had.
Grabbing 26th place - I was happy being a girl in a boys world.
The junky start of it all...
I love that bottom profile, gives it that boat/ship vibe. Beautiful bike!
Awesome! I love that junky start as well!
The ratrodbikes archive has great builds, love the enormous diverse builds, creative freedom and range of builder types and skills. I am repeating myself here, but deeply enjoy that part.
And don't forget that very important "open mind" that gives the chance to try new stuff, supported and encouraged by a peer group spread around the world
I joined the forum in 2008, but I think I waited until 2012 to join a BO. Here's a few of my early entries:
BO7 Seminole
BO8 Wester Flyer
2015 Berkshire:
BO7 Seminole
BO8 Wester Flyer
2015 Berkshire:
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Shhhhhhhhhhh.
Little Neutrino is the bike that brought me here but I didn't build it right away.
My First build here was Headbanger for a Muscle Bike BO
I've modified it a couple times...
This is Headbanger III
My First build here was Headbanger for a Muscle Bike BO
I've modified it a couple times...
This is Headbanger III
My actual rookie build happened before I joined RRB, but it was also the bike that made me check out this forum for the first time in 2014, when I started converting this rustbucket into a decent daily ride to tow my homebuilt trailer:
In 2015 in joined the forum and in 2016 I participated in my first build off, BO11 with my BarrelBanana Lowrider:
In 2015 in joined the forum and in 2016 I participated in my first build off, BO11 with my BarrelBanana Lowrider:
I'm more of a veteran DNF'r, but I have managed to put a few in the end zone. Murican Flyer from BO10 from 2015. Joined March 3, 2014.
My first main build off bike was BigJim for BO08:
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/☆★☆big-jim☆★☆-build-thread-rrb-bo-8-a-g-2013-1st-place.72017/
First actual build on the forum was the 50 years muscle bike just a month earlier:
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/anything-goes-muscle-bike-build-off-01.68143/
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/☆★☆big-jim☆★☆-build-thread-rrb-bo-8-a-g-2013-1st-place.72017/
First actual build on the forum was the 50 years muscle bike just a month earlier:
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/anything-goes-muscle-bike-build-off-01.68143/
Ahhh... yes... I remember the first Muscle Bike Build Off. That was my first actual build on the forum too, with Chopster...
Which was rebuilt in a subsequent MBBO to Chopster Part 2...
@Endlesschain now has both Rattled and Chopster.
Glen.
Good to see you Glen, that was a fun little buildoff that one...
Good to see you too, Luke.
Yes, it was a fun wee build-off... and I was quite happy with my results since it was my first time welding.
Perhaps I'll do another build-off in the future, but not this time.
Glen.
Journals are live!!!!!!!
BO7 (?) 2010
Boss Ross - Ross Apollo
Boss Ross - Ross Apollo
I think my first build-off was BO08, with New Age Hawthorne, but sadly I think all pictures are gone from the forum. My second one “Wheatpenny” was much more well received, but I think those pictures are gone too. This was back when I was hosting my own pictures from my own domain, which is now long gone. I think I have completed 6 builds and started 8 or 9, not including this one.
This is basically the beginning of my journey, I think shortly before I discovered RRB:
Yep, it's my electric felt bike, now the only thing that's left from this picture is the frame, everything else has been replaced
Then this is my first BO entry:
And then this is the build that placed me in a top 10:
Yep, it's my electric felt bike, now the only thing that's left from this picture is the frame, everything else has been replaced
Then this is my first BO entry:
And then this is the build that placed me in a top 10:
