Sidetrack Space: Build Off Highlights and Chat.

[MattiThundrrr]

C'mon, Jake. Bring this baby home!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

This would look great on the wall in my garage. I'm sure Crash will find somewhere better for it.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That's a shovel, folks.

A shovel!

 

[OddJob]

That's a shovel, folks.
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A shovel!

Wait?! When did that happen? What's the 'scoop' on this shovel-head fender?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I wish I could remember... So much activity out there! Lemme find it

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Got it. https://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/free-for-all.111061/page-2
Skydreamer is having a free for all over there! That seat is ostrich!

 

[el Diablo Guapo]

Psychographic: "I decided to simplify the graphics."
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Uh huh. Simple

I am laughin' because I LOVE your simplicity @Psychographic, and I was all proud of myself because I had put in some quality/quantity/any time squirting paint at mine! Looks so great! I am so lazy!

Man, this is THE THREAD! I really gotta keep up...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

¡!!!!!¡!!!!!¡!!!!!!¡!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!¡!!!!!¡

I used a spray can today. I dunno what I was doing, but now that I've seen that, I know I wasn't painting. That is painting.

 

[OddJob]

Soul Garage's "Can't Afford the Gas" showcase / ride video is the best self produced (wrote and performed the soundtrack as well) one I've seen on here in my 6 years ! You've got to watch this!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

This picture is epic, the ride is the reason for the build!

Bart, riding eternal through the woods

 

[BartRidesEternal]

Soul Garage's "Can't Afford the Gas" showcase / ride video is the best self produced (wrote and performed the soundtrack as well) one I've seen on here in my 6 years ! You've got to watch this!

Sick!!!

 

[BartRidesEternal]

This picture is epic, the ride is the reason for the build!
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Bart, riding eternal through the woods

Thanks Matti!

Can't wait for the next ride and buildoff!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Carl is getting a handle on his second (third?) build!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Little birdie told me about this one, kinda popped up outta the blue!

BO15 - The Bluebird of Happiness

All that grease must have helped save the chrome cleaned up nice. Yes it did. very little rust. I do like a greasy bike. It's nasty to clean up but makes for dramatic before and after pics.

www.ratrodbikes.com

 

[MazdaFlyer]

Less than 24 hours to go...

 

[nosferatu1381]

Little birdie told me about this one, kinda popped up outta the blue!
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BO15 - The Bluebird of Happiness

All that grease must have helped save the chrome cleaned up nice. Yes it did. very little rust. I do like a greasy bike. It's nasty to clean up but makes for dramatic before and after pics.

www.ratrodbikes.com

I really like that one. That was the first bike i really did a no paint restoration on. It started snowing while i was trying to keep my water temperature up. It was a nightmare. It finished well though.

 

[nosferatu1381]

Today is gonna be a long day. Someone tell me when Psychographic gets his final thread up, I can't watch

 

[Jake Sensi]

C'mon, Jake. Bring this baby home!
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[emoji38]...THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE SEEN THIS!!
THANKS BUD

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[MattiThundrrr]

Yeah, Jake, glad you made it. That last minute surprise blew me away!

 

[nosferatu1381]

I'll tell you a story. I met a couple of guys about eight years ago who wanted to start a cruiser bicycle club. Just something layed back and non judgmental where anyone could come out and ride with their kids on the weekend in a park or something. I thought it was an awesome idea. I had some kids i was trying to get to play outside. I met Ratrod through them and figured out we were all grabbing thrift bikes and rebuilding them from the same places to fund our hobby. My first couple attempts at a ratrod bicycle were kinda pitiful and I got worse before I got better. I am really happy with where both clubs have gone. I love how class I is still anchored in dressing up an old bike to make it something personal and how competitive it is. My favorite part is how hard i have to push "just make it go with whatever you have in the yard" to compete with the guys in class II. We have some really skilled guys haunting these pages. I have wound up with some really cool keeper bicycles trying to keep with them. I don't miss not having 60 some odd personal bicycles is all I am saying and relish in the fact I collected them "one piece at a time". Selling the concourse ones i have learned how to build in here to fund my "personal favorites collection" is awesome.

the Mowerrarri in the background is also Ratrod's fault. In my defense these were both really practical bicycles.