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PLEASE SELECT YOUR TOP THREE BIKES

  • 01. "1940 Columbia" by Rudy Rude

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 02. "57 Speed Creep" by 48 Hawthorne

    Votes: 8 1.5%
  • 03. "Archie Klunker" by GTCOMA

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 04. "Ben Davis" by NOC

    Votes: 8 1.5%
  • 05. "Beyond Thunderdome" by Chain Reaction

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 06. "Black American" by blackphantom

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 07. "Black and Wild" by garagegoon

    Votes: 41 7.9%
  • 08. "Blue Eliminator" by Weekend Fun

    Votes: 10 1.9%
  • 09. "Blue Moon" by Ken Nighplay

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 10. "Blue Ribbon Betty" by mtbikn212

    Votes: 9 1.7%
  • 11. "Blue X" by skipton

    Votes: 11 2.1%
  • 12. "Bombing Betty" by chaunceysj

    Votes: 27 5.2%
  • 13. "Boss Ross" by gowjobs

    Votes: 16 3.1%
  • 14. "Broken Beat Scarred" by Simpleman

    Votes: 63 12.1%
  • 15. "Bruizer" by iDood

    Votes: 11 2.1%
  • 16. "Cash" by Devilmaysay

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 17. "Cinco de Polo" by JoKeR63

    Votes: 9 1.7%
  • 18. "Cpuff" by Cashman

    Votes: 15 2.9%
  • 19. "CWC 1" by Roadmaster

    Votes: 45 8.6%
  • 20. "Dynomite Racer" by zelkmaster

    Votes: 17 3.3%
  • 21. "Elgin Old Army" by frameteam2003

    Votes: 45 8.6%
  • 22. "Engine No. 9" by fenderhole

    Votes: 113 21.6%
  • 23. "Grandpa Rockhopper" by XC204

    Votes: 23 4.4%
  • 24. "Hometown Hero" by 59punk

    Votes: 36 6.9%
  • 25. "Jenna Saykwa" by xddorox

    Votes: 24 4.6%
  • 26. "Kindergarten Cruiser" by mrflagman

    Votes: 14 2.7%
  • 27. "Knuckledown" by Found Objects

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 28. "Krusty Kargo" by bean

    Votes: 34 6.5%
  • 29. "Lazy Rodent" by Monster Metal

    Votes: 11 2.1%
  • 30. "Lincoln Green" by Hubgearfreak

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 31. "Mildly Curious" by warpigg

    Votes: 10 1.9%
  • 32. "Monkey Panic" by Bicycleguy

    Votes: 8 1.5%
  • 33. "Mr. Goodyear" by deorman

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 34. "Murray Resurrection" by Schwinnspastic

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 35. "Naked 41" by jcextreme

    Votes: 24 4.6%
  • 36. "Phantom Menace" by John Payne

    Votes: 16 3.1%
  • 37. "Picnic Time" by purple

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 38. "Poore Mans Dream" by murraymadman

    Votes: 8 1.5%
  • 39. "Primed for Renewal" by Flying Dingo

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 40. "Resicycle" by 2dawgs

    Votes: 20 3.8%
  • 41. "Rusty Brit" by pvwacko

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 42. "Salt Shaker" by hotrodjen

    Votes: 35 6.7%
  • 43. "Sandune 2.0" by dirtywater

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 44. "Schwinnliner" by Hooch

    Votes: 11 2.1%
  • 45. "Silver Flyer" by Wildcat

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 46. "Skull-o-sis" by icyoud2

    Votes: 37 7.1%
  • 47. "Steamed Rat" by Markm

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 48. "Stella Bread Racer" by irzouts

    Votes: 25 4.8%
  • 49. "Stream-Flex" by 37fleetwood

    Votes: 27 5.2%
  • 50. "Swinger Special" by cman

    Votes: 11 2.1%
  • 51. "The Bandit" by Double Nickle

    Votes: 27 5.2%
  • 52. "The Desert Stormer" by 2wheelflyer

    Votes: 9 1.7%
  • 53. "The Goon" by hewey

    Votes: 17 3.3%
  • 54. "The Grady Rocket" by char

    Votes: 56 10.7%
  • 55. "The Juak Ali" Graylock

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 56. "The King of Cowley County" by udallcustombikes

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 57. "The Newsboy Special" by ratina

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 58. "The Sidewalk Super Villain Supernaut" by bighit

    Votes: 124 23.8%
  • 59. "The Tennessee Klunk" by biss-ness

    Votes: 12 2.3%
  • 60. "The Way Out Suburbanite" by Schweetcruisers

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 61. "The Wormwood Limited" by Strings_and_steam

    Votes: 7 1.3%
  • 62. "Tiki Time Cruiser" by bigcam59

    Votes: 19 3.6%
  • 63. "Undertaker" by Kuttnhack

    Votes: 16 3.1%
  • 64. "Vagabond Gent" by xHOBOPHOBIAx

    Votes: 16 3.1%
  • 65. "Widowmaker VI" by texasbigjohn

    Votes: 87 16.7%

  • Total voters
    522
  • Poll closed .
I was riding my bike one day when my friend, another bike builder, rode up on an incredible shiny new bicycle.

I was stunned by my friend's ride (as it wasn't his style of build choice) and asked, "Where did you get such a nice new, shiney bike?"

My buddy replied, "Well, yesterday I was walking home, minding my own business, when this hot chick rode up to me... on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, 'Take what you want!'"

And that my friends is what it's all about... :wink:
 
FOUND OBJECTS said:
I was riding my bike one day when my friend, another bike builder, rode up on an incredible shiny new bicycle.

I was stunned by my friend's ride (as it wasn't his style of build choice) and asked, "Where did you get such a nice new, shiney bike?"

My buddy replied, "Well, yesterday I was walking home, minding my own business, when this hot chick rode up to me... on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, 'Take what you want!'"

And that my friends is what it's all about... :wink:

So he like us...only cared about the bike :lol: We all have that going for us :lol:
 
Hey Rudy Rude here,
"Take what you want," awesome joke!!!!! After reading the thread a little disillusionment on the block lol, I have to admit to a bit myself…3, wait 4 votes & counting lol (chalking it up to the blurry pics & improper pic upload), considering the time & effort that went into that ride - and the focus on sticking to the rat rod ethic. I literally saved & refurbed every single part & screw thus character of my 70 year old Columbia, with the exception of the rear inner tube, which blew out at the stem upon inflation & the front axel which was toast & the valve caps which I swapped out for a set of red dice. My design additions were minimal: PBR caps in the handlebar ends to replace the missing jewels, 1/4" spikes/studs from my bulldogs collar in the seat upholstery, bookrack, and rear fender, a period correct rearview mirror, an axel mount rear facing reflector, a lucky 7 dice seat tube decal, and hours of time spent in disassembly, ironing out fenders, racks, baskets, design contimplation, a dozen rattle bombs, wet sanding, pin striping, clear coat, relube & reassembly! That aside, whenever the opinions of 500 people are weighed, you'll have as many opinions, so in all reality, "it is what it is” - an opinion cluster you-know-what...bomb, yeah that's the word.

I dig the democratic (or socialist depending upon how you look at it) vibe of letting everybody have a vote, but don't think it works well in this context. IMHO, a build-off would be judged by a panel of 3-4 individuals, most likely the administrators, to best exemplify the vision of the build-off, or for the sake of total impartiality, a panel selected by the administrators, of rat rod aficionados, rat bike rag editors, etc. This would clearly set the vision for the build and add validity to the results. Of course anything & everything could be submitted. I personally didn't vote for my ride or tap my friends to vote as I felt this would be disingenuous. I think these two ideas should be disallowed at the very least. I could have nabbed 50-100 votes just by tapping my musician friends, as they / we all owe each other within the DIY punk rock scene.

From a judge’s perspective, I thought it was pretty clear who the front runner’s s/b (mine excluded): Naked 41, Grady Rocket, Broken Beat, CWC1, Boss Ross, Black & Wild, Lazy Rodent, Poore Man's Dream, Salt Shaker (awesome accessories in the Salt Shaker pic! Makes me want to move to PA!), Primed for Renewal, Stella Bread Racer, The Bandit, Widowmaker VI. All of these were instantly identifiable as bikes that have attitude and exemplify the rat rod ethos, which, IMO this build-off was designed to amplify. What "Rat" is or isn't really shouldn't be much of a discussion. Custom can be built in the rat style, or it can just be custom &/or custom & just kind of weird, and not really rat...

My judgment process went like this: However cool, I instantly excluded cartoon bikes, custom bikes that were not rat, themed bikes ala OCC chopper, clunkers, fixed gears, bikes that little or no work went into or bikes that fell outside the guidelines in some way. Next I eliminated bikes with accessories or design mods that really made no sense or were just completely ridiculous i.e. springers in places with questionable suspension benefits, randomly bolted on pieces & parts, heat deflector tape wrapped around triple trees, etc...in my mind, that left 13 clear front runners aside from my own to pick from. In the end, my top three were: Naked 41, Broken Beat & CWC1. All of my top 13 were sweet rides, and several could have swapped spots with my top three. Grady Rocket could have been my number two pick in retrospect.

It was fun, nerve racking to beat the buzzer, literally a sweat soaked last few hours on 8/2, but fun and the end results from the build perspective were very rewarding. I look forward to the next build-off. I'd like to see the format of the next one tweaked a bit, but no worries if not. I'll still enter a ride, probably a custom, in the rat style. All the best & much respect to everyone here. I'm glad to have found this community. See you on the streets!

Jeff aka "Rudy Rude"
 
Rudy Rude said:
Hey Rudy Rude here,
"Take what you want," awesome joke!!!!! After reading the thread a little disillusionment on the block lol, I have to admit to a bit myself…3, wait 4 votes & counting lol (chalking it up to the blurry pics & improper pic upload), considering the time & effort that went into that ride - and the focus on sticking to the rat rod ethic. I literally saved & refurbed every single part & screw thus character of my 70 year old Columbia, with the exception of the rear inner tube, which blew out at the stem upon inflation & the front axel which was toast & the valve caps which I swapped out for a set of red dice. My design additions were minimal: PBR caps in the handlebar ends to replace the missing jewels, 1/4" spikes/studs from my bulldogs collar in the seat upholstery, bookrack, and rear fender, a period correct rearview mirror, an axel mount rear facing reflector, a lucky 7 dice seat tube decal, and hours of time spent in disassembly, ironing out fenders, racks, baskets, design contimplation, a dozen rattle bombs, wet sanding, pin striping, clear coat, relube & reassembly! That aside, whenever the opinions of 500 people are weighed, you'll have as many opinions, so in all reality, "it is what it is” - an opinion cluster you-know-what...bomb, yeah that's the word.

I dig the democratic (or socialist depending upon how you look at it) vibe of letting everybody have a vote, but don't think it works well in this context. IMHO, a build-off would be judged by a panel of 3-4 individuals, most likely the administrators, to best exemplify the vision of the build-off, or for the sake of total impartiality, a panel selected by the administrators, of rat rod aficionados, rat bike rag editors, etc. This would clearly set the vision for the build and add validity to the results. Of course anything & everything could be submitted. I personally didn't vote for my ride or tap my friends to vote as I felt this would be disingenuous. I think these two ideas should be disallowed at the very least. I could have nabbed 50-100 votes just by tapping my musician friends, as they / we all owe each other within the DIY punk rock scene.

From a judge’s perspective, I thought it was pretty clear who the front runner’s s/b (mine excluded): Naked 41, Grady Rocket, Broken Beat, CWC1, Boss Ross, Black & Wild, Lazy Rodent, Poore Man's Dream, Salt Shaker (awesome accessories in the Salt Shaker pic! Makes me want to move to PA!), Primed for Renewal, Stella Bread Racer, The Bandit, Widowmaker VI. All of these were instantly identifiable as bikes that have attitude and exemplify the rat rod ethos, which, IMO this build-off was designed to amplify. What "Rat" is or isn't really shouldn't be much of a discussion. Custom can be built in the rat style, or it can just be custom &/or custom & just kind of weird, and not really rat...

My judgment process went like this: However cool, I instantly excluded cartoon bikes, custom bikes that were not rat, themed bikes ala OCC chopper, clunkers, fixed gears, bikes that little or no work went into or bikes that fell outside the guidelines in some way. Next I eliminated bikes with accessories or design mods that really made no sense or were just completely ridiculous i.e. springers in places with questionable suspension benefits, randomly bolted on pieces & parts, heat deflector tape wrapped around triple trees, etc...in my mind, that left 13 clear front runners aside from my own to pick from. In the end, my top three were: Naked 41, Broken Beat & CWC1. All of my top 13 were sweet rides, and several could have swapped spots with my top three. Grady Rocket could have been my number two pick in retrospect.

It was fun, nerve racking to beat the buzzer, literally a sweat soaked last few hours on 8/2, but fun and the end results from the build perspective were very rewarding. I look forward to the next build-off. I'd like to see the format of the next one tweaked a bit, but no worries if not. I'll still enter a ride, probably a custom, in the rat style. All the best & much respect to everyone here. I'm glad to have found this community. See you on the streets!

Jeff aka "Rudy Rude"

+1

the idea of having only a select group vote for the winner(s) is a good idea or leave it open for anybody to vote and vote for what it is, custom, traditional, best of show, coontail award and so on.

when you go to a car show the trailer queens and the rats are not in the same class!! so i feel your on to something with what you said.
 
FOUND OBJECTS said:
What's a coontail award? Sorry... my google search turned up nada.

it was started by The Horse Magazine. is a dig on how hard they tried to make it look cool.

search coontail as one word.
 
Upper Class White Trash said:
Rudy Rude said:
Hey Rudy Rude here,
"Take what you want," awesome joke!!!!! After reading the thread a little disillusionment on the block lol, I have to admit to a bit myself…3, wait 4 votes & counting lol (chalking it up to the blurry pics & improper pic upload), considering the time & effort that went into that ride - and the focus on sticking to the rat rod ethic. I literally saved & refurbed every single part & screw thus character of my 70 year old Columbia, with the exception of the rear inner tube, which blew out at the stem upon inflation & the front axel which was toast & the valve caps which I swapped out for a set of red dice. My design additions were minimal: PBR caps in the handlebar ends to replace the missing jewels, 1/4" spikes/studs from my bulldogs collar in the seat upholstery, bookrack, and rear fender, a period correct rearview mirror, an axel mount rear facing reflector, a lucky 7 dice seat tube decal, and hours of time spent in disassembly, ironing out fenders, racks, baskets, design contimplation, a dozen rattle bombs, wet sanding, pin striping, clear coat, relube & reassembly! That aside, whenever the opinions of 500 people are weighed, you'll have as many opinions, so in all reality, "it is what it is” - an opinion cluster you-know-what...bomb, yeah that's the word.

I dig the democratic (or socialist depending upon how you look at it) vibe of letting everybody have a vote, but don't think it works well in this context. IMHO, a build-off would be judged by a panel of 3-4 individuals, most likely the administrators, to best exemplify the vision of the build-off, or for the sake of total impartiality, a panel selected by the administrators, of rat rod aficionados, rat bike rag editors, etc. This would clearly set the vision for the build and add validity to the results. Of course anything & everything could be submitted. I personally didn't vote for my ride or tap my friends to vote as I felt this would be disingenuous. I think these two ideas should be disallowed at the very least. I could have nabbed 50-100 votes just by tapping my musician friends, as they / we all owe each other within the DIY punk rock scene.

From a judge’s perspective, I thought it was pretty clear who the front runner’s s/b (mine excluded): Naked 41, Grady Rocket, Broken Beat, CWC1, Boss Ross, Black & Wild, Lazy Rodent, Poore Man's Dream, Salt Shaker (awesome accessories in the Salt Shaker pic! Makes me want to move to PA!), Primed for Renewal, Stella Bread Racer, The Bandit, Widowmaker VI. All of these were instantly identifiable as bikes that have attitude and exemplify the rat rod ethos, which, IMO this build-off was designed to amplify. What "Rat" is or isn't really shouldn't be much of a discussion. Custom can be built in the rat style, or it can just be custom &/or custom & just kind of weird, and not really rat...

My judgment process went like this: However cool, I instantly excluded cartoon bikes, custom bikes that were not rat, themed bikes ala OCC chopper, clunkers, fixed gears, bikes that little or no work went into or bikes that fell outside the guidelines in some way. Next I eliminated bikes with accessories or design mods that really made no sense or were just completely ridiculous i.e. springers in places with questionable suspension benefits, randomly bolted on pieces & parts, heat deflector tape wrapped around triple trees, etc...in my mind, that left 13 clear front runners aside from my own to pick from. In the end, my top three were: Naked 41, Broken Beat & CWC1. All of my top 13 were sweet rides, and several could have swapped spots with my top three. Grady Rocket could have been my number two pick in retrospect.

It was fun, nerve racking to beat the buzzer, literally a sweat soaked last few hours on 8/2, but fun and the end results from the build perspective were very rewarding. I look forward to the next build-off. I'd like to see the format of the next one tweaked a bit, but no worries if not. I'll still enter a ride, probably a custom, in the rat style. All the best & much respect to everyone here. I'm glad to have found this community. See you on the streets!

Jeff aka "Rudy Rude"

+1

the idea of having only a select group vote for the winner(s) is a good idea or leave it open for anybody to vote and vote for what it is, custom, traditional, best of show, coontail award and so on.

when you go to a car show the trailer queens and the rats are not in the same class!! so i feel your on to something with what you said.

Yeah, just some loose observations, that I think would dial up the credibility factor a bit. I'd peg the aquanaut & the meatloaf bike for the coontail award handsdown!
 
i will say this obviously there is a large group of members willing to build trophies so maybe next year why not have a few special classes? i agree a sellected group of judges might make things more simple and only steve can know who they are. i am sure he is reading this shaking his head and saying "why me?" poor guy we love ya steve :D
 
Also, I think for this build-off there ought to be a Zero %'r award!If you get 0%, you get a sticker or something. 1%, nada, but 0% should be a distinction! Kinda like how bikers have the 1% diamond patch, we'd have one less, 0%...therefore one less/more cooler!
 
karfer67 said:
i will say this obviously there is a large group of members willing to build trophies so maybe next year why not have a few special classes? i agree a sellected group of judges might make things more simple and only steve can know who they are. i am sure he is reading this shaking his head and saying "why me?" poor guy we love ya steve :D
:lol: Great site! Makes my day all the better! Props RAT ROD!
 
My intentions for these build offs is for folks to not get so caught up in winning and trophies and stuff.

I really just want folks to build some cool bikes and have a good time. :wink:
 
Rat Rod said:
My intentions for these build offs is for folks to not get so caught up in winning and trophies and stuff.

I really just want folks to build some cool bikes and have a good time. :wink:


AMEN!!!!! :D
 
Rat Rod said:
My intentions for these build off is for folks to not get so caught up in winning and trophies and stuff.

I really just want folks to build some cool bikes and have a good time. :wink:

That's what it's all about!

i'd take the coontail award and hang it with pride (meatloaf bike)
after all, the only reason one insults another, is based on a need to knock em down to thier own level. :) (compliments don't get much better than that)
 
Rudy Rude said:
"considering the time & effort that went into that ride - and the focus on sticking to the rat rod ethic. I literally saved & refurbed every single part & screw thus character of my 70 year old Columbia, with the exception of the rear inner tube, which blew out at the stem upon inflation & the front axel which was toast & the valve caps which I swapped out for a set of red dice. My design additions were minimal: PBR caps in the handlebar ends to replace the missing jewels, 1/4" spikes/studs from my bulldogs collar in the seat upholstery, bookrack, and rear fender, a period correct rearview mirror, an axel mount rear facing reflector, a lucky 7 dice seat tube decal, and hours of time spent in disassembly, ironing out fenders, racks, baskets, design contimplation, a dozen rattle bombs, wet sanding, pin striping, clear coat, relube & reassembly!"

I hope you did that all for your own enjoyment, not for the recognition or adoration (not exactly punk rock, right? :wink: )

"I could have nabbed 50-100 votes just by tapping my musician friends, as they / we all owe each other within the DIY punk rock scene."

Go easy, my friend! You built a fantastic bike and actually get to RIDE it - enjoy!

Jeff aka "Rudy Rude"
 
Rat Rod said:
My intentions for these build offs is for folks to not get so caught up in winning and trophies and stuff.

I really just want folks to build some cool bikes and have a good time. :wink:


there is no disputing there are some awesome bikes! even the ones that don't capture the Rat Rod Bike spirit best
are cool in their own right but this wasn't the cool bike build off...

apples and oranges

like i said before steve your the father of this baby and i am just that dirty 2nd cousin that don't baby glove anyone so take me with a grain of salt. i say what i mean and mean what i say. sometimes it's just mean what i say..

not trying to bust your stones over this. i love ya brah and you made a righteous site and even if you changed the name the issue at hand would still be there.

who captured the Rat Rod Bike spirit best????
 
At the time of this reply, votes cast for the two bikes vying for the top spot account for only 17% of the total. Given, there are 63 other entries to dilute that vote, but that the quality of all of these bikes is of such a caliber that they CAN take away those votes from the front-runners is the whole point of the Build-Off. Somebody already pointed out that everybody that entered won, because THEY HAVE A GREAT BIKE TO RIDE! I couldn't agree more.
 
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