Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

The Rat Bike is starting to sound like theology.

One can not build a Rat, one must earn the Rat. etc. and so forth...

How about "Rat happens."?

Ha, yeah.

Or, for the faux rat look, accelerrat ...
"bro, I chain lock to accelerat my dolan..."

I should do some work.

People create rat rods on purpose:

Ideally you want your bike to become ratty by using and abusing it over the years, but realistically this isn't viable for most people who don't use their bike 24/7 and still like the look. So I get why they're helping their bike a little, although this might makes you look like a poser to the 'hardcore' rat connoisseurs (do they exist?). It's not super authentic, I agree. But in the end; who cares? It's kind of like hating on people with 'fixies' because they're not 'true' fixed gear bike lovers. Different strokes. As long as people enjoy their bikes.

^ that's a prime example of the sillynes. That rat rod probably cost $60,000+ to build. But hey, I don't really care either. It's just another aesthetic and the best examples are usually ones that occur naturally and over time. Like old wooden tables or other furniture.
Intentionally sanding wear patches into you paint is a bit Diesel denim though

Wash your bike.

Except the thread have Frankenbikes in the titles, which doesn't automatically mean rust bucket, it can easily be a beautifully made bike that look plain fucking stupid.

$60,000

Weirdly specific estimate haha

1988 Golden Giant Turbo Sierra

One does not simply "create a rat bike" etc etc

yes yes

Last winter

Turbo mudflap

i'll wash my nice bike

obviously that would be whole idea, but i'm not gonna have the cash to buy a frame in good nick anyway, nor will I have cash to put flash matchy parts on it, not really try hard, just more that what i can afford will look a bit ratty from the start, and will get to true rat status with time.

Fuck me, don't forget tape on a bushy beard and put some brylcreem in your hair, too.

i'll wash my nice bike

it's worth washing your daily aswell. changing a flat when you haven't cleaned your bike for 3 months in winter in f-ing horrible.

also if you're strapped for cash don't even bother with 'NJS'. Some of the rattiest frames on export are probably worth avoiding anyway. Get something reasonably cheap and just build it with ok parts then take care of it.

this thing only cost me about £130 to build

this thing only cost me about £130

The whole thing?! How...

Is that a plug on the headset?

this thing only cost me about £130 to build

But you said build a rat is not a thing

friends with parts bins

You guys need a new friend or what?

I think the game here is going a bit too far. The thread was about to apreciate photos of ratbikes. To contemplate about building bikes we got CP section, where we can bragg and hate ways of building bikes.

Sorry for quality, screen from yt video.

The whole thing?! How...

frameset and cranks were £70 then the rest was either free or cheap. £20 on the stem was the only other big cost

But you said build a rat is not a thing

yeah because that was how it looked before i stopped using it. It looked like this initially

(not ratty)