Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

but bmxed said the owner calls it his beater, he may have a lovely £3000 track bike for all we know, maybe he just built it for a beater and it doesn't look used...yet

its some ones beater, leave it at that

well no,
my bike has some fairly nice parts on it but i'll call it a beater cos it looks like shit,
£40 of stickers dosn't make a beater.

from my own standpoint a beater/rat bike whatever has to at least look like its used and something you don't worry about locking up in town