Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

It's treading the fine line between HHSB and anti.... given a few years it could blossom info the rat it has buried deep inside.

It's treading the fine line between HHSB and anti.... given a few years it could blossom info the rat it has buried deep inside.

personally I think its just trying too hard to ever be rat.

I get what your saying, it didn't look like that from being used, its just a fake rat, a cool fake rat though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtLXGQu-OF4

But don't bikes become rats over time through abuse and such? So it can't be a 'fake' rat it's either anti or a beater.

thin thin lines between these three..

there's real rats.....and then there's just rat lookers. Nothing wrong with a rat looker but nothing beats the real thing.

RAT stands for Recycled Automotive Transport taken from the 50s American hot/rat rod scene where people would spend all of their money on beefy motors and just use any old parts to keep the body going, until it became trendy of course.......so technically no bike is ever actually a R.A.T....more a R.B.T.... :P

Glad we cleared that up then.

what i am saying - YouTube

What you trying to say?

^^^^ that wasn't funny the first time :/

Nothing rat at all about that mash.
It's covered in glitter man!

Nothing rat at all about that mash.
It's covered in glitter man!

+1
waste of a frame imo..

+1
waste of a frame imo..

Definitely. And I'm not a fan of MASHes at the best of times.

I think it looks awesome, but that's just my personal taste, needs a bit of time to get ratty as well

horses for courses as they say!
and indeed leaving it outside for a few years and maybe even ride it everyday for a few years! and as if by magic a rat bike it born....
;D

Lolz.

well, i would rather see a lot of bikes that are slightly ratty than a few that are really ratty, the hole point of these style bikes is to not be to fussy right?

true enough! that bob jackson is rather nice ;)

+1

the bob jackson is nice, but looks like it has been ridden about 10mins through puddles. Practically new and not a rat.

agreed, the Bob is just use, not a rat

Saw this awesome Bob Jackson in Angel yesterday.

From current projects, pretty sure it belongs in this thread!

Fucking awesome.

agreed, the Bob is just use, not a rat

Some of the finest rats on this thread are Bob Jacksons - but that shiny blue thing with top tube protector is not one of them

well, i would rather see a lot of bikes that are slightly ratty than a few that are really ratty, the hole point of these style bikes is to not be to fussy right?

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Spray it with a high powered hose, and it'll look fine.

Or do a bit of back yard bondage and whip it with a chain for a few hours.

I want a geared version of that bianchi, well similar......

Silver campag group set
80/100 deep carbon front rim
Chris king/hope rear hub on back cxp 33
Easton ea90 finishing kit, but with a big areo post

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :D I will start building it soon!!!!!