In a message dated 3/23/2004 7:37:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes: I think it would be fun to give each framebuilder the same set of tubes and lugs and tools and to have a "race" to build a frameset in 3 hours - fixed time limit - or something ridiculously short (including paint job !) Afterwards, cirque attendees could vote on the best frameset!
Or perhaps they could do a round-robin frame, something like what artists at comic conventions often do... they'll work together to produce a single page, handing it back and forth so each guy gets his hand in. Then everybody signs it and they auction it off for a worthy cause.
Only problem would be fitting everybody's name on the downtube. But hey, wouldn't it be cool to own a single bike built by a half-dozen or so of the country's top builders?
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA