Alphacorse

Sheer Lunacy ‘06 | Buy-Fix-Ride-Sell

This is an awesomely funny idea. Basically, you find a shitty, non-working, cheap bike and fix it in a limited about of time. (There’s even a good list of places to look for bikes for sale.) Then fix it and ride it to the final destination on the big day. Prizes are awarded for completely arbitrary qualities and with a “completely ill-conceived point system.” Contestants have to bring the title and be willing to sell their bike for $1,000. Then you have money to buy a bike for next year’s contest.

I wonder what non-working means? Would a Honda Goldwing with a full ashtray be allowed? And don’t say, “But a Honda Goldwing is worth a lot more than $1,000!” because I beg to differ.

I wish I knew how to work on bikes, but I’m in favor of as many other people doing this as possible. At least read the web site for the good yucks.