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!
The goal is not to torture the framebuilders, or injure them, however much it might seem like torture for some of the perfectionists on this list. Rather, the goal would be to allow people to see a frame being built (if that's not a trade secret) and to see what sorts of resourcefulness could be applied to building a frameset in a rather short timespan.
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA