No TV drama, no two-wheeled sculptures that will never be ridden. Just a group of the world’s best bike builders competing in a true reality contest of both show and go. Yes, this August each of these chosen builders will have to hand build their most mind-blowing custom fuel-fed machine, but to qualify for the build-off they will also have to ride their creations 150-200 miles daily to be eligible to be voted upon.

This is where you come in. We will be having this build-off live and on the road for five days from August 16-20 starting in Joplin, Missouri, then traveling to Jefferson Missouri: Springfield, Illinois:Bettendorf, Iowa: and ending at the famed Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, during our Hot Bike Tour. At each stop the builder’s bikes will be displayed and independently voted upon by you, our readers, via ballot boxes, making the playing field fair and square. There will be nightly build-off winners as well as a Grand Champion who wins the most total votes at the end of five days.

This is the chance of a lifetime to come out, hang out, ride with, and personally judge who is the world’s best bike builder.

For more info, go to hotbikeweb.com/tour