While I disagree about rules and points, one nice thing about "cheap bike challenges" is that they provide a good base of how to do things on a budget. Not everyone has $3000 to spend on a custom rig to take off for months in the Outback, many may want to start out with a weekend trip of the state parks near their home without breaking the bank.

There were quite a few interesting bikes that came out of the last challenge, that easily illustrated how to get something that was effective for a couple hundred bucks or less.