Mods, if you unsticky some of the sticky threads can you put some direct links to them up near that Subforum heading at the top of the C&V page? Call it a C&V Favorites Area or something. Vertical burns up space we know, but a horizontal line or two of a handful of links (or most of them) would allow for easy access to those popular threads without chewing up too much space.

The Selling a Bike or Components disclaimer thread should be a sticky, and temporary stuff like the Build Contest thread are good use of stickies.

Pay It Forward is a noble thread, but it has only 118 posts in almost a year, and it's a sticky.

Oh, and I'm also not a fan of the COTD and Ebay/CL merge.