LEGO Speeder Bikes (LSB): “Spindlejack” Challenge

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“Wake up, Sleeper!” The online LEGO Speeder Bike (LSB) rally is back, and this time we’re putting extra emphasis on the word “BIKE”… Are you up to the challenge?

BrickNerd is proud to support this LSB challenge, and we encourage you to join in! Here are all the details.

LSB Spindlejack 26

“Spindlejacks are the most renowned of the airbike messengers riding through the space stations of the Starward Belt. Weaving through the lengthy transit tunnels and narrow passageways of Far Spindle Station, they courier messages, packages, or anything too sensitive to be sent via the station’s protocol-haunted system networks (or too hot for the hardline).

Having to share the congested service tunnels with hulking cargo haulers, spindlejacks are widely assumed to have some kind of deathwish… But, as one of their number, you know it’s the rush, the competition, and the community that keeps you riding!”

The Challenge & Inspiration

The great appeal of building speeder bikes is that they can be quick to build, with minimal parts required. That said, it’s also quite the challenge to build them well, due to their compact size and limited minifigure posability. With so many new LEGO parts having come out since the last LSB challenge 5+ years ago, we felt like it was the perfect time to see how much further speeder bike designs can evolve.

The 2026 LSB “Spindlejack Challenge” is inspired by the zero-gravity bike messengers from the video game series Citizen Sleeper. The game world is set in a cyberpunk dystopia of remote space stations and derelict outposts, strewn across the resource-rich asteroid belts of a far-away star system (i.e. for vibes, think New Hashima set in space). Citizen Sleeper was developed by Gareth Damien Martin, with the artwork by Guillaume Singelin. They also created a free, printable table-top companion game to CS2 called Spindlejack (with the side-profile artwork for that game taking inspiration from Wren McDonald’s FULL-TILT).

The bike couriers operate inside the confines of a large space station. Even through they operate in a zero-gravity environment, the bikes need to be lightweight (i.e. low mass) to be easily propelled by compressed air; participants should consider building bikes with an open framework and minimal cladding. Their custom bikes need to be built small to squeeze past cargo haulers and through narrow service-channel short cuts; no wider than standard handlebars (3-studs).

Here is the “QUICK SUMMARY” for the tl;dr crowd;

  1. Build a messenger and their airbike.

  2. Take a photo/image of them on a plain background.

  3. Post it to either Flickr or Instagram with the “LSB2026” tag.

DESIGN GUIDELINES

  • Both physical and digital builds are permitted (excluding AI; we want to see YOUR creativity).

  • There are no restrictions on the usage of third-party custom parts, modified parts, custom stickers, cutting parts, lighting, etc.

  • For this challenge, minifigures are not required to be shown seated on the airbike.

  • This challenge is primarily set in a zero-gravity environment, so consider this when designing your builds and photographing the spindlejack in their display scene.

  • Standard LEGO Speeder Bike group guidelines apply; a speeder bike should resemble the feeling of riding a bicycle, motorcycle, moped, scooter, etc. They should NOT resemble landspeeder cars, hoverboards, sailboards, etc.

  • Multiple submissions are permitted.

  • Please submit only new builds to the challenge.

TIMING

Challenge entries will be accepted from now until 2nd of November 2026. Post your LSB Challenge images on either Flickr or Instagram before 2nd-NOV-2026, and tag them with “LSB2026”.

Photos can still be tagged after the deadline… HOWEVER, inclusion in the challenge poster will be limited to those participants who made their deliveries on-time.

About the organization of the 2026 LEGO Speeder Bike Challenge

Dan Ko and I decided to run this as a community group challenge this time around, instead of a contest, for a multitude of reasons:

  • We want to encourage everyone to share their builds, early and often (vs. people holding them back to win a contest).

  • We want people to collaborate and share ideas on how to improve each other’s builds.

  • We want everyone to be able to participate (vs. needing some people to sit the on the sidelines to be contest judges).

  • The ever-changing landscape of customs laws, tariffs, shipping costs, etc. has made it difficult to organize and ship contest prizes globally...

Although there are no participation prizes…

We made t-shirts, I tell you… T-SHIRTS!!!

If you remember from my past article about Ma.Ktoberfest, I am a big fan of the LEGO-themed build challenge t-shirts of old. Dan and I decided to design a custom logo for this year’s LSB Spindlejack challenge and get t-shirts made. I’ve already ordered a couple t-shirts for myself, and they turned out great.

For anyone else who may be interested in them, we found an economical “print-on-demand” option that has global fulfillment. They should be able to be produced and shipped locally within most economic zones of the world (US, EU, CA, UK, AU, JP and BR). Here is the link:

"LSB Spindlejack 26" t-shirts.

If this challenge doesn’t wake you up, LSB Citizen Sleepers, I’m not sure what will. Hope to see you all in the Spindle!

Further information and discussion can be found in the “LEGO Speeder Bikes” group on Flickr!

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