Team CR
When I first read Paul's post on the "misuse" of these terms, including "rare", I thought the discussion was going to go in another direction!
As Paul points out, there should be some selective merit applied here. How many frame builders can truly be called innovative, or have some performance quality not found in others? Many cookie-cutter bikes surely need not apply!
What I really get a laugh at is how "classic" can apparently apply to any pile of metal that's 20 years on! If not every season produces a "vintage" champagne, then surely a generic bike boom heap can't deserve riding, or preserving! If this isn't so on ebay, then the bad smell reflects more poorly on the fish, than it does the fisherman.
Grant McLean Toronto.Ca
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Paul Williams wrote:
What makes a car a "classic"? This is a difficult question that no two =
car enthusiast will agree on. Therefore we apologize at the outset for =
omissions of cars that you consider to be a "classic". What follows is a =
subjective selection based on combination of :
a.. design innovation=20
b.. enduring appeal=20
c.. performance=20
d.. aesthetics=20
e.. age (at least 20 years old).=20