Dale, are you listening?
All those cool bikes that are representative of the cycling fashion of the time DO need a category of their own. Lots of those bikes were our first foray into road bikes and while they aren't as valuable (or work as well) as their higher-end counterparts, they are classics in their own right - and certainly lightweight in their own category. Some of 'em, like Harvey's Sears Special actually weren't all that bad to begin with. That Sears bike has a nicer frame than the Schwinn World I bought used from a student that dropped out of Oregon State University back in 1979. That was the bike that got me into this whole thing in the first place.
Now would a Huffy be included in this category?
Ann Phillips, Atlanta GA
trying to ride between the rainstorms!