The OED gives this:
1. Capable of being convinced, in various senses: a. Capable of being convicted, proved false, etc.; convictable. Obs.
My sense is that they mostly liked the sound of the word -- which I am quite convincible to accept as a proper motive, though that may be proven false, etc.
Adam Hammond Toronto, ON, Canada
On 9-Sep-08, at 8:40 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> Even the name of this model is remarkable. Anyone know the
> definition of
> the word "Convincible"? One probably has to look in the Oxford
> Dictiona
> ry, not sure Webster's would list it. And what does Convincible
> have to
> do with Vampires?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
>
> --- On Mon, 9/8/08, donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
> From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
> Subject: [CR]FYI: Elswick Hopper Vampire Convincible
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 10:45 PM
>
> It's bikes like this that produce the same thrill as that of a gold
> miner looking for a new vein (mother lode) of ore.
>
> I am reminded of my trip to Paris in 2004, where I photographed many
> odd bicycles parked on the streets. On the CR list they started
> talking about (I think) Constrictor brakes and I had just photographed
> some outside a thrift shop the day before.
>
> It was a feeling like I was a coin collector magically transported
> back to 1957, allowing me to rummage through my change at any given
> store in any given day, with a good chance that I'd find a shiny
> brilliant uncirculated 'missing link' coin to complete a valuable
> colletion of mine ...
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA