01-08-17, 03:55 PM
I think we've been here before.
It is not enough to say a bike is classic because it is of a certain vintage, or you had one when you were younger imo. To me, a classic is a bike that was considered outstanding in its day, an epitome of what a bike should have been, standing above its peers. The fact that if you ride it now, it seems to handle like a camel on acid compared with modern fare, is moot. If it handles better than the competition that was also available at the time, it's in with a chance of meriting the classic label, although aspects other than handling come into the equation as well of course.
But people have cleverly got around this by using the term "barn find". And many would have been better left in the barn :lol
It is not enough to say a bike is classic because it is of a certain vintage, or you had one when you were younger imo. To me, a classic is a bike that was considered outstanding in its day, an epitome of what a bike should have been, standing above its peers. The fact that if you ride it now, it seems to handle like a camel on acid compared with modern fare, is moot. If it handles better than the competition that was also available at the time, it's in with a chance of meriting the classic label, although aspects other than handling come into the equation as well of course.
But people have cleverly got around this by using the term "barn find". And many would have been better left in the barn :lol