I thought those were referred to as "BOBish bikes".
Regards,
Jerry Moos
OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/4/01 7:18:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> KCTOMMY@email.msn.com writes:
>
> << The bike will be done Rivendell style (eclectic mix of old and new, with
> friction shifting.) >>
>
> Russ Fitzgerald and I have just been privately discussing these bikes that
> are eclectic mixes of old and new.. Old frames with a spattering of new parts
> .......New frames that are made in acknowledgment of older forms (Rivendells,
> etc.)
>
> "Neo Classics?" .... "Classic Mannerists?" .... "Vintage Hot Rods?"....
> "Irvings?"
>
> No really, what moniker would best and most succinctly describe these
> immensely rideable and refined mounts..?
>
> Dale Brown