Here's how the
Classic Rendezvous list defines it:
The Classic Rendezvous list focuses on bicycles made from the early days of the Twentieth Century, up to 1983. (there are good reasons for this cut off date, search the archives for that.) The Classic Rendezvous also embraces "on topic" fine bicycle makers who are called "Keepers of the Flame", those who use traditional methods and aesthetics. New age welded, injection molded, or glued modern bicycles belong in some other mail list, not this one! Ditto for mountain bikes & balloon tired bikes. Those items have merit, but they just do not belong here.
Neal