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Old 05-10-11 | 06:44 AM
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...

Originally Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox
Total hijack here, but I fail to see how a Pashley is not "The Real Thing". They've been in business since the 1920's. If anything, a modern Pashley is a "knock-off" of what Pashley Produced 80 years ago.
Sticking with the hijack here, I thought I'd mention that my recumbent is a Counterpoint Presto, made in the Pacific Northwest 20+ years ago; after Counterpoint went under, Pashley bought the design and continued to make the same design in England for a while, calling it the Pashley PDQ. So... Pashley is/was not above re-making classic designs. Even so, I wouldn't use the term 'knock-off' which implies a cheap copy. Pashley doesn't do cheap.

Snarky, I'm looking forward to hearing how Creme handles the return!
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