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.
It bothered me that Raleigh was used as the benchmark for originality.... after all, their road bikes were pretty much rebranded Carltons.
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