We really need to make a sticky on this.

IAB said it poetically...

Vintage is a fancy word for old. Very few vintage bikes, are, to me, classic. The line between vintage and old junk is tenuous and subjective.

Classic means timeless...it means the best of a particular period, or class. They're the bikes we drooled over in ads and magazines. There are some modern classics. Obviously this is subjective, but to me very few bikes posted here are classic.

Classic AND Vintage means both...old...best of its type, or period.

As far as what old means, it's often defined as 1983, or 25 years.

Post whatever you want...people will respond or they won't.

Bikes I'm selling are classic and/or vintage. Bikes I'm buying are old junk.