Retro
12-30-07 | 04:21 PM
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# BF-STL-00020
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From: Austin
Bikes: Cinelli, Pinarello, Rossin, Gitane, Trek
Retro
Originally Posted by The Oxford American Dictionary
retro 1 |?retr?| adjective imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past : retro 60s fashions.
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Retro is a term used to describe aspects of modern culture which are consciously derivative or imitative of those trends, modes, fashions, or attitudes of the recent past which have or had come to be seen as unfashionable.
Imitative of a style, consciously derivative. i.e. PT crusers and new Beetles are Retro. The new Schwinn Madison is arguably a "retro" bike, the originals are not, neither are my '70 Gitane, '84 Cinelli, or '85 Pinarello. Please don't refer to them as such.
Thank you.
