Current Projects chat and miscellany

That's the first I heard of the definition of clunkers being referred to as a 'DIY' project rather than a different type of bike before the design evolved into MTB.

Have you not watched Klunkerz?

Of course they were DIY...they were using bikes that were made for kids and grown ups to cruise around town on, covered with fairings, mudguards, lights, tassles etc.

The term clunker/klunker described the bikes that were left after they stripped and modified them to suit what they were doing on them.
They were still 'DIY' as they progressed too as they were inventing a whole new type of bike...they weren't buying them ready built for several years.