Okay, maybe not the straight forks then, but you know what I mean!
There's definitely a wide variety of examples of those bikes, and a ton of differences between them (necessity and innovation demanded both), but there's still an even bigger difference between a Klunker and an early MTB/ATB. Stylistically speaking and functionality-wise, anyway.
Or at least I think there is?
I wouldn't call anything a Klunker that didn't have heavy Klunker vibes and choices.
I mean, a Trailmaster isn't a Klunker, and that's one of the first ever MTB-specfic bikes.
Only the early Breezers probably have enough of a cross-over aesthetic to warrant the same terminology, and even then I would say they were early MTBs. As I think most would?
Anyway, enough of the thread hijack. I'll bow my head, and slow my typing.
I was just agreeing with someone else anyway!