Se*xy Bike!

[Catrin]

Check THIS out...SWOOON...

http://static.squarespace.com/static/512eb849e4b021266dca8015/513d0403e4b0df536892659c/513fa497e4b0c6bca993bfaf/1363125401086/R2.jpg?format=750w

If I could buy a new bike tomorrow, guess what it would be? It would have to have disc brakes however... :)

http://static.squarespace.com/static/512eb849e4b021266dca8015/513d0403e4b0df536892659c/513fa490e4b0f56ab2d9e462/1363125393987/R1.jpg?format=750w

[Owlie]

Swoon is right! Very pretty.

[thekarens]

I bet you could put some miles on that baby!

[Koronin]

Nice bike. I really like the saddle bags.

[OakLeaf]

Oh my. Yes, what is it? (I did try to look it up! My image search, TinEye, doesn't have the best database, I don't think. What image search do other people use???)

[Catrin]

I should have provided it in the first post, sorry about that! It is the Ascari Mixtie, go here. (http://ascaribicycles.com/mixtie/)

[GLC1968]

Very pretty!

I might use these photos for inspiration as I build up my mixte (which is still sitting naked in our dining room!).

Came back to add: Holy cow - the wheels are wood reinforced with carbon. Sweet!!

[Catrin]

I am checking to see if it is available as a frame. I already know they are consumer direct and do not work with bike shops (my fitter contacted them). I suspect the full build as pictured would cost significantly more than my Gunnar :eek:

[GLC1968]

I admit, I looked at where they are located. Of course, they are here in downtown Portland.

For a very brief moment, I contemplated making a trip down there! I will resist. I will.

[Crankin]

Good thing they don't have a size that would fit me.

[Catrin]

I just found out the cost of the frame, fork and stem....just that alone is 1.75 times the full cost of my one-off full custom Gunnar :eek: I knew it had to be expensive but woah!!! So, unless I win the lottery, there will be no Ascari Mixte in my future.

[malkin]

It is pretty as all get out.

What's up with the brake levers?

[OakLeaf]

What's up with the brake levers?

Handmade brass of their own design. http://ascaribicycles.com/mixtie

Beautiful, but the brakes don't look very safe to me ... too hard to reach and too easy for your hands to slip off, I'd think.

[velo]

Isn't Ascari the ridiculously expensive car manufacturer? Geez - wonder what the price tag on that mixte is! Pretty, but I'd guess it's pretty dear, as well.

ETA: OK - did a google search... looks like they are not the same as the car manufacturer.

[Catrin]

They are not the same...however you are right on the cost. Just the frame, fork and stem costs $5,000. Full build as pictured is close to $8,000 :eek: I emailed them yesterday our of curiosity.

My pure 1-off custom Gunnar was way less than the frame/fork/stem. Still a beautiful bike...though it better be ;)

[Catrin]

The rims are Beechwood.

Catrin, do you mean the frameset/headset is 1.75 more than your complet build?

I didn't calculate it properly, the frame/fork/stem alone is 142%, and the complete build cost is 228% the cost of my complete 1-off build!!!! I would be afraid to ride the thing and get it scratched :eek: I am finicky enough about my Gunnar, but I am not afraid to ride it!

[malkin]

...I would be afraid to ride the thing and get it scratched :eek: ...

No kidding!
It would be like pedaling around on the Mona Lisa, slapping a lock around Michelangelo's David's ankle, splattering mud all over Vincent's sunflowers! *shudder*

[Sky King]

ouch pricey but the Giles Berthoud bags shown on the photo are close to $1,000.
I am very fortunate to have a Giles Berthoud front bag that will be going in my will someday... Love it