Hey saraspins! We picked up our little 24 incher yesterday afternoon. My son exclaimed, "It's a mixte! YES!" For reference on size, my little man is 51" tall.
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Hey saraspins! We picked up our little 24 incher yesterday afternoon. My son exclaimed, "It's a mixte! YES!" For reference on size, my little man is 51" tall.
That bike looks very cool.
I saw an older guy riding down Rt. 2A this morning, on a mixte that looked like it was a perfect size for me. He was definitely too large for the bike. I thought he might be using it for transportation, but then I saw him riding back in the other direction, when I was done with my errands, guessing he was avoiding even the little rises on this road. He had on street clothes and no helmet, but he appeared to be "exercising."
I wanted to stop and offer him money, but that would have been weird. You guys are enablers.
... you wait for ages without a single one in sight, then along comes 3 at once!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LADIES-EMMELLE...item1c14c00f74
Well, here is the update on the 1984 Nishiki.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/IMG_1981.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/IMG_1992.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/IMG_1995.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/IMG_1986.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/IMG_1989.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/IMG_1983.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/IMG_1982.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/IMG_1991.jpg
It's better. The upright riding position makes it almost acceptable, but she still doesn't like the mixte frame. It's too high for a comfortable step-thru mount. She likes the deep step-through of the old fashioned Raleigh style.
She also considers the tires to be too thin for her taste. We're looking for a comfort bike, me thinks.
Sigh. This may have to be sold, but I'm gonna drag my feet as long as possible on this. It's not 531, but it's still sooooo sweet.
WOW!!! What a beautiful bike! That thing is really gorgeous and in perfect condition.
* drool * I have this mixte addiction!!!
LeicaLad, that's stunning!
Dibs!
I ride a 59cm or 60cm frame, and this is 49cm, but I'm gonna raise that seatpost to the max and give it a try myself. :D
I'll weep that day this baby leaves our house!!! :(
(And it ain't right away, either.)
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Originally Posted by Zen
It's red, you already have 2 mixtes, so I get first dibs :)
although I think Leicalad should just force his wife to ride it - or get her a comfort bike which she'll outgrow in a few months and be ready for the mixte.
I'm working on enticing. Well, maybe better called begging, pleading, pouting...
You know: The usual gambits of the married man.
I'd better go put on my oven mitts now. Apparently I was playing the role of the man.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeicaLad
When are you gonna be home? We are really gonna duke it out this time. You think grocery cart guy was scary?Quote:
Originally Posted by Catriona
I did some design work (frame geometry etc. the style is all theirs) for these guys and I must say having ridden the whole range the Mixte is my favorite!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lisa Holman
These guys are super nice and have sweet little biz going.
-Eric
The price point is certainly right but imho that bike has no personality whatsoever
Looks like a standard mixte to me, I don't care for that blue color - but looks nice in black.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
with hammered silver fendersQuote:
Originally Posted by Catriona
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Originally Posted by Zen
Everyone has the hammered honjo type fenders now, making them overdone... I like red :)
Actually, hammered copper fenders would look awesome - especially if they develop a patina over time, someone make those.
i've seen brass fenders, but a copper with a patina on it, that would be lovely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catriona
as for the linus, i've seen quite a few around town, and i don't think the picture does it justice. it's a very nice looking bike. i'm rather like that shade of blue myself, but guess that's why it's a good thing they come in black and cream too, eh?
Can you put fatter tires on it? Maybe do a 650b conversion on it? That maybe getting into a lot of work trying to make your wife like a bike that the rest of us love :)Quote:
Originally Posted by LeicaLad
The skinny tire thing is something that I think people get over after riding a comfort style bike for a while and getting more comfortable with being on a bike again.
There was a Peugeot listed on my CL maybe 6 weeks ago with a similar frame... same color :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rebecca19804
Very true. Even my "comfort bike" has skinny tires.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catriona
ah thanks for the mention, my mixte 'the frenchie' is made by motobecane under the Astra line +the model is 'tour de france' :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ummbnb
mixtes rock!! men here in the bay area ride it as well, this beautiful nishiki can be found in marin, by a handsome young man: http://thefridaycyclotouriste.com/?p=2807
bikey luv <3 xxo.m
Okay, it isn't "really" a mixte, as it the single down tube.
BUT, it IS a Colnago and it is priced to match. It's small @ 50.5cm.
They put their Reserve as $500. $70 for shipping to USA is cheap.
Frame only w/headset and BB. Sure nice to look at!
Somebody got deep pockets?
http://cgi.ebay.com/AWESOME-SUPER-RA...?pt=Road_Bikes
Usual disclaimer: no relationship or knowledge of seller. Yadda, yadda.
That Colnago frame is lovely, even if it isn't a "real" mixte.
I'm so glad I've just recently resolved to pare down my belongings, or else I might feel like I'd have to try to get that. As it is, I think my Takara mixte is probably going to end up on the selling block soon.
That price is way too high for that frame.
Just in case someone is even considering...
This is from Chas, the technical guru at the Gitane web site:
"Colnago Sport frames and complete bikes were 2nd tier models offered by Colnago. They may not have even been made by Colnago.
The forks have Columbus labels but the seatpost size is listed as 26mm
which might indicate it's made of lower grade tubing."
So, look, but don't leap.
(As I posted this, I felt duty-bound to add this coda...)
Cheers!
Just got back from a weekend in Frankfurt, Germany. The weekly flea market is famous for "vintage" clothes but the bicycle aspect of it is just as amazing. There are hundreds and hundreds of complete bikes - many, like the clothes, vintage! Most are fit to ride away. You can test-ride before you buy. You can rummage through boxes and boxes and boxes of spare parts. People cycle to the market to search for parts they need, then buy them and fit them to their bikes right then and there. Amazing!
And about 1 in 20 bikes was a mixte. And of those, I'd say about 40% were "loop-frame" aka "swoopy" mixtes. :)
I was, as the English say, gob-smacked for the first 5 minutes... then as delirious as a puppy with two tails not knowing which to wag first. I must have trawled through that market, top to bottom and side to side, three times in each direction. Wow!
Some photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...2&l=e64e497556
A couple of mixtes on the Tucson craiglist this weekend:
http://tucson.craigslist.org/bik/1901112810.html
and
http://tucson.craigslist.org/bik/1899033309.html
i like that Miyata!
Oh, I love that flea market. I used to go there 30 years ago :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rebecca19804
This looks exceptionally nice, doesn't it?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOVELY-OLD-VIN...pt=UK_Bikes_GL
EDIT: It is just so bl**dy pretty... I've caved to temptation and put a bid in. :eek: :p
Wow.
I hope you get it. That bike is pristine.
I'm thinking it's been 'restored', rather than being original. What do you think?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
I don't care :D
wow- it's GORGEOUS!!:D
Crossing fingers it will be yours.
Lots of moaning, groaning and whinging from me. All to no avail.
I have my marching orders.
That sweet red Nishiki is going up in the For Sale section.
A couple of nice 48 cm mixtes on DC's craigslist:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/d...980220394.html
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/d...980216700.html
My birthday is coming up.
just sayin' :rolleyes:
Well, I finally caved and took this home with me:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_WfCe0A3iU1c/TO...2/_IGP5925.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_WfCe0A3iU1c/TO...2/_IGP5924.jpg
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_WfCe0A3iU1c/TO...2/_IGP5921.JPG
There's a bit more rust on it than I want - but it's supposed to be my beater bike that I ride to the store or the library and don't worry if it gets stolen.
So I am sitting on my hands to stop myself from buying it all sorts of things and fixing the rust. The guy I got it from mentioned that home depot had a metallic blue paint that was about the right shade that he had been thinking of using to touch it up. I may just do that - enough to stop the rust, but not strip the entire frame and repaint it - because then I would be tempted by red or orange, and I actually really like the blue.
cataboo- that's a REALLY pretty bike!! It's hard to not want to strip it down and fix it up, huh? I bought a "beater bike" but wanted to make it pretty so it wound up being a very expensive beater. :rolleyes:
I'll bet even if you just painted the rust spots it would look like a brand new bike!! Congrats!
Yeah, every bike that I've tried to have be my beater or errand bike has ended up being fixed up beyond that - the surly turned out to be xtr & 105 level, now big red has turned out to be 105 level with carbon cranks- and I guess Scar wasn't so nice, but my Mom latched on to him :) So then I again, need a beater bike.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tri Girl
So on the mixte - for now, that blue saddle amuses the heck out of me, so I'll try to make it work, it needs to be slid back. I'll leave the drivetrain alone, because it works fine... I need better grips, but I think I'll just ask for some cheap pleather ones for christmas instead of the pretty leather ones I've been eying... And it needs a rack. The 27" wheels on it are fine, so I am really trying hard to not get it 700c wheels (I have a spare front wheel that would work - I would just have to get a rear wheel with whatever the right spacing is...). I want pretty colored tires, and there's some 700c ones that I think would be great, but... I should make myself deal with some not so pretty 27" ones, even though the tires on it are fine.
But if I could strip it and paint it all... And do everything else I am so tempted to do...