Quote Originally Posted by furryblue View Post
As I attempted to explain in a previous post, my personal interest in a mixte started out as just wanting a little more standover clearance and less toe overlap with medium width 700C tires, and certainly a "compact" or "semi-compact" frame design could work. Growing up, I had a fairly macho uncle who rode a mixte, and I like the sort of retro-look and didn't think of it as a "women's bike" and thought it looks more elegant than a bike with a really long seatpost.

Cheers,

Michael
Mike,

What made you decide to go with a single downtube? For me, mixtes are all about aesthetics, and IMHO the double tube has it all over the single tube for looks.