Quote Originally Posted by Trek420 View Post
Your mixte sounds great! I vote that you get it and give it a loving home I had no clue the mixte I found could look so good. I thought "ok, flip flop hub, new wheels, whatever, it'll be a nice utility/errand/spare bike in a cool color."
After today I'm rethinking the "too expensive". Just brought home a fairly large load of groceries and was scared the whole ride. Front end was very floaty feeling, and at when I was going faster than about 10mph, the front end was *vibrating*. If I end up on snowy or wet pavement with the front end misbehaving, I can see that turning out very badly.

This mixte might not be The One, but the bike I've got is definitely not it either. *starts collecting all the spare change*

Quote Originally Posted by uforgot
What kind of tubing is Femco 1207? At least I think that's the number. High end, low end in between? It's on a Nishiki sport.
No idea. It seems like a lot of the older Japanese bikes have their own house brand of tubing (from reading Classic and Vintage over at bikeforums). I've seen several people there note that for some Japanese manufacturers, a mixte will always be their good steel. I *think* Nishiki is one of them, but I am not an expert. If you've got the option of pictures, it's probably worth asking over there.