Show us your mixte!

[uforgot]

oh and, bottle holder ordered? What kind? What do you put on a mixte?

I ordered this one because I don't have cage mounts on my bike:

Minoura Bottle Cage Mount

And you DEFINITELY need to check into these:

Bicycle Bells

[sandra]

yep. I want the ladybug.

[uforgot]

yep. I want the ladybug.

I KNEW it!

[sandra]

I KNEW it!

I may name my bike June. It think it looks like a June Cleaver bike.

[uforgot]

I may name my bike June. It think it looks like a June Cleaver bike.

If you name it June, you have to wear pearls when you ride it.

[divingbiker]

I've posted these before but what the heck, I'll join the party. I've got two mixtes, one with a split top tube, and one with a solid tube.

Here's the grocery store bike, a 1987 Bridgestone 300 bought from Craigslist for $120. I replaced the stem and got a Brooks saddle off eBay. The rack is ugly, but I can't find a reasonably priced one that looks nice.



Here's my commuting bike. I bought it from Rivendell for more than I care to admit, but I love it. It's a 58 cm bike, and I'm 5'7" tall.

[sandra]

If you name it June, you have to wear pearls when you ride it.

I'm a southern girl. I can do that. I love pearls.

[Trek420]

If you name it June, you have to wear pearls when you ride it.

and a poodle skirt?

[xeney]

I have four mixtes but I only have photos of three of them ... the fourth is a piece of crap that I'm going to give away eventually.

Nishiki Sport, which started off exactly like one of East Hill's only I just couldn't leave it alone:



"Flying Dutchman" ... only don't look that up, because it is not either of the vintage bikes sold under that name; this is a German bike sold by a local bike shop in Los Angeles in the 70s, and they sold it with custom decals. About half the components on it were replaced some time in the 80s, I think. I bought it for $40 at a thrift store:



Puch Pathfinder. This picture does not do it justice but unfortunately I don't have a photo of it in its current state. I think I beat East Hill out of this one on eBay ... sorry! It is a new old stock frame, and it is gorgeous. I have it built up with Nitto bullhorns and a very pretty Nitto stem, a honey Brooks saddle, a Sugino single speed crank, and track wheels. It still lacks tires, cables, and a front brake. It also needs a new bottom bracket even though it was never ridden. I put the project on hold when I stopped riding at five months pregnant, but I really need to throw it in the car and get it down to the bike shop for the bottom bracket work:

[uforgot]

ANOTHER one on the Seattle craigslist:

Sekai

Torrilin: You're right. I couldn't find one in Madison!!!!

[sandra]

Oh my gosh. They are so cheap. I overpaid.

[ol'Gimpy]

Wow, OK, this is pretty cool........

Tomorrow I am going to trade a couple of road bikes(Bridgestone and Miyata) and some parts for a real nice Centurion Mixte that has been single speedified. So I was Googlin' to see if I could find what other people have been doing with Mixte frames. I came across an entire thread of actual women interested in actual cool old bikes!!!! Wow!!! I am impressed. Here where I live it's rare to find anyone interested in cool old bikes, much less smart cool women buying and fixing up old mixte bikes!

Very cool. Now if ladies like you only lived in my town...... Houston Tx is a lonely place for a cyclist who doesn't do spandex, and is not impressed by robot welded, aluminum framed, new fangled Star Trek Taiwan junkers at the shops.

I have an old lugged steel, Japan built Peugeot ATB in a smaller size and tomorrow I will have the Centurion mixte in the hopes of meeting a lady who will ride them, and uh, put up with me at least long enough for the ride......haha.....

Anyway, considering the status quo here in H-Town, it is quite refreshing to find this post. Keep it up ladies!! You are definitely the exception!

[Zen]

actual women interested in actual cool old bikes!!!! Wow!!! I am impressed. Here where I live it's rare to find anyone interested in cool old bikes, much less smart cool women buying and fixing up old mixte bikes!

actual women.
imagine that.

[mimitabby]

teehee

[Trek420]

teehee

As opposed to fake women? Real Women ride mixtes