Show us your mixte!

**uforgot** · 10-20-2007, 12:15 PM

and you can stop by for this on your way...

bike rack

**KnottedYet** · 10-20-2007, 01:12 PM

Was at my LBS for other things, and told them about the mixte ss I wanna do. (but really shouldn't. I'm having such mixed feelings right now! I don't ride my own bikes enough as it is!)

LBS said Takara is a pretty good older brand, and would be comparible in quality to the Raliegh.

Some tall chickie (hmmm.... Teigyr?) needs to go get that orange mixte. So far I'm the only one who's called about it, so chances are good that if you call him now and tell him you're interested, you'll be in luck. He's in North Everett. Not far.

It has stem shifters ("crotch killers") but you could do some clamp-magic and move the shifters to the down tube or switch for bar-ends.

**teigyr** · 10-20-2007, 01:37 PM

Yes, I am interested in this bike

Am awaiting a call back from DH to make sure we can get up to see it tomorrow.

This guy is also selling a Chimo. I'm not finding much on it online. It's steel and lugged but that is all I know.

Update: Am meeting him tomorrow. He sounds like a very cool guy and he really knows bikes.

**East Hill** · 10-20-2007, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by teigyr

Yes, I am interested in this bike

Am awaiting a call back from DH to make sure we can get up to see it tomorrow.

This guy is also selling a Chimo. I'm not finding much on it online. It's steel and lugged but that is all I know.

I think you will find that the Chimo is a beast! It looks as if it even has cottered cranks (not a good sign), and the Sun Tour Honor was low end (mind you, it works pretty well, but it's still a low end derailleur).

Does seem to have nice mudguards though...

East Hill

**teigyr** · 10-20-2007, 02:34 PM

Yeah, I think we're not so big on the Chimo. It's a "girls" bike and it'd be for Sean. Sean wants a Raleigh or Schwinn but the guy selling the bikes also has others at his shop.

I hope I like the Takara

I wouldn't be doing mega-riding like East Hill does on her mixte's but I would take it out a lot in the winter.

**Trek420** · 10-20-2007, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by uforgot

and you can stop by for this on your way...

bike rack

Knott, that sounds perfect for your place.

**Tri Girl** · 10-20-2007, 06:26 PM

Dang- you Seattle ladies have some awesome bikes on Craigslist up there. I would buy so many- it's probably good I don't live there.
There was only one bike on our Craigslist, and I bought it. Was an old hot pink steel framed Huffy. Heavy as all get out, but for $5 I had to buy it and tinker with it.
Might not be worth fixing up. May be spending more getting it road ready than it's worth.

I got outbid on the pretty mixte bike I was bidding on eBay, so I bid on another. Not a mixte, but oh well. For $10 plus SH, I can make a fine cruiser out of it. A mixte will come along some day...

**teigyr** · 10-20-2007, 06:32 PM

This one looks good and I like the guy a lot. He is putting lights on it too

He seems to know what he's doing and says that if I ever have problems with it, he'll fix it. I talked to him for a long time today, he knows a lot about bikes. Anyway, I guess I am destined to live a life of Orange!

**East Hill** · 10-21-2007, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by teigyr

This one looks good and I like the guy a lot. He is putting lights on it too

He seems to know what he's doing and says that if I ever have problems with it, he'll fix it. I talked to him for a long time today, he knows a lot about bikes. Anyway, I guess I am destined to live a life of Orange!

Oh, so you got it then?

East Hill

**Trek420** · 10-20-2007, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by Tri Girl

Dang- you Seattle ladies have some awesome bikes on Craigslist up there. I would buy so many- it's probably good I don't live there.

They have some awesome bikes in Seattle...period. My impression I think more people ride in CA because of our great weather thang .... but Seattle has more of a cycling culture of people really using bikes as transportation and part of their lives.

When there I saw a lot of really great bike set ups, custom, customized, great use of paniers, trailers used to take the laundry to the laundramat and not just the rows of identical road bikes and lycra on club rides (not that there's anything wrong with that

).

There may be more cyclists here in sunny CA (more people too) but it's more of a weekend/recreational thing I think.

**teigyr** · 10-20-2007, 07:01 PM

It is definitely more recreational in California (at least SoCal). When I first used to visit WA, I was impressed that the ferries had a "please do not walk in cleats" sign. I saw commuters on bikes in the rain. I'm not of that hardy stock but still, people do it. People use bikes for transportation here! California, for all it's lovely weather, is mostly bike illiterate. Strange.

I will say that there is still a lot to be done in WA, at least where I am. My SoCal riding was on wide streets with huge bike lanes. Here the streets/bike lanes seem much narrower and scarier. Maybe it's because this is city (old city) and I was from a sprawled out open area.

WA is cool in many ways. I just wish we could somehow meld the SoCal weather (without the extreme heat and brown) with the culture here.

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