What to do with Mixte handlebars?

[KnottedYet]

I loooove my albatros bars. Yes, it's further out but plenty of options and hand positions to pick from.

The real surprise is the BMX pedals. Other than that I can't pull up I feels very solid, secure and "attached" to the bike.

I didn't pick any of this, it was all decided by the shop. But works great.

No, dear, you have moustache bars.

And they are FABULOUS!!

(love the BMX pedals, too. What a nice coincidence that those are the same kind of pedal I put on my Surly! )

Nice bike there, Teigyr! MORE PICTURES, PLEASE!

[Trek420]

No, dear, you have moustache bars.

And they are FABULOUS!!

I stand corrected, dear. It's not just the bars it's the brakes, I loove the upside down TT brakes. They fit my hands well and look sooooooo cool.

[teigyr]

Knot, the bike is starting to be disassembled and it is (ahem) in the basement. You are more than welcome to come view Takara carnage I am open to any and all suggestions as far as what to do with it.

I rode looking at the computer for so many years, I am looking forward to this bike being done. I've begrudgingly accepted myself in lycra and spiffy colors but to ride in normal shoes and semi-normal clothes just seems so...dunno...cool! It'll be riding a bike to ride a bike instead of "going to ride 30 miles because this is a cycling day". It's kind of liberating to think that way.

Sandra, it IS kind of pretty! I am not an orange kind of person but I seem to have inherited orange kind of bikes. I guess I should look at the positives! Oddly enough, when I used to restore vintage MG's, my first was an orange MGB. I always used to think "if only it was British racing green instead of orange..." because you can't really change colors if you're doing a pure restoration. I guess orange follows me

Thanks Trek! Regardless of what you have on your bike, I don't know terminology and I only care about what works.

Lisa, thanks for the link! I have decided against drop bars though the bars that are on it are kind of rusty. We will start looking at ones to replace it with. I have drop bars in stock but nothing else so it is good to know where to go to purchase.

[divingbiker]

If you're going to put albatross bars on a mixte, make sure you have a long enough stem or it may get a bit cramped in the cockpit. Albatross bars sweep back pretty far. Another option is North Road bars, which are what came on my mixte from the mid-80s.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Moustache bars are traditional for mixtes too, like Trek apparently has. Harris also sells them. Moustache bars don't sweep back quite as much as albatross bars. My DH switched from moustache to albatross on his old Trek hybrid, and says he thinks the albatross are more comfortable for him on longer rides.
Here is his old Trek with albatross bars:
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[KnottedYet]

If you're going to put albatross bars on a mixte, make sure you have a long enough stem or it may get a bit cramped in the cockpit. Albatross bars sweep back pretty far. Another option is North Road bars, which are what came on my mixte from the mid-80s.

Those are nifty bars!

[elk]

I put them ALbatross bars on my step through hybrid. (not to duplicate...as you say...here's a side ways picture to go with Lisa's 3/4)
They are NOT expensive from Rivendell and they have them in 2 sizes...in case you didn't already know.....they also have the others.

[Triskeliongirl]

I don't think it is correct that mixtes were meant to be ridden more upright than road bikes. I bought a mixte in the 80s and it was equipped with drop bars. I think the bar/stem combo to choose depends on how the bike fits you, and what it takes to achieve balance. Too bad I gave that bike away......... It was one of the first wsd bikes out there.