Show us your mixte!

[amartha]

Buyer can't buy it! I think I'll be keeping her just to ride once or twice each year for the "bring out your dead" event at Halloween and an occasional mixte only ride.

At times I think this bike is too beautiful to sell.

[mayanorange]

Ann- you should definitely keep her- she's way too precious! Good for grocery and library runs I bet...

Creativa- Gorgeous! What year is that?

Jdubble- Sweetpea is the perfect term for that bike! She's cute as a button.

[HillSlugger]

Buyer can't buy it! I think I'll be keeping her just to ride once or twice each year for the "bring out your dead" event at Halloween and an occasional mixte only ride.

At times I think this bike is too beautiful to sell.

Have you owned it since it was new?

[Tri Girl]

badger- AWEOME find! I love that color blue

diva- your yellow mixte is eye-catching. Love it!!!

jdubble- holy smokies!!! That sweetpea was worth the wait!!! Gorgeous.

[oxysback]

jdubble - LOVE the Sweetpea!! Gorgeous!

[jdubble]

amartha, i vote for keeping her. she is definitely a beauty, and you have history with her. you can never have too many bikes, right?

and that the blue of that mixte, badger, is perfect!

[badgercat]

Thanks, all, for the compliments on my new ride. That royal blue color was part of what drew me to it in the first place.

I'm intending for the mixte to be my to-from campus commuter and grocery bike. I already have a black rear rack (hand-me-down from DBF, who now uses a BOB trailer for haulin') and black Wald folding grocery baskets (bought to match the rack and the all-black components and wheels on my Trek 7.2 FX). I was worried that all that black stuff would look out of place, since the components are just plain metal. But the combination doesn't look bad at all! I'm thinking that black bar tape would make it all come together very nicely, but I'm concerned that might wind up being too much black. I'll have to see.

mayanorange was right... this bike definitely has steel wheels, and is a bit of a tank, especially once i add several pounds of rack and baskets on the back. If I swap out anything major-ish, it'll definitely be for lighter wheels, but that won't even be on the table until I see if I can find another job for the summer.

I'm sure I'll have more pictures once I get it all cleaned up and tricked out. So many pictures of fabulous mixtes have been shared in the last few days!

[mayanorange]

this bike definitely has steel wheels, and is a bit of a tank, especially once i add several pounds of rack and baskets on the back. If I swap out anything major-ish, it'll definitely be for lighter wheels, but that won't even be on the table until I see if I can find another job for the summer.

Badger, you should keep the normandy hubs (so snazzy!)- just swap out the rims when you can. If I find an old school rear for mine with a normandy, I can pass on the set of Windsors I have- they're nice and light. And it looks like you have an aluminum crank?