Show us your mixte!

[mayanorange]

Badgercat- 27s are slightly bigger than 700s, but most of the tubes have enough play that they sell them interchangeably- I think if you want to be really picky, you'd have to adjust for width, but if we're talking 1/8in it'll be fine. Officially, the no no would be to put a 27 tube on a 700.

You could switch to 700s- just need to move the brake pads down a bit on the arms to reach the wheel. I just figured if I did that, I'd need a new freewheel and have to think about chainline etc. And Harris's is about 4 miles from me and stock lots of nice options for 27s. So it was more a decision of inertia.

Ride her as is and keep an eye out for parts. I just happened to find a guy near me that had tons of old parts so we swapped a few things out (mostly back to original or as close as we could get). I am still hoping to find a period correct aluminum crank someday, upgrade the front derailleur, etc. but for now she's fine. You're sitting on much better components since yours is slightly younger. (And she's a mixte which makes her 3 times as cute!)

[badgercat]

Thanks again for all the info, mayanorange.

[Zen]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2BSI%26otn%3D7

[Cataboo]

I've been debating driving down to buy the bianchi in this:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/m...159465386.html

It needs a front wheel, and I have those spare 'cause I only wreck rear wheels, and it needs brakes, but I've got a set of xtr mountain bike brakes that look like maybe they'll work...

It's not one of the super cute mixtes with the split top tube all the way back....

Except... I have 5 bikes and I'd have to drive 26 miles each way to get this.

[Tuckervill]

Make sure that fork's not bent. It looks like the wheel was taco'd or something. The seat/post looks whacked, too. Could just be put on weird. I'd make sure that you can get that seat post out.

I think it's a cute bike, though.
Karen

[Zen]

I'd drive down with you but if the bike was any good we'd then have to have a fist fight and that would be most unladylike.

I think i could take you on reach, though.

[Cataboo]

Oh, I'd let you have it... I'd just make you put in your will that I get it when you die

All I'd do with it is smash its rear wheel up, probably at the rate I'm going...

I'm thinking that the front wheel is so warped just 'cause it's been sitting so long leaning against a wall or something. Least my bf's got a mountain bike with a front wheel that looks like that and I don't think that bike has moved in 10 years and there's a few bikes in the bike rack at work that haven't moved in a year (I've watched) that have warped wheels as well.

If I had a pair of bolt cutters, I'd totally steal one and make myself a hipster singlespeed.

I've got the guy's name, address & phone # if you want it. Sounds like I'm heading down that way tomorrow evening anyways...