Show us your mixte!

[LeicaLad]

What a beauty!

While not a mixte, it was about those bars and fenders. Still, the whole bike is lovely. It deserved to bring that price, but it sure must have hurt to sell!

Our "new" Nishiki has arrived, and I just cannot believe this is not a brand new bike. Everything is shiny, the BB has slight oozing of fresh grease, all bearings spin easily. The saddle shows sunshine fading on one side, but not the finish which sparkles. Amazing. It was raining yesterday, so I hope today will be the first chance for it's maiden trial. Yea!









Owen

[Cataboo]

Leicalad - I have seen tall mixte's, like 60 cms on the local DC craigslist. I saw one just the other day. So you could have one as well.

Is your name from leica cameras? I have an old one that was my fathers that I just set reverently on a shelf.

[Biciclista]

Zen, congrats on selling that bike. Good price!

[Zen]

Zen, congrats on selling that bike. Good price!

Thanks, but remember i still have to pay shipping and Ebay fees so it's +/- $100 less

[Rebecca19804]

Hi everybody

Found this forum looking for mixte stuff on the 'squinternet'. I've now lost several hours of my life... Wow, what a great place! And the mixte drool factor on this thread is nearly debilitating.

So, I've just bought my first mixte: a late 1970s Puch Princess.

She (yes, it's a she... christened Dora... hmm, I'll have to post something in the thread on that topic!) has been sitting in my living room for a month, where I've admired her and plotted and planned her restoration and then realised I just wasn't going to have the time to tackle this project myself - if I want to actually get some long hours riding her this summer, that is. So yesterday she went off to Brixton Cycles, an incredibly friendly & knowledgeable local workers' co-op, for a complete overhaul and facelift.

I'm collecting her on Tuesday - can't wait! Will post proper photos then but for now here she is as I purchased her.

Pedal on,
Rebecca

[Rebecca19804]

Hi everybody

So, I've just bought my first mixte: a late 1970s Puch Princess.
I'm collecting her on Tuesday - can't wait! Will post proper photos then...

Here she is. I think I'm in love.
A few more photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1093886...7624128246558/

[Zen]

Rebecca, that is gorgeous!

[LeicaLad]

Oooh. I'd love to find a big mixte, although I'm enough of a frame snob to want high-end tubing.

Actually, the "garage queen" I found on CL in Syracuse just arrived with the evening UPS man: a 1971 Gitane Super Corsa, all Campy equipped. I have a LOT of cleaning to do, but it was essentially used less than a year and put into the rafters for the next 38+ years. I'll have to build new wheels, as the original tubulars/sew-ups are still on it. But I know I'll love it when I'm done.

Still, I don't think I've EVER seen a 60cm mixte. I thought 58 was as big as they went. Now I'll be inspired to look!

As for the Leicas, I still use 'em. Two rangefinders that I love. When I'm overseas, I use them a lot. Film processing and printing is sooo much cheaper than it is back home in the US. Here, it's just digi-snaps. But they work.

Thanks, again.

Owen (aka: LL)

Leicalad - I have seen tall mixte's, like 60 cms on the local DC craigslist. I saw one just the other day. So you could have one as well.

Is your name from leica cameras? I have an old one that was my fathers that I just set reverently on a shelf.