Show us your mixte!

[sandra]

yep, the teal Raleigh with the drop bars. It still has the original foam grip. It is a beauty.

[KnottedYet]

x- you could put a set of Bullhorn bars on it like Xeney's.... mmmmm!

[xeney]

Sandra, two mixtes is NOT too many. (I have four, but two will eventually be given away, I swear.) You need one for going fast(ish) and one for running errands. One with upright bars and one with drop bars or similar. Maybe one with gears, one without? Although now we're talking crazy talk.

My husband said I should warn you if you use a Brooks saddle that a women's Brooks with that Kalloy post still winds up with almost no adjustability, because the clamp is almost as big as the usable part of the rails. And a men's Brooks isn't much better.

[sandra]

I have the men's B17 on there right now with no problem. Xeney, those are just my mixtes. I also have a road bike.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

My husband said I should warn you if you use a Brooks saddle that a women's Brooks with that Kalloy post still winds up with almost no adjustability, because the clamp is almost as big as the usable part of the rails. And a men's Brooks isn't much better.

I've had both, and I would venture to say that the women's Brooks (S models) have only about an inch of fore/aft leeway on the clamp, whereas the men's versions (looking at my B68 and DH's B17) have about 2 1/2" of front/back adjustability. To me that's a lot more. It got my saddle back a whole 'nother inch and a half.

[KnottedYet]

the clamp on my Ritchey post is pretty dainty (on my Waterford). I wonder if it would give you more adjustability than the Kalloy clamp, just because of its size? It has a pretty nice set-back, too. I don't know what model it is, but I know it gives me a lot more room on the B67 rails than the seatpost (dunno what kind it is) on my Surly.

[xeney]

Yeah, it's the Brooks plus the Kalloy clamp specifically that is the problem. The women's is pretty much locked in place -- the size of the clamp is about the same as the amount of adjustment you get on the saddle. The men's (we have a B72 and a Team Pro) just have a tiny bit of wiggle room.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH and I both have Nitto Crystal seatposts i believe. Here is a photo of one with a typical men's Brooks B17 on it- you can see there is some substancial adjustment room:
http://www.pbase.com/rjnbiker/image/72020280

[KnottedYet]

That Nitto Crystal looks a lot like my Ritchey. Lots of wiggle room!

[xeney]

Beautiful post. Won't work on most of these bikes, though, because of the diameter.

[sandra]

Two mixte's on ebay with no bids!

A Schwinn and a Raleigh.

I have that same Raleigh in mint condition that I may have to sell because it is too small. I don't believe they will ever get that much for it though.

[sandra]

Mixte alert.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Mixte alert.

I'm not familiar with the bike and it might be quite nice for all I know, but....

I rode on a gigantic foam saddle just like that last summer when I borrowed a friend's bike for a two hour ride with them. She told me "Oh you're going to LOVE this saddle, it's like riding on a pillow!"
After 30 minutes my butt and hip joints were hurting. After an hour I was in big pain everywhere. After an hour and a half my pain was excruciating and i had to try to stand up for the rest of the ride. When i got back I could hardly walk from the pain and my entire rear was tingly and going numb. Never again!

[sandra]

Lisa, I know! Our old Giant hybrids that we got at the bike shop had similar saddles. At the time, the bike shop convinced us to swap out the saddles for those big, padded things. I never did like it, but didn't know any better until I joined this forum.

Brooks babe!

[HillSlugger]

Check out this one! I've never seen one quite like it.