Glad to hear it. A friend has a mixte and it had bottle mounts. I guess because my mixte had a non-standard tube it didn’t. It was an older Austro Daimler. I’ll see if I can find a picture - just lent the bike to a friend.
> On Jan 28, 2021, at 5:38 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Leslie - the good news is that after you mentioned the bottle mounts I went > and checked my frame - there are two sets of mounts for water bottles on the > Platypus! 🥰 Rivendell mixtes >All other mixtes. > >> On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 1:24:50 PM UTC-8 Leslie Tierstein wrote: >> The only difference I found is that, since the mixte doesn't have a >> traditional down tube, it didn't have a down tube braze-on for a water >> bottle cage. How it rides depends on other design characteristics. Also, >> there's no top tube, so no pressing your thighs against the top tube when >> you go downhill. But I have that same issue with my folding bike. >> >>> On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 9:01:13 AM UTC-5 Eric Daume wrote: >>> I had a Cheviot for a brief spell. I found it a surprisingly zippy feeling >>> bike, which I attributed to some nice flex in the frame. But, a mixte >>> really is a trip thru design for me, so I didn’t see any advantage for >>> mounting or dismounting. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>>> On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Melanie <myo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> All this discussion of mixtes on the list has made me curious. I’ve never >>>> ridden a mixte. Other than mounting/dismounting, do owners of both types >>>> of bikes experience any real differences between riding a mixte and riding >>>> a diamond frame? >>>> >>>> Mixte-curious Melanie >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >>>> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/731b9985-0c64-458e-92d0-989902827530n%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/kuhu2fFCHCQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e2810eb0-59fc-4678-9f2c-c4008d9b98a1n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/F59637A8-4800-4835-A399-1A13F270B581%40gmail.com.
