Best picture ever On Saturday, August 24, 2013 10:50:16 AM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: > > > Design away the top tube. If you get the twin transect right you have >> plenty of structural support. We have mixtes, love'em. >> > > Ah, I had quite a bit of discussion on this very point while I was at > Riv! I've been, shall we say, an extreme tomboy ever since 1959 (the year > I pooped out) . One of the things this means is that I have had a > knee-jerk reaction to what gets perceived as girls' bikes. You can see how > this plays out in the attached photo of me circa 1963 having stolen my > brother's Raleigh and matching Green Bay Packers football uniform. It's > kind of a nice Deacon-Patrick-barefoot-safety-football-helmet mash-up but I > think my pbh was a little off to actually go for a spin. But I think the > photo makes the case for my inveterate tomboy personality trait. > > I entertained a mountain mixte long and hard coming into this custom > adventure. As I was making the decision in 2006 that led to my Saluki, I > rode a Glorious and just didn't fall in love with it. Then when I was at > Riv for a few days this past March to figure out the custom, I rode a Betty > to the grocery store (on a Riv mission for 85% chocolate) but I don't even > think I got two blocks before coming back and asking for the Appaloosa > again. They just didn't feel right to me. The subject of my self > perception and perceptions of gendered bikes came up in talking about all > of this with Grant and the crew. It was interesting talking to the Riv > Chicos who talked about having had to overcome the mixte-as-girl-bike > stereotype as they became fans and owners of > Bettys/Yves/Gloriouses/Wilburys. The Riv Chico boys are doing way better > than Riv Chica me as I have not been able to bend my own gender bending. I > need a top tube. > > Oh, and the Phil rear hub won't be a freewheel. > > -Riv Chica Warrior > > >
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