I think you're right about the excessive flex with double tube mixtes. I
have an old Bridgestone double tube mixte and there is a lot of flex going
down a steep hill near my house. However with my custom single tube
Rivendell mixte I don't experience that problem at all. I'm going to do
some
Andrew, If your still looking for the answer its because the late run 60cm
Betties has a higher head tube. Kevin and Vince had explained to me that
for the taller riders were maxing out the stem length and it looked
sometimes off. So the after a certain run all off the 60cm bettys were made
to
Step through the frame to mount, rather than swinging a leg up around the
back. Much more civilized.
Cheers,
David
it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Serious question: What's the point of a mixte
Perhaps it was actually three, the third a Le Tour with single down tube
but extra stays. The two others were Nishikis.
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Serious question: What's the point of a mixte if you don't wear skirts? To
put it another way: why
Serious question: What's the point of a mixte if you don't wear skirts? To
put it another way: why are they so popular?
Patrick Moore, who has owned at least two with the extra stays and dual
down tubes.
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Pam Ellen Hudson pammieel...@gmail.comwrote:
I will say,
I guess it would be useful if you are sufficiently flexible. I could never
lift my knee high enough to get it comfortably over the diagonal tubes
without danger of catching my toes and falling over.
BTW, skirt include kilts.
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:50 AM, cyclotourist
Live on the floor for 21 days and you'll be lifting your foot however high
you'd like. I often just go over the top bar with my foot rather than swing
round back (especially loaded for touring). Who knows? It might even help
you get back the foot you left in your mouth believing skirt includes
Skirt in the general and not the particular sense, as in the skirts of
a long coat.
Patrick mouth currently foot free, cheek not tongue free Moore
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.com wrote:
Live on the floor for 21 days and you'll be lifting your foot however
I wore skirts a lot more when I could still wear hgeels, so I got a mixte
because I thought they'd be easier to mount than a diamond frame. But the
last two mixtes I've owned (a cheap Norco and the Betty Foy) have proved me
wrong. I could've just gotten a Sam Hillborne, but then I wouldn't have
Aha, the hearts! I would confidently choose a frame on that basis!
I think mixtes are cool; I may well buy one for my daughter (if she also
thinks they are cool.)
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Cecily Walker cecily.wal...@gmail.comwrote:
I wore skirts a lot more when I could still wear
I love hearts if anyone wants to buy me a mixte I would ride the hell out
of it.
On Jan 10, 2014 8:53 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Aha, the hearts! I would confidently choose a frame on that basis!
I think mixtes are cool; I may well buy one for my daughter (if she also
Red hearts for the win!
Cheers,
David
it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Peter Morgano uscpeter11...@gmail.comwrote:
I love hearts if anyone wants to buy me a mixte I would ride the hell out
of it.
On Jan 10, 2014 8:53 PM, Patrick
I meant to say that I prefer the looks of the double lateral tube style
of step through bike than the single diagatube style. :)
SOMA Buena Vista is a nice double lateral tube design.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8261188891_959b6b76ea_o.jpg
The double tubes look nice and from the
I will say, as the owner of a double tube mixte custom from Royal H (the
lovelybike frame that was stolen but I got back!). The bike is unusually
flexible at high speeds going downhill. There is quite a bit of flex in the
frame generally. I will test it out with lowered panniers in the next
The bend is because of the lug, The rear yoke is made from two other tubes.
The kink gives better step through, but I also think it looks great.
On Thursday, January 9, 2014 10:20:31 AM UTC-6, Pammie wrote:
I will say, as the owner of a double tube mixte custom from Royal H (the
There is now a 60cm Cheviut posted on the blug
http://24.media.tumblr.com/ee79d4a261cbec8b86d1ed419d857264/tumblr_mz4041WEjH1qe3ngpo2_1280.jpg
That's about the highest stepover step-through I've ever seen. Clearly
it's got the straight line look, and the diagatube is effectively raised up
Aye, Bill, but your kilt won't blow up in yer face, so practicality remains.
With abandon,
Patrick (who abandoned wearing a kilt daily after discovering knickers
after getting a Hunqapillar and needing something to ride in).
On Thursday, January 9, 2014 5:33:21 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:
Is that a 650B build? Or 700C w/ a really long HT?
Cheers,
David
it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Bill Lindsay tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
There is now a 60cm Cheviut posted on the blug
The 60cm is a 700c bike. On a related note, the 50cm demo doesn't look
like it has long chainstays. The 50 looks like a Betty Foy with an orange
paint job (not that there's anything wrong with that).
On Thursday, January 9, 2014 5:16:52 PM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote:
Is that a 650B
So the 60cm may fit more more like a 64cm+ bike with that HT. Wonder what
the horizontal measurement is.
Cheers,
David
it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Bill Lindsay tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
The 60cm is a 700c bike. On a related note,
Interestingly, mixte seems to have a clear definition more in the U.S.
than in France. Of the great constructeurs, I've only seen the term mixte
used in the Goéland catalogue. Most speak of vélo dame or similar terms.
Regarding the frame design, the twin-diagonal-tubed mixte was invented by
A.
I didn't mean to start a pedantic discussion around the term mixte: (but
thanks for the background info, Jan and co.) Though I used it with what
seems to be a widely held distinction (at least in US).
I meant to say that I prefer the looks of the double lateral tube style
of step through bike
I'm confounded. I've looked at my 55cm Betty Foy, and I don't notice a
kink. I definitely can see one on the Cheviot that's on the Blug, and I can
clearly see it on Vince's staff bike in the Staff Bikes section of
rivbike.com.
On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 8:27:07 AM UTC-8, BSWP wrote:
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