Hi, Melanie. I have a Handsome Cycles She-Devil that I got for errands around town and locking up. Even with excellent locks, I worry about locking up my Rivs in the city. The mixte is great for city riding--grocery, library, other things I used to do but cannot these days... I have a Wald basket affixed to my rack with zip ties, so I'm always prepared for a library pop in (when they were opened) or a snack from the farmers market. I can hop off without fear at intersections. There is also something "more open" and more freeing when I ride with the much lower top tube. I'd rather be cruising on this one. Still, I don't think I put 100 miles a year on the bike, because most shopping I do is so close, it's easier to walk. However, when I do ride it for my purposes, I'm glad I have it.
As far as mounting/dismounting, I tilt the bike to me and put my leg over the top tube (if I forget, my basket reminds me as I usually hit it swinging my leg over). For dismount, I also tilt the bike and and bring my leg over the top tube. Like the others have said here, it's a trip thru, not an easy step thru, unless you are very limber and can get your foot high enough strictly with your leg muscles (yoga can help). But... I want a Riv mixte for my retirement bike (a few years early) because of the reasons I stated above, and the Platypus might fit the bill. So, I bought (will buy) one and you're welcome to join me for a ride whenever I have it and we can have a nice ride and you can try it out! Roberta On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 8:47:49 AM UTC-5 Melanie 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dbc9d594-d5a5-4892-aad9-4a53f8649f13n%40googlegroups.com.
