Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 mo

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 wrote: > 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" wrote: > >

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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" 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 > thinks they are

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 wrote: > I wore skirts a lot more when I could still wear hgeels, so I got a mixte >

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

"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 wrote: > Live on the floor for 21 days and you'll be lifting your foot however high > you'd

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 wrote: > Step through th

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 wrote: > I will say, as the owner of a dou

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 wrote: > Serious question: What's the point of a mixte if you don't wear

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 wrote: > Serious question: What's the point of a mixte if you don't wear skirts? To > put it another way: why are they so popula

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 wrote: > The 60cm is a 700c bike. On a related note, the 50cm demo do

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 b

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 wrote: > There is now a 60cm Cheviut posted on the blug > > > >

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 > lovel

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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 m

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

> 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

Re: [RBW] Re: Mixte frame design question

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