Originally Posted by cycle_maven

+1 on the classic mixte. I found my wife a garage-queen 1975 Raleigh Supercourse mixte, that I converted to 700c wheels with 32 mm tires, north-road bars, 9-speed triple. She absolutely loves it. I'm shopping for a basket or porteur rack for the front now. They make mixtes as small as 48 cm- maybe one of those Bianchi or gazelle swoopy-mixtes?