Any idea what this mixte might be?
03-31-12, 10:58 PM
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Any idea what this mixte might be?
My wife has been wanting a lightweight, mixte-frame vintage bike since I got my Moto Grand Jubile; she was blown away by how much lighter and quicker it is than her aluminum-framed, but 40 lbs+ hybrid bike. I saw this one on CL and emailed the seller asking for more info, but all she could tell me was, "I think it's a Schwinn". It does have suicide levers, but the downtube shifters, brazed-on cable guides and bottle bosses make me think it might be a decent quality bike. I can't tell much from the photo and wonder if it's worth going to check it out.
Anybody have any idea what this might be?
https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/bik/2932579821.html
Thanks!
Roy
Anybody have any idea what this might be?
https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/bik/2932579821.html
Thanks!
Roy
03-31-12, 11:00 PM
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Schwinn LeTour?
04-01-12, 06:37 AM
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Its not a Mixte.
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True -- it is what I would call a pseudo-mixte. A true mixte has two narrow top tubes running from the head tube to the dropouts.
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04-01-12, 09:17 AM
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Pretty sure it's a '84 Le Tour. DB chrome-moly main tubes and stays, hi-ten fork. One of the better years for the Le Tour.
Sheldon Brown said it's a mixte, that's good enough for me.
Sheldon Brown said it's a mixte, that's good enough for me.
04-01-12, 10:39 AM
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I flipped an identical bike 2 summers ago. I am pretty sure it was a Mississippi Schwinn, and it seemed like they went a bit light on the grease. Not a bad rider at all.
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Sheldon Brown said it's a mixte, that's good enough for me.
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04-01-12, 12:19 PM
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Randy, feel free to challenge anyone you like, it's all in good fun.
OK, he said "a variant of the mixte", that's open for interpretation.
Mixte A style of lady's frame in which the "top tube" consists of a pair of small diameter tubes running more-or-less straight from the upper head lug, past the seat tube, and on to the rear fork ends. A mixte frame thus has 3 sets of rear stays, instead of the usual two. A variant on the mixte uses a single, full sized top tube running from the upper head tube to the seat tube, but retains the middle set of stays. A lady's type bike that lacks the middle pair of stays is not a mixte.
https://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_m.html
OK, he said "a variant of the mixte", that's open for interpretation.
Mixte A style of lady's frame in which the "top tube" consists of a pair of small diameter tubes running more-or-less straight from the upper head lug, past the seat tube, and on to the rear fork ends. A mixte frame thus has 3 sets of rear stays, instead of the usual two. A variant on the mixte uses a single, full sized top tube running from the upper head tube to the seat tube, but retains the middle set of stays. A lady's type bike that lacks the middle pair of stays is not a mixte.
https://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_m.html
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04-01-12, 12:46 PM
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Hoping to help out the OP.
I flogged the hell out of that bike on the shakedown ride, and it passed with flying colors. It has nicer than expected components and felt very solid. I weigh about 180 and love to mash. I would have to say it felt almost as stiff as my UO8 mixte when hammering. If it fits your wife, I think she would be very happy with it.
I flogged the hell out of that bike on the shakedown ride, and it passed with flying colors. It has nicer than expected components and felt very solid. I weigh about 180 and love to mash. I would have to say it felt almost as stiff as my UO8 mixte when hammering. If it fits your wife, I think she would be very happy with it.
04-01-12, 12:53 PM
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I just saw a Univega at an estate sale the other day with that type of "mixtie" design, shifters were mounted the same way too...
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Nice bike! If it fits your wife I'd say go for it. Herse and Weigle built mixtes' with a single top tube, works for me too!
Cheers,
Chris
Cheers,
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this is what everyone calls a mixte nowadays, so those of us that hear "mixte" and think of dual stays running from the head tube to the rear dropouts have pretty much lost the language battle
I saw the picture and said "Fuji" but that was based on very little analysis
I saw the picture and said "Fuji" but that was based on very little analysis
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