That TA triple is a great crankset, and I like the half step plus granny ratio progression. Yesterday's San Diego Union Tribune ran a story about an organic chemistry professor who has been teaching here at UCSD for 50 years, which is almost the age of this branch of the university. They had a picture of him riding a mixte, with drop bars upturned 70s style, wearing a sportcoat and tie.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/...-UCSD-faculty/
I took graduate statistical mechanics at UCLA from a visiting Frenchman, who arrived every day on a Motobecane mixte.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069