Originally Posted by
Velocivixen
The "top tube" of a mixte angles down from head tube, past seat tube, down to the rear dropouts. It doesn't matter if it's a single tube like the one you saw or a double tube. People seem to prefer the double tube, and those are the ones I have. However I've seen "women's" sport or mountian bikes like the one you saw.
I prefer the double tubes all the way, but the bike I saw was very nice. I didn't meet the owner (in and out for a cup). I thought a summer school coed at first, but there was no one there under fifty at the time - they were all kids
. BTW, I retired last Wednesday.