Originally Posted by thumpism

Start looking now, especially if you need a tall one. I have since learned that Raleigh made a '70s model named Super Record (no relation to the Campy stuff) that was available in a 24" mixte. Found one in Nashville and one of the very similar home-market Wisp versions, also 24" on the other side of the goddam Puget Sound, fer chrissakes. I'd have loved to get either one of those.

If you take a smaller frame you qualify for the nicer-tubed Reynolds and Vitus bikes out there by A-D and Motobecane.

Never seen "lateral shifters," what I guess you'd call downtube shifters mounted on the twin lateral tubes of a mixte, or "upper downtube" shifters if they were on one of the Motobecanes that use that configuration.

Seriously if you think you'll need or want one in a decade start looking NOW.