Lamplight--I hope your brother likes his mixte. I have an earlier version (pictured in this thread somewhere) that I like much better, but my husband has a fascination with the salmon pink colour of this bike and my Centurion Ironman
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brianinc-ville--I don't know about Mr. Mixte (mhendricks), but this Ms. Mixte has not had any problems hauling my cargo trailer with my Raleigh mixte. I don't know why you would feel that you were going headfirst over the bars, as I actually feel that I am further away from the bars than with my traditional diamond frames.
East Hill