Originally Posted by EvilAntiMartha
...One think I'm wondering about mixtes. In my (limited) experience, I could find a tall enough mixte, but the trouble was in the length from seatpost to head tube (ie, top tube length). That always seemed a touch short. Is this normal?
Good question. A great deal of mixtes that I come across are set up with flat bars for a more upright "in town" kind if riding, so maybe that's why? For additional top tube length, I can't imagine it being an insurmaountable issue with the proper stem. But it would be interesting to see the top tube measurement on your Masi as compared to a mixte frame of similar size.
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