Originally Posted by bigbossman
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.
hmmmm... I find that when I'm riding a bike a bit smaller than usual which has drops, I'm ok riding on the top of the hoods, but can't get comfortable with my hands low on the drop bars.
That said, when I set up my future mixte, I'm thinking of going with some sorta mustache bar. I'd like a bit of drop, so I'm leaning towards flipping a pair of old 3 speed bars over. Also, I'd like to make it a fixed. Anyone had any issues with making a mixte, er, fixte?
