Originally Posted by
mike
None of the bikes the OP mentions are mixte, so I wonder what you are talking about. I don't think they even make Mixte frames anymore.
If you walk into a bike shop and say Mixte to a guy who really knows bikes, here is what he/she is going to think you mean. Note how the top tube(s) continue on to become the rear stays.:
I want to build a bike like this for every female member of my family as well as my girlfriend. Too bad they don't want me to and I don't have enough money to do it.