One low end is here and has been with us since 1974
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My wife had a drop bar red Raleigh Mixte. I bought it 50 years ago. Wished we had kept it, but she started riding a Dicks Sporting Goods Diamondback 20 years ago,

In 2022, I found this on Facebook Marketplace,


Picked up this tall one last Fall. Decals say Record Ace.

Or buy a new one: https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/cat...ames-mixte-842.

Blue Bella @ Rio Grande

Peugeot mixte

This is Mrs. ascherer's mixte. 1975 Grand Jubile with 531 frame, Nervex Pro lugs, 9-speed drivetrain, dynamo lighting. It's pretty light, and now it has a triple crankset, but I don't have an updated photo.

Bought a Mixte for myself that was already out-fitted with a flat bar.
The lady who sold it to me also gave me the original drop-bars.
It's a japan built Raleigh branding with a 21" frame, which is the biggest I've seen in person.
From a comfort stand-point, the flat bars win over the drops.
I tried with the original drops, and found my weight too far forward.
It's currently set up with the flat bars on a pretty ugly adjustable quill stem and 28mm Pro-tite Pasela tires on the original 27-1/4" aluminum rims.
Cranks are a cheapie aluminum square taper set as well, and the bike left the factory as a 2 X 6.
I bought it for a grocery getter, and put a pletscher copy rear rack on it.
It's a very comfortable ride, and not that much slower than my Blue Rocket Motobecane Super Sprint.
Kalin makes a short reach 210mm tall stem that is reasonably priced, if she gets into over-reach issues with the drop bars.

-D.S.

BTW, I set Mrs. ascherer up with flat bars once. Didn’t make it to the end of the driveway. She’s a traditionalist.

I cleaned up an early 80s AD for my sister. It is a lower level one but seemed nicely made with decent components. She has a 90s Schwinn “grandma” bike but wanted something for more aggressive exercise. This suited her just fine. I added the half toe clips and liked them so much that I have them on 3 of my bikes now.

This one didn’t have them originally

Here is my wife's 1975 Motobecane Grand Jubile mixte (the red/black one). It's a really neat bike with Reynolds 531 frame, Nervex lugs and Huret Jubilee long cage read derailleur. I have a men's Grand Jubile model to match. The silver/black one is a previous one that she had but we sold it because it was too big for her ... she's 4'11'. It was also a 1975 model.

Here are ours
First my 75 Moto Gand Jubile and my wife's 81 Centurion LeMans, on a market run,



This one looks like a Mixte, but is actually a "Sport" I think (upper single tube head tube to seat tube), 82 Super Sport,

Show off.......Let's see the rest of the "P"'s even if they do have DB's.
Best, Ben

The rest are all regular frames so.......

And half of them are frame only or not built up all the way.

M,
What I was implying with the post and wanted to say was how many of us have the vast collection of "P"'s that you do.........Is that "P" envy?
Best,Ben

Ok, well Tx.

Maybe, I don't have as many as I would like and half of them are not well but are what they are and no more should be joining.

There will be one more of the horde that gets done but it won't be as well as it could be but it will be pretty cool if it gets done.

I have far less resources than I used to so we'll see.

The mixte drop bar population was reduced by one this summer. I kept the drop bars on the mixte I built for my wife. They made it through the first couple of rides at which point she requested a more upright position. Off they came!

My daughter has a Fuji Sagres that she rarely rides. I found it at a Goodwill for $15 several years ago.

Nishiki Royale as bought from local goodwill, 40 bucks. CroMo frame. I also have a Puch and a Panasonic which I converted to upright bars for wife and daughter, all nice rides!

Does the basket sway on that Motobecane? I put a large basket on my Centurion mixte and it swayed something fierce. I replaced it with a much smaller basket for now.


Previously with Inujirushi bags front and rear:

The rear rack and milk crate seem solid to me. The milk crate is zip tied down to the rack. I do carry some weight back there depending on what my wife wants from the market..
Maybe the large basket itself has the flex to give you the sway. Milk crates don't flex much.
Good luck!