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So I picked up a lugged frame 2 tone Shogun Mixte bike the other day which I intend to flip. What is the draw to these things, I've seen a few go for a lot of money? I wouldn't have grabbed it if I hadn't remembered a Peugeot mixte going for a few hundred bucks on ebay a while ago. This one is totally ridable and in good overall condition but the tires dont match (one all black and one gumwall) and it needs a tune up, which I will give it. Once it has had a going through, a bath and the tires matched up I think (hope) it will show nicely.

anyone else have any success stories flipping these things they want to share..
 
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not sure what the draw is, but the hipsters love the twin bar mixties , I can get an extra hundred bucks from a mixtie over the exact same standard single bar girls bike .. go figure.. :roll:
 
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I gave away a sweet pink mixte to a kid on the Wesleyan campus. She couldn't get her hands on it fast enough. You would have thought the tubes were filled with gold.
 
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SSG said:
Mixte frames tend to be stronger than your typical ladies frame. Many people consider them to be a unisex frame.
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And as was already stated, the hipster crowd seem to dig them. They sell well for me being that Im less than 5 miles from 4 college campus and a couple of hipster neighborhoods.
 
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They also make great frames for home made longtail (xtra-cycle) cargo bikes.
 
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Someone built a pretty cool chopped Mixte a while back.

No time to clean this one up for a few days yet but the wheels are true, paint looks great. I think I'm just looking at a basic tune up and new brake cables.
 
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that are more intricate and girls like aesthetics. that also werent made for as long so they are harder to find... especially decent chromoly ones. the only ones i find are high 10
 
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My wife has an old Univega mixte and will not part with it. The lugged frame is just tensile steel, but it nicely brazed. The mixte was considered a big improvement in stiffness over conventional ladies' bikes which contained curved tubing.
 
This is the rig. Loos good at 20'
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Tourney cranks
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nce pinstripes and lugs on the fork
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bummer cable rub
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What were they thinking!
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PSU = Plymouth State University, not sure about the last 2 letters though.
 
Check this site out for tons of mixtes.
I am still trying to find a home made longtail mixte for you.
I have an old Raleigh Mixte that I plan to build a longtail out of someday.

http://themixtegallery.wordpress.com/
 
I think you can make a cool hotrod or custom out of them mixtes. I used mine for the RRBBO #4 two years ago.

These are it's incarnations:

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^ As found.

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^ As finished custom with lots of custom aluminum fabrication for the Build-off.

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^ As hotrod for the streets

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^ As it sits now with a slightly different look. (More white added.)

Buildthread for more details:
http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic. ... =a#p159675
 
You guys MISSED this? I got a neighbor to join a few months ago (Peterbuilt). Turns out he's got the "KNACK" for building. I told him to give this a try....He did, and this is the most comfortable bike I've been on (and I have a Townie)...Super simple.

It's called Twisted Sister 2

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That really makes for a cool looking bike. I love the rake it gives the front fork.
 
Take a look at the geometry of it. Pedals are now forward. EXTREMELY comfortable bike, for next to nothing $.
 
KOTA said:
Take a look at the geometry of it. Pedals are now forward. EXTREMELY comfortable bike, for next to nothing $.
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I saw that. I flipped a Raleigh Gruv a couple of months ago and I kinda wish I had kept it. There is a lot to be said about the crank forward designs.

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Best way to fix MIXTE!! :shock: :shock: :lol:

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I like the seat post/rearstay chops you did on the bike, makes it look awesome
 

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