Mixte bikes, what's the deal.....Pics

[Walker]

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..

 

[scrumblero]

Re: Mixte bikes, what's the deal

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:

 

[SSG]

Re: Mixte bikes, what's the deal

Mixte frames tend to be stronger than your typical ladies frame. Many people consider them to be a unisex frame.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

Re: Mixte bikes, what's the deal

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.

 

[Bri-in-RI]

Re: Mixte bikes, what's the deal

Mixte frames tend to be stronger than your typical ladies frame. Many people consider them to be a unisex frame.

+1
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.

 

[kingfish254]

Re: Mixte bikes, what's the deal

They also make great frames for home made longtail (xtra-cycle) cargo bikes.

 

[Walker]

Re: Mixte bikes, what's the deal

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.

 

[El Duderino]

Re: Mixte bikes, what's the deal

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

 

[Skipton]

Re: Mixte bikes, what's the deal

YEP.. Around here the hipsters love a nice Mixte makes a cool looking girls fixxie...... I have to admit that they do look cool with the right parts on them :wink:

 

[wheelbender6]

Re: Mixte bikes, what's the deal

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.

 

[Walker]

This is the rig. Loos good at 20'

Tourney cranks

nce pinstripes and lugs on the fork

bummer cable rub

What were they thinking!

PSU = Plymouth State University, not sure about the last 2 letters though.

 

[kingfish254]

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/

 

[herr_rudolf]

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:

^ As found.

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

^ As hotrod for the streets

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

Buildthread for more details:
http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic. ... =a#p159675

 

[KOTA]

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

 

[kingfish254]

That really makes for a cool looking bike. I love the rake it gives the front fork.

 

[KOTA]

Take a look at the geometry of it. Pedals are now forward. EXTREMELY comfortable bike, for next to nothing $.

 

[M.Martian]

Here's poverty with a view's mixte.

 

[kingfish254]

Take a look at the geometry of it. Pedals are now forward. EXTREMELY comfortable bike, for next to nothing $.

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.

 

[outsider13]

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

 

[Willg]

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