Re: [CR] Mixte Men's Holdsworth.

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:46:41 -0400
From: "George Allen" <jgallen@lexairinc.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Mixte Men's Holdsworth.


Guys,

I must be missing something because Ebay Item 110449807005 (US or UK) sure looks like a pre-war Olmo that's definitely not a mixte.

George Allen Lexington, Ky USA

billydavid13@comcast.net wrote:
>Hi Bruce. It may have been meant for a man, it certainly looks more agressive than your typical mixte, perhaps a special Cyclo Cross model [note the QR sp bolt]. But mixtes are unisex not female specific, and this is a mixte. For the definitive treatise on bicycle gender i highly recommend Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman. Billy [if it walks like a duck...] Ketchum; Chicago, IL; USA.
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>From: "bruce thomson" <masi3v4me@yahoo.com>
>To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:03:11 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: [CR] Mixte Men's Holdsworth.
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>Listers: There is an interesting configuration for the Holdsworth. The bike frame, at first glance, appears to be a mixte frame. The seller states that this is an older design for men. I still think its a mixte. What is your opinion? 110449807005 ebay U.K. BT
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>Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204
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