Jerry Moos wrote "I think the discussion was that a mixte is usually understood to be a frame on which the toptube is replaced by two smaller lateral tubes that run from the headtube to a point halfway or more down the seatube and attach to the sides of the seattube. Usually these smaller diameter laterals also extent further to the rear DO's and attach there as well. "
I have always agreed with that, but I wonder, are these twin tubes, especially when extending to the dropouts, stays? Is there a technical definition of just what constitutes a stay? Am I wandering into the "How many angels dance on the head of a dropout screw" type question that I so often abhor? It seems the more I learn, the more I find out that I do not know. Perhaps the more basic it is, the more I have just assumed I knew all about it.
Tom Sanders
Lansing, MI USA