Of course there is always the manly Yves Gomez mixte from Rivendell. Handsome bike!
Jerry Crouch
OKC, OK USA
> Brother Listers,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I have been riding my mother's 1973-ish Peugeot UO-18 mixte for about
\r?\n> 5 years with no ill effects whatsoever. It does have a "manly" Brooks
\r?\n> Pro
\r?\n> saddle on it, but I have much bigger things to worry about (global
\r?\n> warming, health care, selling our house, how to build up my Allegro,
\r?\n> what I am
\r?\n> going to fix for dinner, the dust bunnies in the corners of our
\r?\n> house, how fast the Oxalis is growing in our lawn, and how many
\r?\n> angels can dance
\r?\n> on the head of a pin.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Life is too short to worry about the effect(s) of riding a bicycle--
\r?\n> any bicycle--on one's masculinity or image.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> And if you must worry about such things, try riding a Harley hog
\r?\n> instead: you'll ruin your hearing but save all that anguish over your
\r?\n> manhood....
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jon Spangler
\r?\n> worrying about many other things besides masculinity quotients on
\r?\n> mixtes in Alameda, CA USA
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:04 AM, Amir wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> Message: 13
\r?\n>> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:04:40 +0200
\r?\n>> From: Amir Avitzur <walawalaoxenfree@gmail.com>
\r?\n>> Subject: [CR] Rules for Manly Mixte Riding
\r?\n>> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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\r?\n>> I can feel your concern from miles away so let me remind you of a few
\r?\n>> simple
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> Rules for Manly Mixte Riding:
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> 1. Only use in town or for commuting.
\r?\n>> Never take a mixte out on training rides (come on! you have
\r?\n>> lots of
\r?\n>> bikes to choose from)
\r?\n>> 2. Wear street clothes or a business suit when riding.
\r?\n>> (Better yet, borrow tweeds from your 3-speed friends and make a
\r?\n>> fashion
\r?\n>> statement)
\r?\n>> If you ride a mixte in tight fitting bike wear, you will be
\r?\n>> sending the
\r?\n>> wrong signals.
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> 3. Wear street shoes or sneakers
\r?\n>> (NOT loud bike shoes ... unless you want to draw attention to
\r?\n>> yourself)
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> 4. Mount & dismount as you would a regular bike.
\r?\n>> (this should be obvious)
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> 5. If you wear a helmet, take it off immediately after dismounting.
\r?\n>> And put in in your basket (the basket should not have a flower
\r?\n>> pattern)
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> 6. Don't wear earings!
\r?\n>> Not on your right ear and not on your left.
\r?\n>> (Too many baby boomers will get the wrong idea)
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> Commuted safely a Peugeot mixte on-and-off for 35 years ... until
\r?\n>> the frame
\r?\n>> cracked.
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> Amir Avitzur
\r?\n>> R"G Israel
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\r?\n> Jon Spangler
\r?\n> Writer/editor
\r?\n> Linda Hudson Writing