Originally Posted by
MNHarv
Whoa!! That is awesome!
I bought my daughter a Bianchi mixte some years back. I think she forgot she has it or something. Every now and then it comes out of the shed and I can't help myself. I have to ride it. Not only do mixtes look awesome, but this thing utterly disappears beneath me. So I understand the appeal to those "in the know", like you.
Same. My first city bike was a decent chromoly Taiwanese mixte from the early 80s and it was such a sweet ride. I had a front rack with Wald set up and it was nice to have the leg room to get off and on the bike when loaded with groceries. That thing flew.