bboysubhuman

Mixtes are supposed to be unisex, but really they are meant for and marketed to women.

PunctualAlex

Frames stopped being "mens" and "womens" frames when women stopped riding in skirts.

yeah, and track bikes are meant for the track. Is this thread suddenly going to become the poster child for use appropriateness?

Jabba Degrassi

Psst, your ignorance is showing.

fixedude

mixte/step-through frames were originally designed for women, but are mostly now used as unisex. locally, in japan, the prevalent bike utilizes variations of that style frame--the ubiquitous mamachari with a handy basket!--and it is is used by everyone, man and woman, young and old. i also see various utility bikes designed with a sloping (to varying degees) top tube. i suppose 'wrong' is a bit strong, since that particular frame, at the time, may have targetted women, while i was generally referring to more current adaptations.

bbattle

That saddle position is just so wrong.

So wrong.

PunctualAlex

my favorite part is how he re-posts one of the photos in black and white at the bottom, as if it will some kind of artfulness to that ridiculous machine...

kingcounty07

yes you are right, although designed for the use of both sexes i still believe those frames look like a women's bike and should therefore be used by women. Much like a kilt, a kilt is unisex, but generally looks like a skirt, which is again meant for women. I dunno. Im not trying to offend any Scottish people on here im just saying.

PunctualAlex

This is a pointless, stupid argument. By your logic, women would never have started wearing pants in the first place because they look like they're for men.

... what are you just saying?

Marrock

Open ass, insert head...

kingcounty07

I am simply stating my opinion regarding bikes that look similar to the geometry of women's frames. It not intended as an insult to women or mixte riders. And marrock i hope you were not offended by the Scottish comment it was the first example that came to mind.

kingcounty07

Perhaps that is poor logic, like i said it is the first thing that came to mind, women and men are welcome to wear whatever they want, i really could care less how another human being chooses to dress themselves, it has nothing to do with that it was an analogy i tried using, and a poor one at that. How about we flip the coin on that, what if they started marketing high heel's for men? would you buy them? What about sun dresses for men? Ultra breathable and non restricting? My point was simply that mixte frames are basically the same geometry as womens frames regardless of how they are marketed, and as a male i am not interested in riding one. I was under the impression that this forum was about bicycles and discussing your opinions on them, and that is what i was doing, once again it was not intended to offend any Mixte riders, Women, Men, or Scots.

patrick8037

Less whining. More tarck.

bitterspeak

I think you're a jackass.

swif

From Wikipedia for Mixte:

A direct appropriation of the French word meaning "mixed" or "unisex"

Just sayin'...

bmw5nkj

forgive my ignorance. i really didn't know the rear brake is supposed to go there. i thought it was placed like that because they wanted to hide it like this guy:

which is really tarcky.

joetronic

Is there even enough housing to turn right all the way? Other than that the bike looks good to me, even where the brake is. Nothing wrong with being different as long as it still works.

Jabba Degrassi

Mounting it on the rear of the form reduces drag. Although there seems to be so issues with that particular bike, but maybe it's just me..

As for the other bike, that's just where the brake mount is. It's the cleanest way of mounting it considering the cable routing.

jdms mvp

this is the kinda tarck i like! on dcfixed.com we are having a tarck competition so he converted his road bike

matt wisconsin

The housing moves with the fork/handlebars

lattanzio

i love when people forget about that. ive it myself from time to time when seeing really tight brake cables...

"wtf?!?... OHHH... EVERYTHING moves together..."

MIN 

holy ****!!!

bicycle

yes

Jabba Degrassi

Yeah, but unless there's enough slack in the cable, it could pull tight agaisnt the down-tube.

synapsemusic

DAMN that is a hot frame!

lattanzio

on that bike yes. it wouldnt on one with a conventionally positioned front brake (unless im just not thinking straight) which is what i was thinking of.