Back at it

After a break from posting, it is time to get The Mixte Gallery back in business. We’re going to start with an “as found” bike submitted by Parks. He has a bunch of questions about his Centurion Custom DLX.
-Doohickie

Side view

Alicia’s Koga-Miyata

Hello! I am an American living in the Netherlands. I recently bought a lovely used mixte, 1981 Koga-Miyata (a wonderful Dutch brand). It’s a very nice little bike! I found it listed on marktplaats.nl, [similar to Craigslist in the U.S.?] The woman who sold it to me took it on a tour in France.

Now there's a handsome bike

Labor of Love

Moto Mixte

Here is the Motobecane that I built up for my wife Rachael.

Some Assembly Required

Mrs. Gale

Meet Mrs. Gale, aptly named for a woman who was very strong, feisty and lived her life with a passion for the simple things. She’s an early 80’s Nishiki and came to us a $20 mishmash of parts.

Hot Fun in the Summer Time

Hey, folks… I’m leaving for vacation and I won’t be putting anything new on The Mixte Gallery for probably about two weeks. I have a backlog that I’m working through, but go ahead and send your mixte pictures anyway and I’ll eventually get them up on the Gallery. I want to thank everyone who’s been sending pictures. In the last week alone I’ve had several submissions.

I can’t leave you totally without a fix, so here’s a nice Fuji Royale mixte I had for a while and sold.

Garage Door Shot

JW’s Mystery Mixte

It's a mystery

Can you help identify this mixte from Bristol UK, year and manufacturer? See my flckr for more pictures.

Thanks, JW

Mrs. D’s 1983 Raleigh Super Course Mixte

Found this beautiful 1983 Raleigh Super Course mixte on CL for my wife as a Christmas gift. She wanted something vintage (like me), and she likes Raleighs.

Good quality stuff- Japanese-built Raleigh Super Course

Petunia Update!

I’ve been trying to figure out how to work FergieGirl’s update of her mixte, Petunia, into the rotation. I wasn’t quite sure I should do a separate post or if I should try to work it into an existing post. My indecision led to delay; I really should have posted this a while ago. Anyway, here’s what FergieGirl has to say about the updates she’s made on Petunia.
-Doohickie

New and Improved Petunia

Hi Doohickie,
You’ve already got my Petunia on the gallery… but now she has a Brooks B66S saddle and nice new Schwalbe Marathon tyres… so an updated piccie of her is attached which could go on her entry. Still resolving the issue of trying to mount a bullet light AND a basket at the front – may have to do something ingenious in the way of brackets to mount the light on the handlebars as it won’t fit between the bottom of the basket and the wheels.
Cheers for now
Sabrina (FergieGirl)

I’m a little man, he’s… he’s a great man!

In Apocalypse Now!, the photojournalist said that about Colonel Kurtz. Now, I’m saying that about Cameron, proprietor over at The Old Ten Speed Gallery. I post exclusively mixtes; he posts everything. And yet, I bet he’s already posted more examples of mixtes than I ever will. Check out some of his most beautiful bikes here.

Just one example of Cameron's mixte pictures on OTSG

SAM the Mixte

I received this from Adrienne of Change Your Life. Ride A BIke! fame. Upon checking the linked flickr pictures, I decided it would be only right to share the a link to the slideshow with the readers of The Mixte Gallery since I can’t possibly get all the cool pictures up here.
-Doohickie

Moonlight & Mixte

Per your request, my mixte S.A.M.