Re: [CR]Classic bikes for small riders

(Example: Production Builders:Tonard)

From: <hersefan@comcast.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Classic bikes for small riders
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:25:51 +0000

Many Mixte bikes were designed or built with the thought that swept back upright bars would be used - that changes everything as such a bar puts the rider quite upright and compensates for a long top tube.
> Let me just warn everyone that just because a bike is of the "Mixte" design,
> it does not necessarily have a short effective top tube (which is what you are
> seeking to best accommodate a "typical" female proportions of short
> torso....)
> Make sure to measure it before making assumptions...
>
>
> Dale Brown
> cycles de ORO, Inc.
> 1410 Mill Street
> Greensboro, North Carolina 27408
> 336-274-5959
> fax 336-274-6360
> <A HREF="http://www.cyclesdeoro.com">cyclesdeORO.com</A>
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