Billy David remarked that "mixtes are unisex not female specific". I really perked up my ears at this. I had not heard this said before. I have wondered for years why more mildly physically handicapped folks are not riding these instead of recumbents.
Is this idea of the non-sex nature of them historically true or is it just Billy's and my own opinion? It sure could open up new choices for folks who have trouble swing a leg up over the seat, etc. Are any of our American One Person Shops that I love so much building a high quality Mixte? Could there be a new market there? I even like the looks of some I have seen. Most seem kind of junky, but I have see a few that were really great! A couple of years ago a really exciting Paramount Mixte went through E-Bay for less than $500.in retrospect, I really wish I had made a move on it, but my ideas on them were just nascent at the time.
I haven't owned one (and then it was my wife's) for 30 years. How do folks find they ride and handle relative to a conventional bike?
Tom Sanders
Lansing, MI USA