[CR] A vintage Mixte?

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:21:09 -0400
From: "Harvey Sachs" <hmsachs@verizon.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] A vintage Mixte?


Not too long ago, someone was seeking a relatively large Mixte. Spotted a rather unique one today: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/bik/1141001706.html.

It's fully lugless, and rather a stylish departure from the norm for one of America's best-known brands. Yessir, a GenuWine Huffy Aerowind. Unfortunately, the paired baskets are not aero, and I'm not sure that the mixte actually used the incredible Shimano aerobrakes/boat anchors. For those, you might have to buy the matching diamond frame model listed.

These don't come along often; the ride might be even more accomodating than that of other marques of the era.

harvey "funkmeister" sachs mcLean va Yesterday, we unloaded and sorted > 200 bikes collected for shipment abroad by Bikes 4 the World, which does good work. Still, it is depressing how many of them were the absolute junk, unmaintainable, Murrays, Huffys, and similar more recent trash passed off as mountain bikes.