Thursday, August 15, 2013

A Brand New Mixte!

I got home from working at the bike shop Fri. night and the new Mixte I ordered was sitting there waiting on me. I ordered it on Tues. night and got it on Fri. And yes I said a NEW MIXTE! I haven't had a new Mixte for close to 40 years. I now have four old Mixtes after giving one away last year.

This is a different type of Mixte as it is a single speed with fenders. I dry fit everything on it that evening to make sure I had everything and had no problems. This is only the second bike I've ordered on line but they have both came in good condition with no problems. Today I tore it back down and greased all the bolts, stem, seat post, made adjustments to the fender and rack and tightened everything. I will add that if you don't have some wrenching background on bikes you may want to have someone else do the assembly for you, like your community bike shop. I will post more pictures soon.