Or, my woman has a predicament:
She wants a quickish commuter/town bike. She currently has an Electra Townie and some ancient Huffy mixte that weighs 14,000lbs. These both accommodate her love of sundresses, but do not accommodate her love of getting anywhere with any sort of expediency. Hills on them are also unpleasant, especially her commute to school (approx. 400 feet of climbing).
Does anyone make a Mixte frame that doesn't weigh/cost more than a house? There's the Soma, but the price is stupid for what it is/how much it weighs. Should I tell her to stfu and show her cooter to the world? I can't say I've ever ridden a bike in a skirt (sober), so I don't know what the disadvantage to having a real top tube is...
She wants a quickish commuter/town bike. She currently has an Electra Townie and some ancient Huffy mixte that weighs 14,000lbs. These both accommodate her love of sundresses, but do not accommodate her love of getting anywhere with any sort of expediency. Hills on them are also unpleasant, especially her commute to school (approx. 400 feet of climbing).
Does anyone make a Mixte frame that doesn't weigh/cost more than a house? There's the Soma, but the price is stupid for what it is/how much it weighs. Should I tell her to stfu and show her cooter to the world? I can't say I've ever ridden a bike in a skirt (sober), so I don't know what the disadvantage to having a real top tube is...