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Starcell
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Thanks for your input
Still some searching left to do me thinks!Hi Mitch - welcome to the forum.
A mixte is a unisex frame style that has three seats of stays in the rear triangle: the chainstays (from bottom bracket to rear dropout/axle), the seat stays which you'll see on most bicycles (running up from the rear dropout/axle) to the top of the seat post*, and then a third set of stays running through the middle and carrying on to the front of the frame at the top of the top of the headset.
Examples of mixtes here on CycleChat here (traditional/vintage) and here (modern revivals).
Your bike has the chainstays and the middle set of stays (in the form of what are called "twin laterals") but is missing the top-most set of stays up to the top of the seatpost e.g. seat cluster.
Hope this helps!!
It's unusual and lovely as it is, could be a fine little bike.
* Because several tubes join here, it's called the seat cluster. Many manufacturers take the opportunity to do pretty stuff with how all the tubes meet up, just for cosmetic purposes, often specialising in a particular style of seat cluster that they become well-known for. This was especially true when lugs were used to join all the tubes -- the edges of the lugs would be shaped/carved/cut-out in patterns. Mercian is (still) a particularly fine example.
Thanks for clearing all that up!
And yes, it does seem to have premise for a promisingly mild resto All in all- was it worth the £15 I paid?
(To me, for the fun I've already had, it is.)Mitch.
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Starcell
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EltonFrog
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Thanks for your input
Thanks for clearing all that up!
All in all- was it worth the £15 I paid?
Mitch.
Yes, I think so with a bit of TLC that could become a nice bike. I'd love to know what make it is.
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Starcell
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Attached is another photo of something I may have overlooked!
Are these two areas for mounting a rack above the rear wheel?
Also;
What's this little pointy thing for?
Annnddd here's the odd symbol I saw on the brakes! Any idea? (This is the front)
Cheers all
Mitch.
Are these two areas for mounting a rack above the rear wheel?
Also;
What's this little pointy thing for?
Annnddd here's the odd symbol I saw on the brakes! Any idea? (This is the front)
Cheers all
Mitch.
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Starcell
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The brakes aren't that bad- I'm going to keep it original as possible. I may, if need be, buy new pads for the brakes- but other than that, they're good enough!
Mitch.
Yup I did think of the keeping bits original thing.
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Starcell
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I'm not going to be going long distances on this thing so I'll keep it pretty much as is mechanically.
Mitch.
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Starcell
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velovoice
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Perhaps most importantly, you've got the frame number! (On the dropout, first pic.) That may help someone help you identify the bike brand/model.
EltonFrog
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Perhaps most importantly, you've got the frame number! (On the dropout, first pic.) That may help someone help you identify the bike brand/model.
I've had a go at that, alas and alack to no avail.
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Starcell
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Perhaps most importantly, you've got the frame number! (On the dropout, first pic.) That may help someone help you identify the bike brand/model.
Thank you both for your contribution
I noticed that but wasn't sure what to make it of it- let's hope we can get it identified
Mitch.
Tony Raynor
Need for steeds
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Looking at the bike again I have a nagging feeling it might be a Phillips. Can you take a closer picture of the bottom of the front forks as they do remind me of ones I had on a Phillips bike.