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Awesome!

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Mixte

All of this mixte chat on the blogs is infectious. Picked up an 1984 Miyata Ninety mixte last night. The paint is pretty beat up, but the bike is all original and rides well. I will either wait for my daughter to grow into it (a long time!) or refurbish is with new wheels- internal gears and front hub dynamo- or both. Pics to follow. Here is a link to a brochure photo. Ohh- $65 CDN. Not a $20 garage sale find, but a fair price for a complete bike. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9W3hWVfv73WLspawBlh5wYR6NcnSQDEMxmjLiuy7KfN5mtyPhSwy3ynT1E5uOeB4mhQ2KyAZPKhMh03lKiMFjptp13KPasSNUCEmpAwHyRLPsjmADQWaWvXT9A1NgB8N655Qr-St8vf2Q/s1600-h/img067.jpg

Panda

Wow. Tough to take a Panda on a bakfiets- and get everybody in the shot. Perhaps need camera with a wider angle lens.

Here is one that at least gets some of the three of us.............

GAMOH!

I really believe a longtail bike needs a front rack. Yuba makes a nice one- I wasn't sure about the principle of cantilevering off of the frame. Puts a lot of moment on the steerer tube. The idea of transferring the load down to the front axle appealed to me more.

Anyway- not a lot of racks that I could look at before ordering- I liked the look of the CETMA, but being in Canada there isn't a dealer close.

The LBS had a Gamoh. I liked it. I installed one on the Mundo and replaced the wooden slats with aluminum checkplate so as to match the rear deck and footboards.

I am surprised how it makes the steering feel heavy- but I guess on gets used to it. I had over 6 kilos on the front yesterday- no problems.

3-bike day!

I guess its a good day when you get out 3 times all on different bikes! Went out after lunch on the Mundo- did some grocery shopping.

After that made it down to the park with the kids in the bakfiets. Cool, but a good time. Really need a name for the bakfiets- something more endearing than "contraption" or "frankenbike". It rides so well!

Lastly, took the usual spin with the dogs and the Kona Ute.