With the size and color, it was a perfect bike for my cousin's girlfriend, so I gave it to her as a gift. Finally, I put on some platform pedals that are sneaker-friendly. I also took off the expensive SLR saddle and put on a less flashy old Regal saddle. I've been leaving this bike in the office, so I took of the QR skewers and installed some Axlerodz bolt-on skewers. The bike looks more to my liking and will be more versatile as well. I decided I liked the CX look on this bike, so I ordered the largest cassette the DA derailleur can handle (28T), added one link to the chain, and installed some Ritchey CX tires on it. Turned out I just needed to run the cable guide below the bottom bracket to get a better routing.
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I strugged with the front derailer for the longest time, since I couldn't get it to upshift. Somehow the bike just doesns't look as cool with the silver gruppo, perhaps it looks like the original parts from far away. I swapped all the Apex gruppo onto the Helix Equipe and the Dura Ace on this bike. But now that it is done, the bike fits better, looks right, and weighs exactly the same. It was kind of a pain because I had to trim down all the shifter and brake cables then readjust everything. Then I ordered a new quill stem (10mm shorter) and new handlebars with a compact bend. So first I put on some some cyclocross tires I had and they fit just fine, plenty of frame clearance. I've been looking for a cyclocross bike for a while with no success, I felt the reach of this bike was just a tad long, and that having a threadless stem adapter didn't look right to me. Besides looking really nice, I also dropped 3 oz from the front wheel and 4 oz from the rear wheel compared to the A-Class wheels I had originally installed. Sister mixte bikes with sister wheelsets. Its kinda cool, since the Strados model is the road version while the Volos is the track version of the same wheelset on the Alpine Sport. I picked up a used Cane Creek Strados wheelset today. Today I made the finishing touches on the bike, so now it should be good to go, as soon as it stops raining. Everything came together very smoothly except when I realized the SRAM Apex front brake was too short for the 700c wheels, so I had to rush to order a longer reach caliper. When all was said I done, I had done my 3rd fastest PR on La Canada Road, on an old bike that probably weighs almost 10 pounds more than my other bikes. The wheels were very heavy, the seatpost too short, and the stem was way too short, but it was close enough. But once I got on the road, I started going faster and faster, passing up a bunch of people along the way. The original tires are pretty cracked, so I thought I would take it easy. So I put on some clipless pedals and an old saddle that fit me better, pumped up the tires to 90 psi and off I went. I decided to take the bike out for a ride before I decide to do anything with it. So on December 2, 2012, I purchased my second mixte bike, let the build begin!
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This is still a true mixte frame, but its a cost cutting design, as it eliminates a very specific lug at this intersection. The tubes go from the head tube to the sides of the seat tube, then they gently flare out to the required width at the rear dropouts. My only criticism of the design is that the pair of top tubes are not perfectly straight in the traditional style. The frame is also made of Cr-Mo steel instead of Hi-Tensile steel, so that is a jump in quality as well. These are the two features that most mixte frames do not have, so I think its a really good score.
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But what makes it a real find is that it has a rear derailer hanger and braze-on for a water bottle cage. The bike is a time warp bike, completely original and probably not used very much over the years. So I find this Univega mixte in my size, which is already rare. So I've been thinking about building a sister bike, a fully geared mixte, using high end modern components.
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My Alpine Sport is one of my favorite bikes, it fits really well, was very inexpensive to build, and looks very unique. Part Technical Manual, Part Tips & Tricks