Let's talk modern mixte (special snowflake build)

[NHAero]

The Soma looks pretty nice. Room for fat tires, disc brakes, real split tube mixte.

[polyhistoric]

Special snowflake = many requests, unique to the intended owner.

My wife loves her old Raleigh mixte, but the lugged and brazed seattube cluster and thin-walled stays don't bode well for the weight and torsions from a baby seat on a rack.

That Rex is gorgeous. If I could go full custom for her, it would be this...



https://breadwinnercycles.com/2016/0...g-arbor-lodge/

[stien]

Is changing from a rack mounted child carrier to a frame mounted one a possibility?

I've got a Thule Yepp Maxi that clamps to the seat tube on an older frame. Easy as pie. No need to go nuts on a custom frame that can accommodate the weight, unless you really want to!

[eddief]

as I understand it done by Nobilette for Rivendell:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/cufg237YcP9DXpjB6