- The racks are just large enough to hang something on, no larger
- The handlebars often are slanted to mimic the slant of the split tubes, and rarely are they drop (road) handlebars
- Mixtes are plentiful and inexpensive relative to the US, there wasn't even one singlespeed
You don't have to go to France for a mixte:
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