Yves Gomez

It has the same mixte frame as the Betty Foy, but some guys wanted a more manly name, and it's hard to get manlier than Yves Gomezthe International Men's Mixte.

Other than its being a mixte, it's just like the Sam Hillborne, but with sidepulls. Or the Betty in Black and Gold.

What's it for?
any kind of road rides--solo, club rides, fitness rides, whatever
weekend touring
fully loaded touring
commuting
fire trails
bike camping

Clearance is key to the Foy. It has enough to fit tires up to 40mm wide, so it's good on rough roads. It has clearance to take fenders easily, even with 40mm tires, so it's the ideal foul weather commuter. What you can do on a bike, you can do on your Betty Foy.

The benefits to this style frame:

1. You don't have to swing a leg high over it to get on.
2. It's also if you have a child or big load of groceries on the back. Same if you have a bad hip; it's a low step-over.
3. It's even easier to fit it since the height of the top tube is never going to be a problem on the Go.

Whether you want one now or need one now, whether you carry babies or groceries in back or don't, the chances are someday you will need a bike that's easier to get on, and when you do, you'll be hard-put to beat the Yves Gomez.

Frame Quirks & Details
The slightly upsloping virtual top tube would have about a 2-degree slope to it, bringing the head tube higher. That makes the Go better able to fit slightly taller riders than, say, a normal mixte can. Just a little.

Every lug is investment-cast, a rarity for girls frames, which historically have been short-sheeted in the lug department. They're the best quality lugs available in the world today, and were designed specifically for the Yves and Betty. Same with the bottom bracket shell.

The fork crown, also investment-cast, is the same one we use on our most expensive custom frames. As fork crowns go, it is as good as they get, with functional and structural details others plain don't got. It's wide enough for 42mm tires; the brake hole is cast low, to maximize tire and fender clearance; and the "wing" on top is visual art in a space that's usually blank. On the Yves Gomez, the wing is painted gold, like most of the lug windows.

The Yves is designed for long-reach sidepulls, like the Silvers or Big-Mouth 73's.. They're easy to set up, powerful, easy to use, easy to maintain, and will never give you a lick of a problem.
The wheels are 650B. Five years ago, were rare in the U.S., but no more. It's well-supported in this country--it's even trendy--and has a secure future.

Simple Sizing
If you have a PBH between 70cm & 81cm and can ride a saddle height (measured from the center of the crank to the top of the saddle) between 60cm and 72cm, get a Yves 52..

If you have a PBH between 80cm and 92cm and can ride a saddle height between 70cm and 82cm, get a 58cm.

Taller and shorter, you can't fit it. It's possible that next year we'll have a 47cm, and if this bike takes off beyond our wildest fantasies, we might even make a 61cm, for Danish women and tallish guys. But the 52cm and 58cm fit most of the riders who we think ought to be interested in a fine mixte.

The Betty Foy is a remarkable deal. The standard onenot  including the racks and gold fenders, which are really brasscosts about $2,100. The frame only, black and gold, $1,200. It costs more than the Betty because it's painted here and has more windows filled in.

Frameset only or complete Gomez
We've built up hundreds of mixtes over the years, and they all get pretty much the same kit, with minor variations.

The Yves Gomez frame is designed to be used with Albatross bars, or some other swept-back bar, but it works fine with drops if you use a DirtDrop stem. Anyway you build it, within reason, it's a great-riding, versatile, easy on/off bike. Someday your hips will demand it. Before then, it's just a regular good-old bike.