Originally Posted by
ksisler
....the conversion often has "oh, we didn't think about that" kind of secondary effects.
Care to clarify what you mean by these? The plan on my 1970's Gitane rennovation project (
http://gitaingaves.blogspot.co.uk/ if you're interested) includes switching down to 700c wheels (and putting on a Cassette), on the premise that this would give more mechanical advantage to the Cantilevers, thus improving stopping power? (To clarify, there's NO desire to keep originality at all - we want reliability above all, and, to be 'future proof' would be an added benefit)