I am actually in the process of modifying a '92 Stumpjumper (old college bike) and just ordered a set of drops and am poring over getting bar-end shifters. One thing I am also looking at is putting 700 wheels on it, replacing the original 26" ones I have now. I see Mavic makes a brake adapter for that purpose. I am pretty inspired with this conversion
http://www.briandesousa.com/bicycling/tech/convert.htm . I have another bike (Soma DoubleCross) which I use for my "road" work, but I wanted to give some new life to the old hardtail as a burly commuter.