Originally Posted by
sonatageek
Why not keep your eyes open for a lugged mixte or standard sports tourer road bike, swap out to a set of north road bars, add a rear rack and a comfy saddle and away you go?
Yep... that is pretty much what I did... and I love mine. The bike has a 191/2 inch seat tube, but really laid back geometry, and is very comfortable for me at 6 feet tall. Those are 27X11/4 rim/tires on it now. Sometime in the future I want to convert to 700c or 26's and put on some nice fenders.
