Quite new to BikeForums, but I saw this thread and thought I'd post my current effort. It's a '91 Paramount Series 20 "Mountain OverSize" that really didn't get ridden that much when it was stock, partly because the original straight bars and long-reach stem were somewhere between awkward and just plain painful. I bought the 700c x 13mm (slight mistake for street use ...) wheels on eBay a few years back and had them on a '80s Raleigh Record I'd gotten for $15 from a thrift store that really didn't get ridden that much either, in part because the first cassette I bought for the wheels was a 12-23 that I really couldn't get going easily. I rode a new Gary Fisher Simple City while my wife was bike shopping recently, was momentarily shocked at how easily it pedaled. Then I remembered that I did own a nicer-quality frame that just sitting in the attic.

This pic was snapped as I was initially fiddling with it, thus the dangling rear derailleur; so far, it's got a "SatoriUP" adjustable stem from a LBS, old seatpost I got off eBay to upgrade the Raleigh (need to dig up the Paramount's original PDG post), the Raleigh's original drop bars, and a Sora 39/53 with HG30 12-32 8 speed cassette and Sora derailleur hooked to a barend friction shifter. I stuck an old sidepull brake on the fork crown so I could take it for test rides, but I just learned about the Mavic "Caliper Adjuster" that may let me use my cantilever brakes with the bigger wheels. I'd had a pair of 700x28 Schwinn tires from eBay on these wheels (I know, too wide for the rims), but the front blew out while parked (?) so I swapped on one of the 700x23 Michelins that came with the wheels so I could still ride it while shopping for a pair of 25mm tires.