Originally Posted by
eofelis
I wish there were more small steel touring frames like the old Randonee. The standover is very low, they are relatively lightweight (lighter than LHT) and ride great.
Any early hard-tail MTB is a great candidate for conversion... the one I converted had a ridiculously long stem, my housemate loves to ride that one, it was for a mutual friend but it fits her well too. Her road bike is a KHS flite 223L and she rode from Calgary to Vancouver on it, so that might be another one to look at before shelling thousands on a custom.