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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
I had a Giant "hybrid" from the late nineties that I picked up at a yard sale. If BikePedia hadn't catagorized it as a "hybrid" I would have sworn it was just a rigid fork mountain bike with 26" wheels. I'd move forward with the project, but I have two comments:
Not having the fork could be an issue. The geometry of some of those bikes will not work with a suspension fork. I found that out the hard way when I modified a late 80's Nishiki Ariel. So I'd resolve the fork concern before sinking money into the project.
Also you mentioned going with a disc brake up front and canti's on the rear. That will require mis-matched brake levers. You might find it better to mate the disc with V's on the rear. Several entry level MTBs were marketed that way.
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