Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
Were the sellers older? Perhaps they had converted their nice road bikes into hybrids/townies to keep using them.
These are pretty nice bikes and since hybrids are a dime a dozen I'd think you could sell the Lemond and get a brand new hybrid for less than the cost of converting the Lemond.
Where I could see it making some sense was if one of those older STIs bit the dust. Now you've got to invest some money anyway.