Originally Posted by MrAwesome

That sounds awesome! Yes, that's why I have kept the frame all these years. I knew it would make a really good all-around bike. I am hoping it will be similar to when I was a kid with a BMX bike that I could just have fun riding around aimlessly or even for medium distance runs to the store or whatever. I have just been going back and forth on exactly how I want to do it. I want it perfect; I don't want to throw just anything on it just to make it work, so it's been taking a long time to do the research on what I need to make it work the way I want and also not look like it was cobbled together from the junkyard. So I realize it will also cost money; another reason I didn't just jump into it immediately.

I actually measured the wheels and tires a long time ago and realized it would work. I have read many things about it messing up the geometry and I couldn't figure out why. I guess I forgot about the outside diameter being the same and I just checked it yesterday and the wheels I have that are 700c are pretty much identical to large 26" MTB tires I have on another bike, so of course it will work fine without any issues with the geometry unless I try putting 29er tires on it (which wouldn't fit anyway). It's really the brakes that are an issue, as far as I can see. And since I am thinking SS, getting the right wheels with the right hub width could be challenging, as well, but if I have to, I'll use spacers on a standard MTB wheel or build it myself.

Keep me posted on your progress. I'm interested to see how it turns out.