OK..I'm going to go out on a limb here and disagree. Do you really expect to ride this bike much? Honestly, once you are fit enough to enjoy a true road bike, there really isn't anything very exciting about a comfort tank bike converted to a half assed flat bar road bike. You already have the cyclocross bike for commuting and bad weather. I suggest that you look past your irrational attachment to this bike. With the amount of money and effort you are planning on putting into this, plus what you could get for selling this clunker, you could do something a lot more exciting, such as buy or build up a fixed gear or singlespeed. Something along these lines (or perhaps a mtb) will more greatly diversify your riding experiences and keep it more interesting.