Originally Posted by nelson249
Sounds like a pain in the butt. Further, what is the point? With narrow slicks and modified gearing on an old steel mountain bike a friend of mine used to hunt down roadies with great regularity.
good catch - I also had to put a new cassette (13-23, replacing the dirt-intended stock 13-30) for the road - I still get up the paved hills fine and the gearing is higher to get me closer to road bike speed (close enough while commuting, certainly!)