Rob asked:
>I still would like to hear your thoughts on whether
>this is an abomination that would relegate my soul to the flames
>of CR Hell, or if this is not too far out of the question.
Hey, it's your bicycle! Do with it want you want. See
http://www.sheldonbrown.org/hetchins/ for inspiration. By the way,
Sheldon doesn't have pictures of it with the 16 spoke Shimano
wheels... ;^)