Steve, I come by my penchant for Frankenbiking honestly - as an eng'g student in the first half of the 1970s I studied at the feet of Sheldon Brown.
To wit:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/org/otb.html
After he died, I picked up the OTB from Harriet Fell, his wife. I hadn't seen it in thirty years or so. When we met, it was his road bike. You can see how he Frankenbiked it!
And then there was the Thorn:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/org/thorn-index.html
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Originally Posted by sparky33
Kudos on repurposing the Litespeed.
While it’s a frankenbike, every detail makes a ton of sense given where you ride...short travel in front, wide semi-slicks, drop bars for getting hi and low, etc.
Please report back on how it works out for you.
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