Originally Posted by
Andy_K
There are a few issues here that shouldn't be conflated:
(1) Can you make it work?
I could make it work as much as I can make any of my bikes work, which is to say -- not to anyone else's standards. I'm the guy with a 3-speed hub and porteur bars on a Hetchin's, remember?
Originally Posted by
Andy_K
(2) Will it look good?
Gah. No idea. I have aphantasia, so I don't have a "mind's eye" (no visual imagination; when I close my eyes, I "see" nothing). Also, see above point about Hetchin's.
Originally Posted by
Andy_K
(3) Will you be happy with it?
I think I could be happy about
owning it, and I could be happy
looking at it. Could I be as happy as if it was 60cm? Nope. Could I be happy riding it? Tough to say, but I'm leaning towards "not really". Could I be made sufficiently happy by the aforementioned to justify spending the money? That's the $2,500 question.