For selfish reasons, I kinda like where this is going.
The first bike I bought, back in the mid-70s, was a 23” Azuki. It took a couple of years to realize it was too small and do something about.
I bought a nice 25” frame in 1978. I still have it and just repainted it for the second time, but I haven’t been using it lately because the low BB causes pedal strike with my platform pedals. That was never an issue back when I was running racing pedals with toe clips.
I’m currently using a late 80s 25” Schwinn frame that I actually bought for one of the kids (but it ended up being too big.)
I’m definitely not opposed to switching my road frame to something better than the bottom of the line Schwinn frame of its day, assuming the BB height will work.
So, a really nice 25” frame with enough BB height would see a lot of miles around here!
Otto