Oh, yeah, I'm aware of what these can be made into. Check out the Miami Vice at the top of this page that I finished a couple of weeks ago for a customer.
Mrs. is partially disabled, and our Sunday rides tend to be more like 5-6 mile jaunts around the neighborhood, so I usually keep one vintage-y 6 speed bike around for those. She's working up to do the 28 mile loop in the Tour du Port in Baltimore at the end of September. That would be the longest ride she's ever done. A real trooper, that one.
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