Well, I bit the bullet and bought a Ross Mt. Hood last night. One a the chrome ones. The gentleman *says* it's a 24" frame, but we shall see.
I'm going to try to make it into a poor man's Singer. It's already got a Sanyo BB dynamo setup on it; and I wonder (maybe someone who already has one can help here) if there's room for a 650B conversion? The Tektro 720 brakes apparently have enough room to make this work. If not, well... Compass sells a pretty decent-looking 26" tire.
Really looking forward to trying this out. Even if it does mean I'm going to have to sell a bike to fund this.