This is an interesting question! I have a 50 protobleriot, a 51saluki, and a little '86 Trek 620, plus my partner has a Surly LHT, *and* I grew up in Madison! (I'm just up 94 in Minneapolis now.) I've looked into doing a lot of work on my 620 (similar in many ways to what you've described) and have decided it's not the bike I want to put the investment into–but then I don't have the skill to build wheels or do welding, etc. It seems to me like the amount of work you're wanting to do changes the bike quite a bit so that it's no longer a Wisconsin Vintage Trek '82 610, but something that's morphed into a different bike. This may not be important to you. And you would love the Soma. On a different note, the small Soma frame takes a 650B wheel. I have two little bikes with this wheel size and love them, and love the ride. However, rims and tires are limited, and that's just a fact-of-the-matter is. Bottom line? Go with your heart.
If you find yourself in Minneapolis and want to see my bikes, drop me an email. Little bikes, and their own quirks of space for saddle bags, etc, aren't discussed on the forum as much as big-bike things like double top-tubes and so forth. Best of luck on this caper! Keep us posted. -Liesl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
