[CR] Hmm...converting a TT "low profile" frame to road

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:49:43 -0700
From: Raymond Dobbins <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous Bike List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Hmm...converting a TT "low profile" frame to road


  This had never ocurred to me.  Take a TT "low profile" (or "funny bike") frame, designed for a 650c front wheel (with a 700c in back), and swap the fork with a 700c fork.  First time I ever thought of this was when I saw this Medici on eBay:

http://ebay.com/<blah>

Item # 180364250922

Has anybody ever tried this conversion?  I'm wondering what kind of ride/handling it produces.

Ray Dobbins
Miami Florida USA