this is it. my mission begins today; you've inspired me... till now the old bikes I've been playing with have been Stingrays and other 20-inchers. now I want to piece together something like this. the 26-inch frame with the 24-inch wheels and ballooners is just amazing... i'm already thinking about the few parts I already have and where to look to find more...
--rick
edit: ouch. the issue of BRAKES just occurred to me. on a bike like this, what options are there for brakes? obviously there's coaster and disc... i thought I'd seen these big horseshoe-shaped cantilever brake adapters on low-buck mountain bikes. center bolt mounts to the normal caliper brake mounting hole. think they'd work?