So I have this bike and I have been contemplating converting the cantilever frame to a straight bar. The plan would be to cut the cantilever bars off, forward of the seat post area, and then weld in a straight bar. Is there any reason that this wouldn't work? structural concerns or other? perhaps I can reinforce the welds where the cantilever tubes meet the seat post tube just to beef it up a bit. Anybody done anything similar? Here is the bike:
An earlier pic of just the frame before I repainted it brown:
I'm the kind of guy that might do this even if people tell me not to but I thought I would check to see what y'all think anyways.

An earlier pic of just the frame before I repainted it brown:

I'm the kind of guy that might do this even if people tell me not to but I thought I would check to see what y'all think anyways.