Hi, I have no mechanical skills, but I love funky stuff. I found this site today while looking for a valuable source to solve an bike parts/engineering problem for me, but after looking over the work you guys do I feel like I should have an art question, cause that's what you guys produce. From classic to craaazy--all awesome. So even though my issue is mundane and now I feel bad asking, I'll go ahead: I have a stock rarely used Gary Fisher Big Sur MTB from about 1996 that I'm too old and too scared to use on mountains anymore. These days I just need to climb a small hill to the local tavern and back. I checked prices and a new Wal-Mart "comfort" bike goes for about $150 up to $400 for a bottom line bike store bike. That's a lot of money for a knock-around-the-neighborhood bike. Then I had a brainwave. Why I've got a quality old bike right here, so I thought I'd convert it into a comfortable bike with big sit up tall handle bars and squishy seat, soft pedals for barefoot ridin' and heck, maybe even a kickstand. I'm thinking I'd get out for under $100. But the bike shop guy says that handlebars have changed sizes and may not fit, that I'd need a new riser and longer stem tube and new cables that alone would run $150! --the price of a brand-new crappy bike at Wal-Mart. So my question is: can a guy with no mechanical skills--in fact reverse mechanical skills if that is even a thing--order the right cheap stuff off of Amazon and actually put it on without breaking out a welder? I found a couple of years-old posts about converting a mountain bike to a comfort bike on this forum that were over my head. Should I move this post to where the mountain bike-to-comfortable bike people hang out? Is anyone there kind enough to take the time to help a mechanical moron? Sorry so long, and thanks for whatever pointers or wisdom you can pass along. Most of all, keep those creative wheels turning! Wow.