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@lester
I just finished converting one as a beater - its not bad at all, and really not that heavy once you've stripped all the stuff off it.
word of warning though; the drive-side rear dropout is deceptively short. As in, there's not alot of room to pull back the wheel / tension the chain. Weirdly there's loads of room on the non-drive side dropout... I dunno why they put 2 different length dropouts on them.
So look into magic gear ratios; or half link chains (how i did mine).