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yes - you could sell on - or store - the frame - MTBs have smaller gearing if they're really off-road stuff but the XC bikes seem to have similar gears to tourers.
the high profile of an MTB tyre makes the actual circumference more similar to a road than you'd think.
this is 56 square defo.
if she's that small a light alloy rigid fork mtb might be in order - to make a 26" wheel tourer (700c frames will only really go so small until all the geometry gets out of place)
look for thin rims, thumb levers and cantis (not v brakes) - you can run canits with road levers easier , run thinner c. 32mm tyres , pop the thumbies up on the bars near the stem - super cheap way of doing things - like this a bit
http://www.slackers.net/~skoop/nishiki/nishiki_1989_Nishiki_Backroads_MTB_Tourer.jpg
anyway let me know about the red bike? i need to shift it sooner rather than later. i only bought it for the saddle - and now i don't really like that.......