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@hugo7
TBH the main thing is the cost surely?
Last I heard you were looking at a minimum of £40 for the work + at least £10 for the dropouts.... which will turn into £20 'cause you'll want a different type.
So that's £50-£60 before a respray, which even if its armortex will be around £70.
What's the point? If it's a shit frame then its not worth it. If it's a good frame, why ruin it? Esp as the frame in question hasn't been bought yet.
I'd be surprised if after all's said and done you get change from £250 including F&F and faffing about with headsets and BBs. For which you could easily pickup any nice number of second hand frames* (including ones with road geo - before that non-point is brought into play)
But at the end of the day it's not my money....
*my Condor pista cost less