Frank looks great! I'd say you got the best of both worlds out of your rebuild.
Yeah - I couldn't find ANY adult cross bike that I could comfortably/properly fit. I ended up buying a used kids Redline and its working out pretty good for me. (I'm going to put the canti's on - they are just as cheap as a travel agent! and I'm not sure there's enough cable run, on the back at least, for a travel agent anyway)
I did see just recently that REI is offering a 26" wheel kids cross bike (my Redline is a 24"er), but I picked it up and I thought it was very heavy!