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Re discs and wheel size, you just need to think what you want from a custom bike. Regular road calipers are plentiful and decent and if you're moving a groupset across, cheaper. Obviously hydro discs will be better at breaking, but it depends what you want it for.
Same goes for tyre size - what's it for and how do you want it to feel?
I would defo have mudguard eyes though, just seems silly not to.
Columbus max tubing? I am a hair under 70kg and want it to be OK for rides of 4-5 hours
I'm not a fame builder or anything, but my understanding of MAX is that it was / is meant for larger fames/riders as it's stiffer/stronger and as you're buildings bigger frame weight is less of an factor.
70kg isn't heavy and your bike cad drawing doesn't make it look like your a giant.
Personally I can't help that it's been made fashonable by Prolly and is now a bit over used... although the chainstays and seat tube lug do look cool.
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Other thoughts:
-Clearance for 700x28 tyres (or should I go 700x32 and add mudguard eyes? I want to run shallow drop road calipers. I plan on running 700x25 as a standard tyre)
-Straight blade steel fork, but with geo to match modern carbon so I can swap out in the future if I want to shed weight
-Columbus max tubing? I am a hair under 70kg and want it to be OK for rides of 4-5 hours, but light-ish and stiff enough to climb well. It won't be a crit bike, but I have a winter/ touring bike already (the crosscheck)
-External 1,1/8" headset, 27.2 seatpost, possibly a removable seat clamp? I want simple details
-British threaded bottom bracket. Press fit isn't for me
-Colour TBC, probably black though as I like black. But I could be persuaded otherwise.
-DT cable stops - I want them on the downtube, not the headtube
-Rear cable routing: I really like the internal cable route detail so I'll allow that concession to fancy-ness