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1.12kg "not light enough", why? A very lightweight alu frame (around the 1200-1300g mark) isn't suitable for audax style riding and invariably you'll not be able to fit wide tyres AND mudguards.
ANYTHING sub 2kg for frame/fork/headset is plenty light enough for an audax bike especially if you're on a budget. That can build into a sub 9.5kg bike Including mudguards with a bit of money spent on some decent wheels and contact points as opposed to meaningless couple of hundred gram weight saving on a frame costing 3/4/5 times more, the ride is more important than the outright frameset weight for an audax bike.
The kinesis TK3 was a good frame/fork combo, takes 28mm tyres WITH guards also the Tifosi audax range are very good VFM