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Sounds like a good build Matt!
I'd second DJ's suggestion of a Lynskey. I love my audax. After 3 years of abuse still looks almost new after a hose down. The cross model will take the tyres you want.
Looking forward to seeing how this comes along.
Good luck.
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Jimbo! didn't recognise you for a second there. How you been?
I've been eyeing up the lynskey sportive as an option, as it goes up to 32mm in the disc version, and it's the one US brand that seems to be swallowing some of the exchange rate nonsense for us poor Brexit-afflicted souls. But how would you feel pointing it down rough unpaved roads? I'm mainly going to use this bike on Britain's usual potholed roads, but want to be able to deal with some outback roads - not proper MTB stuff, just the crappy hardpack earth roads you get in the middle of nowhere in the Americas, or reclaimed trainlines like the Camel Trail in Cornwall.
h2o
Also I guess the Genesis Croix De Fer Ti and Sonder/Alpkit Camino, but these I'd consider to be more off-road and less road/endurance geometry.