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@Rik_Van_Looy
Thanks everyone for your enthusiastic, sagely and amusing advice, you've really got me thinking.
To summarise where we are thus far:
Aim: get as close to a roadbike feel whilst accomodating 42mm tyres, Mudguard mounts and enough braze on's for a sunny South Downs way jaunt
Frame Spec:
Steel frame, carbon fork
Tapered headtube
Internal routing
12mm x 142mm thru & FM rear
Parts still tbc but I'm expecting 1x gearing, sensible (tubeless) wheels and cable gears/brakes.
I might go Juin R1 if I'm feeling bougie.
I'll also stick with the Genesis PM fork and mix calipers PM front, FM rear.
(Later on when I buy FM fork and go full Hyraulic you can say I told you so....)