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Put me down for one!
I have had the same idea for a next project, functionalish fast bike that can take +32's and guards easily. Not necessarily fat tubes, but as long as it's stiff and around or under 8kg I'm happy.
LeMesjeu-
I think 32/35 without and 28 with guards is certainly possible. The bottleneck as I see it is the fork. I don't want to use a long a-c or else I might as well buy a Synapse or something else suitably "endurance". Ones I've seen are Whisky No9 RD, and Columbus Futura SLX but both of those are only up to 32c ish. They're road length though. Need to keep looking
PhilDAS
I'm all about fat tubes. I'm also attracted to the corrosion resistance for winter road bike duties but from what I see on the market, companies seem to make heavier/more relaxed/slower bikes for All-Weather/Winter/Audax bikes. I don't want to go any slower just because I've fit mudguards.
Truth be told I'm thinking of designing it, having a couple manufactured to spec, painted and potentially offering them for sale/starting a micro brand which should hopefully be cheaper than the big brands (and a lot cheaper than going to a UK or US framebuilder) whilst also being cooler.
I don't want to be churning out On One style gravel bikes though so I'm not sure if there's enough interest in the sort of bikes I personally like
This is what I'm counting on