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@jimalex
Wow. Incredible build and I'm very jealous.
I've only done a few touring rides - a few long weekends in England and a week in Spain - but riding a long wheel base Dawes Galaxy with really relaxed angles and long chain stays meant that my weight was over the bottom bracket rather than the rear wheel and I have yet to have a flat on the back. My riding buddies, on a Thorn Audax and Condor Agio had a bunch of flats on the rear tyre.
Obviously your build is very considered and I wondered what was the reason for the shorter rear stays?