OTPs Over A Grand

Nope they do a hub geared/belt drive version but the original is a geared audax bike, I can only presume the chainstays are so long because frame is designed for mudguards and fatter tyres, perhaps?

New it was something like that. I would say that, that much extra length is for better positioning of panniers. But load carrying is the one thing I would'nt like to do fixed (not where I live at least), so it seems strange.