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elegant solution for a 'no spacer stack' touringbike: adjust frame design ....

A handful of framebuilder build it like that, but I doubt it's a good idea as it probably make the bike flex a bit more than usual, roberts build their roughstuff in a similar matter;
[]http://www.bulle.co.uk/Roberts-Roughstuff2(PXB-Mar09).jpg ]

Why?

Because when fully laden, the last thing you want is to have too much flex to the point that you can get out of the saddle without it getting unstable.

No, why would having a long head tube and a short steerer / exposed fork have more flex than the other way round? I know it's not to the same degree but isn't that basically what peggrotti do?