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Ed, saddle to bar drop on my road bikes is about 8 or 9 cm.
The idea behind the comuto-x bike would be to have a work/winter trainer/path/pannier/mudguard bike.
At the moment I have the steel 29er with a rack on it, and it handles like an utter pig. The Cooper CX apparently is not too bad for carrying moderate loads, so would do many of the things I want it to.
So for off road I have a geared ti 29er, and the single speed soon to be fully rigid steel 29er (just need to install the Kona P2 fork on it). I do not need another flat bar bike but a fast commuter with a similar but slightly more upright position to my road and fixed would be very useful, would probably be the workhorse bike. The position would also be a little better for cycle training than the fixie skidder.
Why Ti - I can't think of a material I would rather have a bike made from especially as it would be the foul weather steed.