The available frame is a hi-ten Bridgestone "Kabuki". Best headbadge ever if not the greatest design (aluminum lugs make for a very bizarre seatpost setup!). Wheelbase is 104 cm, which seems not particularly long, chainstays are 45 cm. Trail is fairly low thanks to a lot more rake than I see on most modern forks. It's been a while since I've been on this bike, but I rode it geared and then fixed for a while, and though it's obviously a low-end frame, it handled quite well even with a moderate load on the rear.

If that seems like a good candidate with the right tweaks, great. If not, I'm happy to source a better frame -- I wouldn't mind better tubing, cantis, rack bosses, etc. Long Haul Trucker is especially appealing as a potential touring rig down the line, and the VO Polyvalent would be a great all-arounder. If the LHT had horizontal dropouts (I like the option of internal gears) or the Polyvalent was designed for something other than 650B tires, I'd probably have picked up one of these by now!