cyclotoine

My thoughts.

If you are large enough to ride a 60cm why bother with 26" wheel unless you are offroading? There are plenty of excellent tires in 700c, so why slow yourself down with small wheels?

To jump the gun, you can build a plenty strong 36h 700c wheel with a trekking rim and good cold forged spokes.

As for the LHT, I had one, it was the heaviest most sluggish bike I ever had. I have a soma saga now and it is certainly a step up, but still it's not suppose to be a lively bike. The long haul trucker is just what it says it is, a juggernaut and heavy as **** hunk of steel which can haul a massive load but it slow and takes a lot more fuel to run. I would not recommend it to anyone unless they were going to put at least 50% or more of their miles on it as fully loaded touring.