Nashbar touring frame 60cm (I'm 6'3" 240 give or take a few). NAshbar Carbon fiber cyclocross fork with disc brake tabs. (a cx fork is beefier by design for the stresses that CX would put on a bike, this makes a great carbon fork for a heavier rider.) Avid BB7 front brake, v brake rear. I loved this bike and apparently someone in my bldg did too because it got stolen!

nashbar is always having deals, right now they have a buyy 5 items get 20% off your order sale. The frame sells for $100, the fork usually $120, but 3 more items and you will get that frame and fork for $180. This frame is plenty strong and, don't let people fool you into thinking aluminum won't be able to handle it. Its also 132.5mm in the rear so you can easily use road or MTB hubs. PM if you would like and I can give you all the details of the build but the bike you see pictured was built complete from scratch for about $1000 and that includes gettting the rear Mavic A719 36hole rear wheel handbuilt.

The bb7 brake comes in a road model so if you want drop bars, you can do it. Honestly, another great option is to buy the Nashbar steel touring frame(i have that now to replace the stolen bike) but also get the toruing frame and cx fork and swap parts. Not everything will swap over because the steel touring bike is 1" headset and quill stem but most everything will. The steel frame bike comes with 105 components and at sale prices I paid $550 for it so it was a steal. I don't like the Nashbar steel bike that much, for whatever reason, it's just flat out slow. It may just be the heavy wheels and tires so i'm going to swap them out but it just doesn't ride nearly as good as my custom built ride.