Frame is too small. Not much I can do about it and an extended stem costs more than I'm willing to put into the bike. All these parts I had or scavenged from abandoned bikes. It works. Not elegant perhaps but it works. I've run 12,000km with a similar setup on my mtb no problems.

As for time off work... no time off with young kids! 2 days is the best I have so its 600km in two days.