I'm a 5-11 female, with a 35 inch inseam and short-ish torso (24 inches), long arms and legs. Can you suggest good steel frames for me? Steel because I'm pretty set on getting S&S couplers and titanium is way out of my price range (approx 2k at the most, hopefully I can find a good deal for under 1k used). Will I want a custom frame for a half-year tour? I'm visiting with a bike shop tomorrow but doubt they'll tell me if I need a custom frame since then I'd buy it direct from someone like Bilenky rather than the bike shop. There's a small likelihood that I can get a 57cm used Bilenky touring frameset with S&S, so advice on that for touring would be great. Also I'll probably be scouring ebay for a while, so stuff I can get via ebay and recommendations on time of year to buy would help. Also looking for recommendations on Bilenky or
Robert Beckman bikes. To be clear: looking for a whole bike, but more than willing to build it myself unless someone out there has a great touring-specific build like Beckman apears to have.
Thanks!