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I've looked at the Straggler...while it does seem like it would be generally well-suited to my purposes (although I'd rather have the rear caliper between the stays...), I think it would put me too far over-budget. I'd have to buy the frameset, and then everything else separately, since the complete would be geared with STI, so I'd end up spending a bunch of money on extra stuff that would end up being taken off and I'd still have to buy more parts. The Nature Boy Disc as a complete gets me most of the way there, and then I really just need to add stuff (fenders, rack, that sort of thing).
A friend suggested looking up the Kilo WT as a starting point, and actually that looks like it would be really good for a drum-based build, except for the fact that the rear dropout spacing is only 120mm.