I'm in the United States.

I mean road bars/drop bars, you know, the bars you see on any road bike. I'm open to straight bars or the other odd bars I've seen on touring bikes.

To be a little more specific, this is the sort of bike I'm talking about: The Monkey Lab: Co-Motion Americano Touring Bike with Rohloff SPEEDHUB and belt drive

It's not quite perfect, but it's close. I have no idea what the weight is without racks/fenders (and I've looked). Reynolds 753 is good steel, but perhaps there's slightly lighter out there (853 I believe).

Like I said, custom is an option, so anything is possible. Thanks for any help.

As far as looking low key, I think the Rohloff system is inherently lower key looking than a bike with derailleur. I'm also thinking about giving the bike a destroyed paint job or just a clear coat so it looks old and poorly maintained.

Usual weights being carried would be probably 5-20 lbs, max weight being credit card touring loads (clothes, shoes, toiletries, etc).

My frame size is 53 cm c-c, so the smallness of the frames I would ride help a bit with the weight.

Another example: http://noviceframebuilder.co.uk/tag/...f-touring-bike not sure of weight.

They seem to call the bike type "Audax" in England.