or tarckeemoon, depending
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: the pesto of cities
Bikes: Davidson Impulse, Merckx Titanium AX, Bruce Gordon Rock & Road, Cross Check custom build, On-One Il Pomino, Shawver Cycles cross, Zion 737, Mercian Vincitore, Brompton S1L, Charge Juicer
If you can deal with something other than 120 spacing, Cross Check. I love my ss Cross Check. Cheap, steel, nice neutral handling and room for HUGE tires. With 700x40 tires the potholes barely register.
The Salsa Cassaroll (stupid name) frameset that was Interbike looks super nice for this kind of application too. Not as much clearance and takes caliper brakes, but has horizontal drops, rack and fender eyelets, and a nice looking straight blade fork.
Otherwise, you're looking at the usual suspect singlespeed cross frames which have been discussed to death here.