You might consider a vintage bike and then put a modern 105 group on it. A sport tourer built for 27 inch wheels will have room for pretty big 700c tires. There was a Fuji Del Ray on CL in your neck of the woods for 100 bucks. Double eyelets in back and single up front. I did have a CC for a few years and would still have it but it was stollen. I replaced it with a Milwaukee Road.
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I don't do: disks, tubeless, e-shifting, or bead head nymphs.