Originally Posted by
Calsun
Any "endurance" type bike frame will work very well. With touring it helps to have a slightly larger size frame. For normal day rides my bikes have a 54cm frames but for touring I had a custom 58cm frame built for me.
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I have never heard this kind of advice given. Might have worked for you, but going what is essentially 2 frame sizes up from what might otherwise be a good fit, just to gain chainstay clearance is bad advice. If a rider is shorter and would usually ride on a bike with a 54cm ETT bike, they are not going to fit on a 58. You cannot make it fit with a shorter stem. The reach to the bar is critical and better to just find a proper touring bike that comes with 44cm chainstays then try to gain that with an incorrect frame size. They are plenty of touring bikes made with long chainstays, this fit method is just bad advice.