No my bike wont spend much time in a rack, and I'm keen to go for something a little thinner this time, but also aware that it will be somewhat less durable.
My last bike was 9/6/9 cromor tubing, so if I'm wanting to do a heavily loaded trip I can just use that bike.
I'm now also leaning more towards a carbon fork with eyelets, partially for weight, partially for looks, and partially due to cost of a disc brake brazing jig (also Incepi hasn't responded to my emails in about 3 weeks now).
Interesting points about relative positions of BB and seat. I imagine these ideal measurements, including ideal hip angle, must vary slightly from one person to the next, given that we are all structurally slightly different.
9cm of BB drop sounds like quite a bit. I was going back and forth between 7-8cm, maybe I should just go with 7.5cm. I do like the idea of a bit of extra clearance though when compared to a standard road bike.