I'm setting out on a short tour about 1000km in total, and I'm using an older sirrus, 2005 or 6, it has a steel fork that has mid-fork eyelets for racks, so it's definitely built with touring in mind, my frame also has a third bottle rack under the DT, but oddly enough I had to braze on another set of eyelets so I could rig up my front racks. It seems they were designed with light touring in mind. I fit 32mm tires and fenders into the frame as well, but I'll echo concern about toe overlap and if your feet are bigger than size 45 there might be heel strike issues... works well enough other than a few little quirks if you're in the travelling-light camp.