I've noticed that traditional touring bikes differ depending on the country they originate from such as the French touring bike from the English tourers. The Italian touring bike from the American. Rando vs. fully loaded or expedition vs. credit card. It's kind of a culture shock to find out my English racer wasn't really a racing bike at all. Or all racing bikes are 10 speeds. To the non-bike people touring is just a bicycle related word, check out the descriptions on eBay sometime.