I love my LHT. It is a heavy bike when compared to a "normal" road bike, but it is great for commuting, shopping, cruising around, and, of course touring (although I haven't toured on mine yet).

One annoyance with respect to some trailers is that if you have a trailer that clamps onto the chainstay, the stupid spokeholder thing will be in the way. I solved this simply clamping to the seat stay instead, but I wish they hadn't put the spoke holder there. It also makes mounting a kickstand there impossible. Depending on what trailer you have, this may not be a problem.