Originally Posted by
Oil_LOL
You could argue the reverse. Put touring tires on a CX bike, and you have a nice bike for touring, if it has braze-ons for racks and such.
Don't disagree. I'll admit though that I'm oversimplifying. I'm not an expert on CX bike geometry. For awhile they had higher bottom brackets but I don't think that's the case anymore. They probably have shorter wheelbases than most people would like on a touring bike, but I'm only guessing. There's also a trend toward single chainrings.