Originally Posted by
reif
Yes, cyclocross-bike is all fine for touring. Here's a picture of me and my bike in Jotunheimen, Norway.
The gearing I used was 42-28 front and 11-32 rear.
Reif, did you have any problems with your 20 spoke wheels? Your double crank gearing with gear inches from 23.4 to 102 is a nice, nice setup that must have been great with the amount of gear you had on your bike (which is probably fairly light to begin with)
cheers