I took my first tour this fall on my hybrid. It's a Trek DS 8.4, and I toured on the Ohio & Erie towpath. 90 miles / 35 miles / 75 miles. No problems, and had a good trip. The one thing I am glad I did was add some bar ends onto the handle bars. I didn't add them to the end, however. I put the on the inside, which gave me a nice "2nd options" for my hands.