Meh. Personally, I think it seems like an OK bike for city riding, but not quite right for touring, and definitely overpriced. No matter how I look at it, it seems well overpriced. And not to call out Nfmisso, but I doubt someone put well over $500 in components into that bike. I built my touring with a mix of new and a very high standard of "used" in mind, and put together a full bike of LX/SLX/Ultegra for Much less than $500. Even if they did buy all new parts at MSRP(who does that?), it isn't going to ever be worth nearly the price of the individual parts at MSRP. Not even the second after you build it. Ever price out every part of a car individually? I bet you your Honda goes from $20,000 to $30,000+. You still can't sell it for $30,000. Bikes are the same way. And I just checked and you can actually buy a 10sp Tiagra equipped bike new for ~$800. You'd also likely want to replace the cassette for a tour if it's a road/city type cassette. The gearing won't be good for climbing hills with touring gear loaded up. That means likely changing the chain too to accommodate the larger rear cog. Count that cost into the bike cost. Personally I say that's a $300-$400 bike, depending on area. Probably the $400 since you're in CA where the used bike market is priced at the highest the market will possibly bear. I say keep looking.