In answer to your initial question: whether the Nemo bag can be used for bike touring, why yes of course it can. Any sleeping bag can be used for bike touring. Any tent can be used for bike touring. Any bike can be used for bike touring. The question is, do YOU want to use it. No one on this board can give you that answer, they can only provide the pro's and con's, which you appear to know before you even post the question.