Originally Posted by Bekologist
I haven't seen a mountain road yet that I wouldn't ride either my Trek 520 or my LHT down, and probably drop a lot of roadies on the descent.
You specify mid fork eyelets, that's going to give you not that many stock bikes to choose from.
Bianchi Volpe, Trek 520, There's 2 Burley bikes with midforks I believe, some of the Koga Miyatas, the Cannondale tourers (do they have midfork eyelets? I've not looked) There's a Fuji tourer (may be discontinued as per above) The Jamis touring bike.
I might have missed a couple of american market touring bikes, but i don't think so.
Looking at the Bianchi website, the Volpe for 2006 doesn't appear to have rack mounts or fork mounts. Fuji is still offering the Touring bike but not the World Touring bike. The Fuji is an excellent value but is kind of bland. The Cannondales both have fork mounts as does the Jamis.
Another bike to consider is the Bruce Gordon BLT. They are legendary but rare.