Originally Posted by bfloyd
Hello all. Does anyone see a problem with wanting to purchase a touring road frame but not for actual long distance touring? My reasoning, I am a road rider and as I get older I am finding myself wanting a more relaxed frame geometry. Of course I would still be wanting some of the performance of a road bike and still want to be able to hang with some of my roadie friends. Perhaps still do a local time trial or two? Does any touring experts see any problems with this? Would I still be able to run my normal 23 width tires? Thanks for the help.
Nothing wrong with what you want to do except that you may not get what you are looking for. Generally Touring bikes use thicker tubing which usually is going to ride harsher when unloaded. I don't keep up with new bikes but there are several companies that make bikes with a little more favorable geometry to older riders such as Specialized's Paris Robaix .It has gotten many favorable reviews and quite a few are riden by Bike Forum Members.