I have a OCR Touring. I've had two steel touring bikes and two aluminum touring bikes over the past 40 years and I would not want to tour on anything but aluminum. I weigh 260 and both the Lotus, and Fuji steel bikes felt whimpy. When I got my Cannondale about 15 years ago it was night and day. Felt great. I finally got a OCR touring last year cause I had the money and I wanted one with disk brakes. I'd never go back to steel.