Originally Posted by PurpleK
I cannot recommend strongly enough to find something more suitable for touring. Your carbon road bike is designed for speed, not loads....
The Giant OCR2 is actually more of an all-around bike, sort of like the Specialized Sequoia, so the geometry is more relaxed:
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/3/11473/
Giant's racing series is the TCR. Also, the OCR2 for that year is (and
afaik still is) an aluminum frame with a carbon fork. So if he isn't touring much, it should be OK.
The most surprising thing I've read in this thread is that although I've ridden thousands of self supported miles in Europe, Canada and the USA, I'm apparently not a serious tourist since none of my tours have been over ten days....
What do you want, a set of charts and graphs?
It's a web forum post, not an Oxford Dictionary entry.
If the guy is doing one or two short tours a year, he should be fine. If he's doing more than that, at some point he will realize that he's better off with a dedicated touring bike.
Yeesh.