Can I use a Carbon fiber bike as a touring bike?
Hi I previously made the thread "Best Touring bike?". Ok so what I said in that thread was that I wanted a cross between a road bike and a touring bike. As for the touring part, I don't need more than 15 pounds to carry since all I really carry are groceries and books and maybe gym stuff from home to school and back to forth. I also replaced the Carbon Seatpost with an alloy seatpost so I guess I lose vibration damping but oh well. And when I want to race, I can just take off my rack. How do you guys feel about this, I also weight 230 + some other stuff in the rack. Is it better for me to exchange for a sport tourer or am I fine with what I have? By the way, I prob dont plan on going long expedition touring rides.
My bike is an OCR c3
Oh and I commute more often than I race with it. And I also want to make sure my bike is at least somewhat ok against gravel road and dirt.