Originally Posted by lrzipris
I'm not a tourer, so can't help answer your question; you may want to ask on the "touring" forum, where questions about cross-USA routes and related topics are discussed fairly frequently. Do you tour on your "racing" bike?
Thanks Irzipris, I will do that. My touring is done with my race bike indeed. I'm very used to it, and as a light traveler I don't have any problems to sit in the saddle of the bike for weeks... Next to that, I always take normal asphalted roads, for which my bike is made for.