Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
Riders who currently tour on carbon touring frames love them. Makes perfect sense to me. Many of these riders are using only rear panniers. This doesn't work on a steel bike - they become whippy - but works on carbon because is's stiffer. Be that as it may, some carbon touring frames come with forks with rack fixings, some don't. Here are 45 carbon touring frames to choose from:
https://www.cyclingabout.com/carbon-touring-bikes/
It needs noted...many of the bikes they list are CX/gravel racing bikes (all the Niner RDO and Salsa Warbird builds they list for starters), that just happen to have points you can put racks on (seldom with any stipulated load capacity)....rather than touring bikes. Also, LOL--good luck touring on a 1x setup, hope you live somewhere flat with no wind. I haven't researched all of them-but probably over half are that.
Which for the occasional tourist...keeps the bike as a "fun" bike when unloaded, but when loaded can become rather sketchy.