I have to amend my post above, I was a little off in my estimate of suspension forks on touring bikes in Europe. I did a very scientific sample (1) at a ferry terminal in Denmark. I used the pictures I took of the bike staging area. There were 8 touring bikes in the area, excluding mine and my wife's bikes. Three of the bikes have suspension forks. That comes out to about 38%. Our bikes were the only ones with drop bars.
