Road Bike Regrets?

[AmyO]

I don't regret getting a road bike one bit. But, as a previous poster mentioned, I do lust after a bike more set up for touring with racks and fenders. My road bike is a little too racy. But I love it!!

I don't regret mine either, although I was on some pretty rough and cracked pavement in the woods last weekend and worried about a flat the entire time (as well as unseen potholes under the bed of leaves on the ground). It was beautiful but it made it hard to enjoy the ride and I wished for a time I had a heavier bike. I didn't regret the road bike, though...just wished I had another one.

On a wide open road with a big shoulder my bike is heavenly!