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My partner rode one for a six month tour in Europe, on a mix of surfaces. She got it especially for the task, and we fitted an old 10x3 deore groupset and put on marathon tyres, but everything else was stock I think. It was faultless for the whole journey. Yes it's heavy and overbuilt but those extra few kgs don't make much difference when fully loaded.
The fact it has everything you need for a tour without having to mess around with lights and mudguards and racks was a bonus to us. There are also decathlon stores all over Europe so if we had any issues (we didn't) we could get spares.