Road bike recommendations

Does anyone have any experience using cx bikes as a road bike and tourer? Anything I should watch out for or any tips on putting it together. I should have asked before buying the frame but I figured if it doesn't work I can sell the frame on and transplant everything onto a proper roadbike frame.

I have a CX frame that I use for commuting, trail riding, load carrying etc.

Unloaded it handles really nice as a road bike. But with the rear heavily loaded the handling becomes hard work. So I've added front low-riders to spread the load. Seems to work OK. You can also get a little heel strike with certain panniers, if your chain stays are very long.

So basically. I'm guessing it'll do everything surprisingly well. But that you may want to consider how you load it for touring.