Road bike recommendations

^ from your link.

I guess people have different ideas of what touring entales, and how much kit they'll want with them.

Sure, but also:

This year, our classic Kona model takes on more of a racing aesthetic, sharing the same frame features and race-winning geometry as our Major Jake

And I definitely see no mounts on here:

But we've established it's an older model now, anyway... Let's just pretend this never happened...