Is "touring bike" a common term in the USA? Just researching some bikes online and, being from the UK, I cannot find any bikes on US websites called 'touring bikes', as we'd commonly call them in the UK. By this, I mean bikes which come with front/rear racks for panniers and (usually) drop handlebars, along with a steel frame for extra durability but a bit more weight.

I have seen gravel bikes come up a fair bit but am not sure that they are the same thing as many don't appear to have front/rear racks.

I have done Google Image and Pinterest searches but I'm still confused.

Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Steve
It seems that the manufacturers themselves may be a bit confused as to what to call them.

Starting from a known set of bikes that I (and you) would consider touring bikes, I found:


The Trek 520 is categorized under "Adventure &amp; Touring Bikes"
The Surly Long Haul Trucker is under "Touring" (someone got it right!)
The Kona Sutra is listed under "Road / Gravel"
The Specialized AWOL can be found by a search, but doesn't show up in any category listing!


(Cannondale makes a bike they claim is a touring bike (the "Touring Apex 1") but it's an aluminium frame, so I discount it.  But they also don't have a proper category for it, and it only shows up in the total listing of all road bikes.)