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I would start by looking up or measuring the frame angles and dimensions, to see how far out of the normal range of roadbike geometry you will be.
I use my Centurion Pro Tour as both a road bike and a gravel bike, it's pretty good at both actually, and it is a light 23lbs without using any lightweight parts.
The 73-degree seat tube and 72.5-degree head tube angles do put this one in road bike territory.
Relatively short chainstays also help a lot, 45cm or less should work ok on the road but longer than that will tend to impose slothful acceleration feel and make the front feel heavy.
Last edited by dddd; 12-03-20 at 05:12 PM.