I bought a Rivendell Sam Hillborne years ago and rode that all over the place, including paved roads, single track, and gravel roads. I wound up getting into road cycling and sold the Riv but after too many close calls with vehicles, people throwing bottles at me, a couple of local cycling deaths where the public outcry was against the cyclists and not inattentive/dangerous drivers (one of whom was driving while legally blind) and the justice system clearly not giving a crap, I moved on to mountain biking, gravel riding along with some cyclocross stuff. If the USA ever gets its **** together with regards to riding on the roadways I might consider a move back to more paved stuff, but until that happens I would rather just crash into a tree than get ran over by a texter.