Originally Posted by NoGears

I ride both my gravel bikes on pavement a lot. Probably 60/40 pavement to gravel. Key is to pick the right tires. Knobby tires suck on pavement and will wear fast. A good gravel semi-slick will work great on pavement and of course do well on dirt and gravel too. Being kinda a hybrid it will have limitations...but it's a good compromise. Right now I'm running and really liking the Panaracer GravelKing 40c. The bike makes much less of a difference. Like stated above...gravel bikes are really not much more than road or CX bikes with some tweaks. Usually a little longer wheel base, lower BB, more tire clearance. But they work just great no matter the road surface.