Originally Posted by
literal trope
This would invite target fixation and/or not being prepared for approaching trail/road features.
I don't do what you suggest when I'm riding road, gravel or mountain bikes. It's a recipe for disaster.
No target fixation here - just constant scanning. It's more a question of the time-slice - what percentage you are looking ahead at the road as whole and what percentage you are assessing surface conditions. Seems to me that gravel requires more time looking at the surface. Do you disagree?