My forte into a street mountain. I hardly ride it now. Just really crappy weather (floods, snow ) and a little fooling around. It has Specialized Hemisphere tire on the front and a Specialized Cross road on the back. Both smooth on pavement. The Crossroad is nice in it is rated 80PSI and the edges still have some bite for off road use. Its slow for commuting compared to my Touring bikes.

I had trekking bars on it for a while but never fell in love with them. They were better for commuting then the risers in the picture. When I got the touring bikes I put those back on it for trail riding. I do have a set of dirt drops with 7 speed bar ends I have though about putting on it and use it for winter commuting again and keep my touring bikes clean.
By far my biggest issue is the size. I am all legs and ride 63cm/25 inch frame road bikes. This bike is a XL with a 22 inch frame. because mountains have a higher BB then a road bike my butt to ground distance is more then the road bikes and the heand bar to seat high is the tops of the bars are actually lower then my main commuter t700. My riding postion with the seat adjusted for my legs is closer to my R300 crit bike and a bit rough on my screwed up lower back.