I have been trying to use my Paramount for commuting. The gears aren't really quite low enough and I don't like using a backpack compared to my tail bag. But it rides so far and away better than my MTB that I'm going to persist with it, or get something like it but modern. I can't quite describe it technically but I feel like at the end of a pedal stroke on the road bike it's still adding to forward progress while the end of the stroke on the mtb it's turning to mush. With my health problems I average about 11mph so I need all the help I can get.