Originally Posted by silversmith
I've got 2 miles of gravel road to ride. Untill last year I felt I had to use a mountain bike with fat tires to get into town.
Very similar here, I take a dirt path as a shortcut some mornings. No problem on the road bike when it's dry, no real advantage to the mountain bike even when it's muddy. Right now it's covered in ice, I wouldn't ride it without studs on either bike.