Originally Posted by Spaghetti Legs
That Redline is actually a cyclocross bike, which many of us picked to ride on the dirt roads before gravel bikes were a thing. I also used mine for a rain bike. Canti brakes and cable guides on top of the top tube (for carrying bike on the shoulder) are the clue. Redline has made/sold good affordable cross bikes for a long time.
I was going to mention it’s cross nature as well. And that it’s geometry for that pursuit might make it a bit squirrlier in the handling department than a contemporary gravel bike.