I have a need for two bikes-- a mtn.bike and road bike. The road bike would be in teeny pieces if it took the abuse my mtn.bike must endure. If you are talking strictly street riding, I wouldn't mind having a drop bar road bike and a hybrid if I rode enough to justify it. For now, it's strictly drop bar for the road, if I were riding MUP's, would probably slap some smoother tires on the mtn.bike and go for it, as the tires on it now are way too knobby for anything but trail use.