I dunno...I get kind of a perverse thrill out of taking my road bike where she's not meant to go. Something about skinny slicks in slimey mud, wet roots and deep gravel just does it for me.

I'm a mountain biker first and foremost and I tend to "baby" my vintage steel IF. My C-dale road bike, on the other hand, is a team bike and so I treat her a bit more like a work-horse.