Mountain Bike on the Road?

[DirtDiva]

I ride my mountain bike on the road all the time. It's the only bike I've got. How the heck else am I gonna get where I wanna go? And I'd never get my bike to the dirt without riding on the road to get to the dirt, or to get to the train to get me to the dirt. Given the state of some of the roads and bike lanes in London, I'm often quite glad of that bit of suspension up front too.
I do secretly think a road bike would be way kewl for the mere speed factor, but I keep all such traitorous and expensive thoughts deeply repressed. Shhhh. Don't tell anyone.