Adventure vs road bike

[NotAGolf]

I’m looking to start commuting to my workplace more frequently. It’s currently 10 miles each way along a pan flat road. It’s 100% road, no bike paths or off-road sections. The road surface is average.

I’ve got a nice road bike, but it’s too nice for everyday commuting so I’m thinking of getting something cheap which I don’t mind leaving at work.

My dilemma is whether to go for a pure road bike (e.g. https://www.wiggle.co.uk/vitus-razor-vr-road-bike-2019-sora/), or for an adventure bike (e.g. https://www.wiggle.co.uk/vitus-substance-adventure-road-bike-sora-2019/). The thinking behind the latter is that I can use it on some of the bike paths around here when I’m not commuting which are too sketchy for a road bike (I currently use a battered old single speed 29’er in such situations!). It would probably be 90/10 split for commute/leisure.

Would an adventure bike like the one linked feel to cumbersome and draggy compared to the road bike on my commute do you think? Would the comfort for the more relaxed setup and chunkier tyres out-weigh the speed differential?

 

[NotAGolf]

What's your current bike? (the one you don't want to use for commuting?)

Not sure how a bike can be 'too nice' to commute on. I ride my S-Works to work (when it;s not hibernating over winter)

It’s a Vitus Vitesse Evo CRi Disc. Not as nice as an S-Works granted, but I bet you have someone safe to store it whilst at work - I don’t.

Perhaps I should rephrase. Commuting on it would be a blast, but I’d be worried about someone stealing it, it would be cheaper to repair and maintain an old warhorse, and the aggressive position might take its toll when I up the mileage.