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hippy
I moved out to the sticks last year and I've barely done any pure road riding. There are so many amazing bridleways to explore, and rubbish roads exposing glorious scenery that I daren't use my Sunday best bike. My CX bike with hydro disc brakes gets so much action now. I also barely use my MTB because it's so sluggish compared to the CX bike and so not as fun. I'd think really hard before committing to a pure road bike, especially if you are budgeting for 2k! If I were in your shoes I'd grab a alu/steel CX/gravel/adventure road bike - ideally with hydro discs - and get a second wheelset: one with slicks for road rides and one with fat knobblies on for versatile blasting on and off-road. Quick wheel change and you are off, whatever the weather.