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Because it's nicer than an MTB on the tarmac sections which lead to the gravel paths. Get a FXE if you fancy one, but a Pompino will do everything a FXE does and has room for tyres which let you take any path which takes your fancy, and the frame is only a pound heavier. I have a pure road fixed bike and an MTB, but the Pompetamine gets taken out more than both combined because the marginal loss of speed compared with a proper road bike is easily offset by taking a short cut across the fields, and the marginal loss of off road attack compared with a proper MTB is easily offset by being much faster on the smooth bits, tarmac or prepared bike paths.