Karate Monkey: an MTB experiment

What do you reckon you'll be using this bike for mostly? Other than the 3 day of course. I've been thinking about converting an old MTB and im wondering wether theyre decent as a runabout bike on road? probably the wrong thread i know

Mostly I plan on using it for a bit of bikepacking and just general off-road meandering. This is the 2011 KM, so it's bossed for a rear rack.

MTBs can make good runabouts, the longer top tube means that you have to be careful if you start doing things like running drop bars as you'll be very stretched. Having said that, I find this bike with a stem 30mm shorter than I normally use plus the woodchipper bars is comfy.

Oh, and this is the 18" model, so a medium by most people's reckoning.