[Closed] What non road bike for the road?

I was against drops so fitted flats on my CdF 2015 when I got it new. Rode it like that for the commute over winter in the High Peak and was ok, swapped the bars for some low risers off a BTwin which felt slightly comfier then gave in and went to the original drops and was a huge improvement. Fully converted to them now, wouldn't go back for sure (and I'm used to seatless trials bikes with super high front end setups).
Also found the standard Conti semi slicks to be more than upto the job riding down roads heavily used by HGV's accessing quarries so loads of potholes and rough riding, speed was pretty decent (up with the roadies on Strava segments) and not one single puncture.