Casting Call Part III

After auditioning the Plastic Fred Sled yesterday for vacation duty, today I headed out on the New-To-Me "Forever" Bike:


There's just something about this bike that really works for me.  I don't know if it's the mystical properties of the titanium, or some accident of geometry and components, or the fact that it's the bike I wished I had when I was in my 20s, or what.  Whatever the reason it immediately knocked the Plastic Fred Sled out of the running.

So do I bring this or the Jones?  Well...

Pros:
You can't go wrong with a road bikeThis will cover me for everything save for full-on trail ridingI really like this bikeCons:Not really any good for t-shirt-and-jorts-type ramblesI guess I'll next week will be a showdown between this and the Jones.  Then again, in past years I've always brought a road bike (my Milwaukee, usually) and never regretted it.  As for why I'm not bringing the Milwaukee, the short answer is it's in commuter mode and it needs a fair amount of work to be vacation-worthy.  And for those of you who suggested some sort of gravel or cyclocross bike, the reason I'm not going that way is: A) I currently don't own a gravel or cyclocross bike (unless you county my Surly Travelers Check, which is currently a singlespeed, and also currently packed away in its case); 2) The reason I don't own either kind of bike is that for my purposes they don't really offer that much more utility than a road bike, and if I'm doing a ride that a road bike can't handle I'd rather just ride the Jones.
So there it is.  I've got plenty of time to decide, or I could always take two vacations, one for each bike.