>>1283443I was about to say basically exactly the same thing. The emonda is a very good looking bike, that's what I would get now too, for a pure road. Put aside money for clipless pedals + shoes.
>>1283435you can for sure ride a pure road bike with 25/28mm tires on reasonable gravel, it's just not ideal. If you really want more of an allrounder, look at endurance road bikes, which will fit 32mm tires, and have a more upright position and probably have mounts for fenders/ a rack. Like the domane. And if you want a full blown compromisemobile then look at gravel bikes like the checkpoint which will fit 35mm+ tires
but honestly if you like to go fast then get a pure road bike.
105 is where diminishing returns really kick in, but if you want to spend less money, even the budget models with claris / sora / tiagra are going to be decent. I would just recommend making sure you're getting
>a carbon fork>a shimano hollowtech crank (not a cheap square taper one) >a double crank, not a triple >shimano brake calipers 