I live in New England and pot hole season has just begun. I used to ride a bicycle of both types. My touring bike had 90 lbs of pressure in the tire and my mountain had 50 lbs. I could cruise faster on my touring but would use the mountain because it was better than bending my rims. Also I could jump curbs or off with impunity on my mountain bike.
I have a converter for my Discman that I can put in the cassette player for my ’95 Corolla so there. I can also use it for my I POd Shuffle even !!