After the Hybrid ...

[HipGnosis6]

well, hip, let's hope that the wheel took all of the hit!

If it didn't I would be OK - I could get that Kona Jake I've been drooling over!

[KnottedYet]

Talk to Andrew at Recycled Cycles! He sold me my Kona Dew!

(a hybrid, which I love and used in a triathlon, and I just bought a steel Waterford for longer rides)

[HillSlugger]

I'm riding a Raleigh C40 hybrid (see my avatar) but I'm ready to move to a road bike. When I bought it 3 years ago I was just getting back into riding after a 15+ year break. At that time I expected that I might ride a combination of paved roads and packed trails and figured a hybrid was what I wanted. Three years later, the bike has never been off the asphalt and I'm more interested in increased efficiency, etc for road riding. My needs have changed.

I've loved my hybrid but I'm ready for a new bike.

[mimitabby]

I'm riding a Raleigh C40 hybrid (see my avatar) but I'm ready to move to a road bike. When I bought it 3 years ago I was just getting back into riding after a 15+ year break. At that time I expected that I might ride a combination of paved roads and packed trails and figured a hybrid was what I wanted. Three years later, the bike has never been off the asphalt and I'm more interested in increased efficiency, etc for road riding. My needs have changed.

I've loved my hybrid but I'm ready for a new bike.

uhoh.. you're in dangerous territory.. have fun trying to find the perfect bike for you!

[CycleChic06]

So my story just sounds like everyone else's. I started on my Jamis Citizen Hybrid that I've had for about 5 or 6 years. But I used to just ride around for fun. When I started riding more seriously, longer distances, trying to get my speed up, I decided it was time to switch to a road bike. It was the best decision ever, I bought a Specialized Dolce Elite. I kept my hybrid, though I don't ride it, but my friends use it when I drag them out on short rides.

I'm riding the NYC Bike Tour in a few weeks and am deciding if I want to ride my road bike on the city streets, but the thought of going back to my hybrid would be awful! I'm still deciding which to ride.

My road bike was one of the best purchases I've ever made!

[ChickieBabe]

I grew up riding a hybrid (several, actually), and I still own one. However, earlier this summer I did go buy an inexpensive Trek roadbike. That's not to say that I don't ride the hybrid, though. My dad and I go riding all the time on gravel back roads and rails-to-trails, where my road bike would have some trouble. Last week we actually rode over a 100 miles all on our hybrids on gravel roads.

I like the versitility of the hybrid, but I've found that my road bike feels better on the roads (duh!). Plus, I like the ability to go faster. I guess I'd say that even though I did get a road bike, if I hadn't known I wanted to be mainly on the road and get involved in a club, I would have stayed with a hybrid. They're solid bikes.

[farrellcollie]

I started on a hybrid and commuted for several years - a raleigh. I just bought a road bike this year. Still use the hybrid to commute.

[mlove]

In January I bought my Trek 7100 Hybrid. I hadn't had a bike since my cousin's hand-me-down Schwinn when I was a kid (coaster bike with balloon tires). At 54 I wasn't ready for a road bike. I didn't ride much until the end of July when I finally got a bike rack and could drive to rides (I know that sounds weird, sorry). I have put over 300 miles on the bike in 5 weeks. So next year I will, at 55, buy a road bike. I am looking at the Trek Pilot 2.1.

If my husband decides to buy a bike next year, we can ride around town on hybrids and I can ride with our local club on the road bike.

[JamamaSpoke]

I've been thinking about this thread ever since I joined (maybe a week ago). You know wondering, since most of our riding is on the road maybe we should go to road bikes. But then the other day we were riding (the hubby and I) and we took a detour into an old rock quarry that has a bunch of dirt roads. We rode for a couple of miles and found some really cool places. It got me to thinking that I do like the ability to ride on or off road on a wim....maybe a road bike in addition to the hybrid, now that's the ticket!