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.