I purchased as my first bike a hybrid, husband also. Within a year we purchased a road bike because we wanted the speed of a road bike and the lightness of it. We didn't realize how much we were going to enjoy cycling! I still enjoy my hybrid when we cycle with slower people or to commute to work. I am attached to both of them!! Now we are thinking about a tandem!! So it just depends on who you ride with or what your intentions are for that ride. Like children, I guess a bike has different personalities and you love them all the same!